Promoting And Protecting Digital Rights Since 1994
EFA is an independent non-profit association that relies on membership subscriptions and donations. If you’re concerned about digital rights in Australia, please join or donate today.
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EFA Highlights Significant Risks of New Internet Law
EFA fears that any doxxing law will become a tool for suppressing protest, rather than a shield for those engaging in protest.
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Privacy Act Leaves Aussie Kids Unprotected from Rising Online Threats
Australia should not be a country that allows young people to be inducted into a digital world characterised by extremism and misinformation.
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The Invisible Barrier: EFA Applauds New Initiative Tackling Australia’s Digital Divide
Struggling to afford home broadband for your kids’ schooling? This initiative helps bridge the digital gap with free NBN connections.
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The Real Cost of Free Apps: What You Need to Know
Free apps come at a cost: your personal data is their currency.
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EFA’s Open Letter: Reconsider Industry Standards for RES and DIS Codes
Electronic Frontiers Australia’s open letter to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner challenging the proposed Online Industry Standards for Relevant Electronic Services and Designated Internet Service Codes.
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EFA Chair’s Address: Meet the New Board
Meet the 2023/2024 Board, bid farewell to outgoing members, and tell us: how should EFA celebrate our 30th-anniversary?
Help fight for our digital rights
What We Do
Policy
We actively monitor a number of policy areas and specific issues. The topics below provide a detailed view of EFA’s policy positions.
Copyright
Australia’s copyright laws are outdated, inflexible and not fit for the digital age. As such, EFA is a long-standing supporter of reform of Australia’s Copyright Act.
Privacy & Security
Privacy is fundamentally about consent and control over access to information, and goes hand-in-hand with security. Privacy is a human right.
Censorship
Adults should be able to make their own informed decisions about what content they create and consume.
Encryption
Access to encryption technologies is vital for individuals and groups to be able to safeguard the security and privacy of their information.
Internet Safety
Surveillance is not safety. Safety for whom, against what? This complex problem is more likely to be exacerbated, rather than solved, by measures that allow for unaccountable surveillance and the undermining of communications security.
Surveillance
EFA is committed to ensuring that Australian’s home life is not subject to arbitrary interference.