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| facebook = [http://www.facebook.com/eff EFF]
| facebook = [http://www.facebook.com/eff EFF]
| linkedin =
| linkedin =
| twitter =
| twitter = [http://twitter.com/#!/eff EFF]
| keypeople = [[Kevin Bankston]], Senior Staff Attorney<br/>
| keypeople = [[Kevin Bankston]], Senior Staff Attorney<br/>
[[Kellie Brownell]], Development Associate<br/>
[[Kellie Brownell]], Development Associate<br/>
==History==
==History==
EFF was founded in July,1990 by [[John Perry Barlow]], [[Mitch Kapor]] and [[John Gilmore]] in response to a search and seizure on Steve Jackson Games by the U.S Secret Service.
The U.S Secret Service conducted a series of raids to track the distribution of a document called E911, copied illegally from a BellSouth computer. It was alleged that the systems operator at Steve Jackson Games was one of the recipient of the E911 document. The Secret Services seized all the electronic equipment and copies of an upcoming game book from Steve Jackson Games' office.
Without the electronic equipment, Steve Jackson Games' business was badly hurt and it had to fire nearly half of it's employees. Meanwhile, unable to find the E911 document on the computers, the Secret Service dropped the charges against Steve Jackson Games and returned the computers.
When the employees and Steve Jackson have inspected the returned computers, they found out that all the mails on their computers have been accessed and deleted. Steve Jackson became furious that his rights as a publisher had been violated and the free speech and privacy rights of his users had been violated. He tried to approach civil liberties groups, but none of the civil liberties groups of those days understood technology and thus, were not able to understand the complexity of the issue.
This issue was highlighted in an electronic community called the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link and [[John Perry Barlow]], [[Mitch Kapor]] and [[John Gilmore]] came together to form an organization to work on civil liberties issues raised by new technologies. The first case they took up was the Steve Jackson Games' case and brought a lawsuit on United States Secret Service.
==Board of Directors==
==Board of Directors==
* Takedown Hall of Shame
* Takedown Hall of Shame
* TOSBack
* TOSBack
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.eff.org Official website of EFF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBXLxNHiFZU Interview with Cindy Cohn]
[[Category: Companies]]
[[Category: Internet]]