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Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Digital Rights Advocacy Organization

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Federal immigration showdown in Minnesota

Force in Play

Closed offices January 30 in solidarity with National Shutdown

The Department of Homeland Security deployed 3,000 federal agents to Minneapolis in what it calls the largest immigration enforcement operation in U.S. history. Two months in, two U.S. citizens are dead: Renee Good, 37, shot January 7, and Alexander Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse, shot January 24; DHS claims self-defense in both cases, but witness videos contradict that.

Updated May 23

The age verification wars

Rule Changes

Opposing age verification mandates as privacy threats

A federal judge blocked Texas from forcing Apple and Google to verify every app store user's age, calling the law akin to requiring ID checks at bookstore doors. This December 2024 ruling is the latest defeat in a wave of state attempts to age-gate the internet.

Updated May 16