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| − | The '''Electronic Frontier Foundation''' is a [[liberal]] organization allied | + | The '''Electronic Frontier Foundation''' is a [[liberal]] organization allied with the [[ACLU]] that claims it supports free speech rights on the [[internet]]. <ref>http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=7576</ref> |
| − | with the [[ACLU]] that claims it supports free speech rights on the | + | The organization was founded by John Gilmore, Mitch Kapor, and John Perry Barlow after [[Steve Jackson Games]] was raided by [[US Secret Service]].<ref>http://www.sjgames.com/SS/</ref></ref>http://w2.eff.org/legal/cases/SJG/?f=eff_creation.html</ref> [[Michael Godwin]] worked for the organization before his current job as the counsel for [[Wikipedia]]. |
| − | [[internet]].<ref>http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=7576</ref> | |
| − | The organization was founded by John Gilmore, Mitch Kapor, and John Perry | |
| − | Barlow. [[Michael Godwin]] worked for the organization before his current job | |
| − | as the counsel for [[Wikipedia]]. | |
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| − | The EFF has fought against the interests of the national security of the | + | The EFF has fought against the interests of the national security of the [[United States]]. In [[American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft]] the EFF filed an amicus brief against the FBI examining the records of ISP customers. The EFF was also involved in fighting against anti-pornography provisions in the [[Communications Decency Act]]. The EFF is now involved in preventing congress from broadening the President's ability to eavesdrop on terrorists and in suing companies such as [[AT&T]] that have cooperated with anti-terror investigations.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/12/MN1FTSBTV.DTL</ref> |
| − | [[United States]]. In [[American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft]] the EFF | |
| − | filed an amicus brief against the FBI examining the records of ISP customers. | |
| − | The EFF was also involved in fighting against anti-pornography provisions in | |
| − | the [[Communications Decency Act]]. The EFF is now involved in preventing | |
| − | congress from broadening the President's ability to eavesdrop on terrorists and | |
| − | in suing companies such as [[AT&T]] that have cooperated with anti-terror | |
| − | investigations.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/12/MN1FTSBTV.DTL</ref> | |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |