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EFF( Electronic Frontier Foundation) is a donor-funded non-profit organization which confronts cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. EFF blends the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, and technologists to achieve significant victories on behalf of consumers and the general public.<ref>[https://www.eff.org/about Domain About EFF]</ref> | EFF( Electronic Frontier Foundation) is a donor-funded non-profit organization which confronts cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. EFF blends the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, and technologists to achieve significant victories on behalf of consumers and the general public.<ref>[https://www.eff.org/about Domain About EFF]</ref> | ||
EFF focuses on issues relating to free speech, innovation, intellectual property, international, privacy and transparency. | |||
EFF is an accredited observer at [[WIPO]]<ref>[https://www.eff.org/issues/wipo eff.org]</ref> and a participant of the Global Network Initiative<ref>[http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/participants/index.php globalnetworkinitiative.org]</ref>. | |||
EFF has it's head office in San Fransisco, California and has staff members in Washington D.C too. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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| Type: | Non-Profit |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | USA, 1990 |
| Founder(s): | John Perry Barlow, Mitch Kapor, John Gilmore |
| Headquarters: | Electronic Frontier Foundation 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco CA 94110-1914 |
| Country: | USA |
| Email: | information [at] eff.org |
| Website: | eff.org |
| Facebook: | EFF |
| Key People | |
| Kevin Bankston, Senior Staff Attorney Kellie Brownell, Development Associate | |
EFF( Electronic Frontier Foundation) is a donor-funded non-profit organization which confronts cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. EFF blends the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, and technologists to achieve significant victories on behalf of consumers and the general public.[1]
EFF focuses on issues relating to free speech, innovation, intellectual property, international, privacy and transparency.
EFF is an accredited observer at WIPO[2] and a participant of the Global Network Initiative[3].
EFF has it's head office in San Fransisco, California and has staff members in Washington D.C too.
History[edit | edit source]
Board of Directors[edit | edit source]
- John Buckman, Chairman of the Board
- John Perry Barlow
- Lorrie Faith Cranor
- David Farber
- John Gilmore
- Brewster Kahle
- Pamela Samuelson
- Joe Kraus
- Brad Templeton
- Jonathan Zittrain
Projects[edit | edit source]
- Bloggers' Rights
- Coders' Rights
- FOIA Project
- Patent Busting
- Surveillance Self-Defense
- Teaching Copyright
- Takedown Hall of Shame
- TOSBack