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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Help out EFA – 2 Volunteer Roles
Yep, it’s true. Your digital rights in this country are fought for by volunteers. And we need a bit of a hand. We have two roles we are looking to fill right now, a Volunteer Membership and Sponsorship Coordinator and a Volunteer Event Coordinator. Get in touch by Sunday September 1 to [email protected] – or before if you have questions – we are heaps friendly. Volunteer Membership and Sponsorship Coordinator…
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EFA Warns Chinese-Style Facial Recognition Is Already Happening In Australia
Australia, 16 July 2019: Electronic Frontiers Australia, the premier digital rights body promoting and protecting digital rights since 1994, has called for Australians to reject oppressive facial-recognition systems, like those use by the Chinese authorities to oppress the Uyghur muslim minority. “Last night’s programme on ABC’s Four Corners revealed that Australian universities, researchers, and technology companies are actively collaborating with oppressive regimes to use technologies like facial recognition against vulnerable…
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EFA Condemns Federal Police Raid of the ABC
Australia, 5 June 2019: Electronic Frontiers Australia, the premier digital rights body promoting and protecting digital rights since 1994, condemns second raid of journalists by the Australian Federal Police in as many days. “Just yesterday we were calling out the disgraceful authoritarian behaviour of the AFP in raiding journalist Annika Smethurst,” said EFA Chair Lyndsey Jackson. “Now we have the AFP conducting a raid on our national broadcaster over a…
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EFA Appoints Three New Board Members
The board is pleased to welcome Eliza Sorenson, Steve King, and Michelle Meares to the board. Eliza Sorensen works in infrastructure and security, and they are an advocate for digital rights and a co-founder of Assembly Four. Eliza believes in education rather than abstinence and the power that an engaged community can bring. They run digital security and privacy workshops for minority communities and speaking about the impact internet policy…
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EFA Condemns Federal Police Raid of Journalist
Electronic Frontiers Australia, the premier digital rights body promoting and protecting digital rights since 1994, condemns the actions today of the Australian Federal Police in executing a raid of journalist Annika Smethurst in apparent retaliation for her story exposing plans for unprecedented levels of government spying on Australians. This is an obvious attempt to bully and intimidate journalists reporting on the latest attempted power grab by the already over-powerful Department…
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Happy #democracysausage day from EFA!
All of us here at EFA would like to wish you a happy election day! It’s a fabulous time where we celebrate the peaceful transfer of power in our distinctly Australian way. May your #democracysausage be tasty, your queue short, and your voting pencil sharp. We particularly want to thank you for your support, shares, and encouragement for our pre-election fundraiser. We raised $13,980! That’s amazing! One of the things…
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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.