EFF Needs Your Support!

This is a friendly message from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

For almost 20 years, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has been dedicated to protecting your rights to free speech, privacy, and innovation in the digital world. We faced many challenges in 2009, and, with your help, EFF fought back with experience, authority, and passion. As another year comes to a close, please help us continue the fight for your civil liberties by making a tax-deductible donation now: http://eff.org/friends2009 Here are a few things we were able to accomplish over the past year, thanks to the support of EFF members like you: EFF taught YouTube users how to fight back against the widespread censorship of their videos with our "No Downtime for Free Speech" campaign. EFF rallied users and pushed to unlock cell phones so they could be used with whatever carrier and/or software users choose with our "Free Your Phone" campaign. EFF created the "Teaching Copyright" curriculum and website to combat entertainment industry misinformation and give students the real story about their digital rights. EFF launched "Surveillance Self-Defense International," a practical guide to help dissidents avoid censorship and eavesdropping by repressive regimes. EFF fought for your right to communicate without government surveillance through unlawful warrantless wiretapping by advocating in Congress and litigating in Hepting v. AT&T and Jewel v. NSA. EFF uncovered thousands of pages of government documents through our "FOIA Litigation for Accountable Government" project and made them freely available on our website for downloading, printing, and searching. And that's only a small sample of the work we've done this past year. Check out a more complete accounting of our accomplishments at www.eff.org. We couldn't have done any of this without your support. More than half of EFF's funding comes from individual donors like you, and we need your help to keep up the fight. Help us continue this important work. Please give a 2009 tax-deductible donation to EFF today: Thank you for your support! Shari Steele Executive Director Electronic Frontier Foundation 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco CA 94110

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