Promoting And Protecting Digital Rights Since 1994
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EFA kicks off 20th Anniversary celebrations in Perth
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) is today holding the first of a number of events to celebrate the organisation’s 20th anniversary. Founded in January 1994 to protect and promote the civil liberties of users of electronic communications systems, EFA has grown to become the major voice in Australia promoting and advocating for digital freedom, access and privacy. Tonight’s 20th anniversary event coincides with the conclusion of this week’s Linux Australia conference…
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Happy New (20th Anniversary) Year!
Happy New Year from Electronic Frontiers Australia! January 2014 marks the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of EFA. Feel free to use our 20th Anniversary Logo to show your support for EFA (ask us if you’d like a larger version for any reason). Keep an eye out for our 20th Anniversary events and calls to get involved with us to protect your digital freedom, access, fair use,…
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EFA Applauds Surveillance Inquiry
Australians are finally getting the surveillance inquiry that they deserve. We are citizens, not suspects. Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) congratulates the cooperative effort of Australian Greens and the Australian Labor Party in initiating a Senate inquiry into the reach, warranting, and oversight procedures in the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act. EFA has called for a surveillance inquiry several times since the since the revelations of Edward Snowden (1, 2, 3). Similarly, the Greens,…
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Speak Out 1 Video: Senator Scott Ludlam
Electronic Frontiers Australia was honoured to host Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam as our first guest in our Speak Out event series. EFA Speak Out events use Google Hangout On Air to showcase a local or international guest discussing and answering questions about online rights. Senator Ludlam has been one of Australia’s strongest political voices for online rights. Senator Ludlam discussed a wide range of digital rights issues, some hot off…
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Vale Nelson Mandela, Icon of Freedom
Electronic Frontiers Australia joins the world in mourning the passing of Nelson Mandela. Mr Mandela was an icon in the fight for freedom, which now includes online freedom of access and expression, and freedom from censorship, surveillance, and oppression. EFA finds these words from Mr Mandela’s autobiography “Long Walk to Freedom” to be particularly poignant at this time in the fight for online freedom: “For to be free is not merely…
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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.