EFF in the news: A look back at 2025.

The lawyers, activists, and technologists at EFF not only do the difficult and time-consuming work of defending our digital civil rights, but also dedicate significant time and energy to explaining this work to the public through interviews in the media. In 2025, EFF was mentioned thousands of times in the media, from the smallest local news sources to the largest international news organizations. Our work on street-level surveillance – the technology used by law enforcement to monitor our communities – has received considerable media attention, particularly concerning automated license plate recognition (ALPR) systems. We also received significant media coverage for our three lawsuits against the federal government: the first challenged the illegal data sharing by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the second challenged the unconstitutional "capture and retention" program of the Department of State, and the third demanded that the Departments of State and Justice disclose what pressure they were exerting on app stores to remove apps that track the activities of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Other important topics that received media attention included how travel...

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