Reincorporation project

Members should be aware that a project is underway to reincorporate EFA as a Company Limited by Guarantee. As part of this process, a consultation period on a new Draft Constitution is now underway. Members are encouraged to review the Draft Constitution, along with detailed explanatory notes and the answers to questions already submitted on […]

Bytes & Rights 2017 – Perth

The Bytes and Rights 2017 conference is being held as part of the Festival of the Web, an 8-day series of international conferences in early April in Perth. See the full program of Festival of the Web events. Bytes and Rights is a conference focused on the many issues around how society responds to changing […]

“Everyone Made Themselves the Hero.” Remembering Aaron Swartz

On January 18, 2012, the Internet went dark. Hundreds of websites went black in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). The bills would have created a “blacklist” of censored websites based on accusations of copyright infringement. SOPA was en route to quietly passing. But when millions of […]

OpenMedia supports the Digital Rights 2016 campaign

OpenMedia, a Vancouver, Canada-based digital rights advocacy organisation that utilises creative community-driven campaigns to keep the Internet open, affordable, and surveillance-free is supporting the Digital Rights 2016 campaign. Co-ordinated by Electronic Frontiers Australia, Digital Rights 2016 is a non-partisan awareness-raising campaign intended to raise the profile of the whole range of digital rights issues in […]

Linux Conference – EFA hosting post-event drinks

EFA is proud to be hosting the post-conference social event for the 2016 Linux Conference Australia. We’ve secured some sponsorship from Twitter Australia for this event. WHERE Edge Bar, 6-8 Eastern Beach Rd, Geelong – just 100 metres southeast of Deakin Uni’s Waterfront Campus. Edge Bar on Google Maps We’ll be in the Pool Room, and if the […]