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The Policy Risk Of Closing Off New Paths To Value Too Early
Artificial intelligence promises to change not just how Americans work, but how societies decide which kinds of work are worthwhile in the first place. When technological change outpaces social judgme...

The System Of Checks And Balances Doesn’t Work When One Branch Refuses To Play By The Rules
Technically — TECHNICALLY! — we still have a system that relies on three co-equal branches to ensure that any single branch can’t steamroll the rest of the system (along with the nation it’s s...

An 18-Million-Subscriber YouTuber Just Explained Section 230 Better Than Every Politician In Washington
Over the years, we’ve written approximately one million words explaining why Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is essential to how the internet functions. We’ve corrected politicians w...

So, You’ve Hit An Age Gate. What Now?
EFF is against age gating and age verification mandates, and we hope we’ll win in getting existing ones overturned and new ones prevented. But mandates are already in effect, and every day many ...