Tag: EFF

EFF opposes California bill to authorize digitally verifiable COVID-19 test results

Jonathan DonnerIdentity and Privacy
No to California Bill on Verified Credentials of COVID-19 Test Results
EFF opposes a California bill, A.B. 2004, that would authorize the issuers of COVID-19 test results to do so with digital verifiable credentials. This bill would take us a step towards national digital identification, create information security risks, exacerbate social inequities in access to smartphones and COVID-19 tests, endorse one solution to an evolving technological problem, and fail to limit who may view credentials of test results

Change model: letter of opposition co-signed with ACLU of California

Letter to social media platforms: preserve coronavirus misinformation data

Jonathan DonnerPublic Sphere
Researchers want social media companies to preserve coronavirus misinformation data
[The Verge 2.22.20] The Committee to Protect Journalists, Access Now, the EFF, and other organizations have asked social media companies to preserve misinformation takedown data during the coronavirus pandemic for future research and transparency purposes.

Change Model: Advocacy