About EFF

Technologies are ever-changing and are transforming the way we communicate. The Internet has allowed citizens to be more empowered as speakers, inventors and consumers than ever before and legislation has recently been written that will directly affect those basic freedoms. On January 18, 2012, organized protests occurred against two bills in the United States Congress – the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect  IP Act (PIPA).

Protesters were concerned these bills contained measures that could impede online freedom of speech, hamper Internet innovation and invite Internet security risks. Opposition also argued that there were no safeguards in place to protect sites based on user-generated content.