Link: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/our-lawsuit-against-trump-administrations-social-media-surveillance-moves-forward

EFF brought a lawsuit against the US government over social media AI powered mass surveilence. The Government tried to dismiss the suit on multiple grounds. Lack of standing, lack of of injury, pre-enforcement, and others.

The EFF prevailed on every point. The suit against the administration can go forward. Whether EFF prevails on the merits of the case, we will see. But it is a good start. The court was sympathetic to the EFF's arguments so far.

The court disagreed, explaining that “Plaintiffs’ allegations are of an ongoing surveillance program that is actively chilling the speech of their members and otherwise causing harm.” That chilling effect is a First Amendment injury even if there isn’t a direct prohibition on speech. And when government conduct is actively chilling speech right now, a challenge to it isn’t pre-enforcement.

Please resist the pull of thinking that even if the EFF wins the case, it is useless b/c it does not solve every privacy problem. We will never have a single nail to strike with a single hammer. There are many battles in the war for privacy. The more won, the better.

IMO it is good to donate money to the EFF. Lets them fund high powered attorneys and fight the good fight. Their site has donation link right in top menu bar -> https://www.eff.org/

Time to support EFF

The OGs of the fight for privacy in the digital age.

So something is being done after all. They need the masses' support to avoid any decision being tainted by dilatory decrees. Case in point, Trump taxes.

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