Dear Friend of Digital Freedom,

With the election of Donald Trump last Tuesday, it became more important than ever that we stand up to protect people and the values that lead to a free and open digital world. Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation so that together, we can protect the future of all of our civil liberties.

Overbearing government invasions into private lives must be stopped. Mr. Trump and his staff will soon have access to some of the most wide-ranging surveillance infrastructure and powers that have ever existed. In a campaign interview, Trump expressed a willingness to restore the oft-abused telephone records surveillance under the Patriot Act, the law that eviscerated the privacy rights of hundreds of millions of innocent Americans with no proof of a countervailing gain. This naked embrace of unconstitutional surveillance is particularly chilling given its historical misuse against political opponents and Mr. Trump’s raw hostility to journalists and those who would seek to shine a critical light on abuse of those powerful tools.

We must protect the Internet from censorship. During his campaign, Mr. Trump issued wild challenges to free speech online and net neutrality, and his transition team has signaled that the coming policy agenda will undercut values that have been essential to the Internet’s growth as an engine of communication and commerce. If those threats are carried out, they could shutter the innovations and business opportunities that have emerged alongside the robust exchange of ideas, knowledge, and access enabled by digital technologies.

Since 1990, the lawyers, technologists, and activists of the Electronic Frontier Foundation have been on patrol. We have a long track record of combating government overreach and using a deep, strategic understanding of law and technology to fight dystopia. Every step of the way, grassroots supporters have formed the backbone of EFF's work for free expression, privacy, and innovation.

Donate today to protect our civil liberties and establish a bulwark against the grave challenges—both known threats and threats that may yet emerge—signaled by the new presidential administration.

For our rights and freedoms,

Richard Esguerra
Development Director