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May 2, 2026

Wow, I just read about this. I hope these 300-500 employees got a soft landingA Hacker News post from a user who claims to be a principal software engineer at Red Hat China says that, on Thursday, he “woke up ... and noticed that I couldn't log in to the VPN. My access got restricted to various services that we use regularly, and no one told me why. We got a notice from our CTO shortly after to let us know that the company is ‘shifting its efforts to APAC hubs’. Utterly devastated.”Numerous reports in Chinese media mention 300 to 500 layoffsRed Hat RHELocates its Chinese engineering team to Indiahttps://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/red_hat_ends_china_engineering/

May 2, 2026

Smart.

May 2, 2026

@pluralistic can I humbly ask when you are recording a new podcast episode? 🥹

May 2, 2026

Canada says it’s inviting the world for the FIFA World Cup—but it’s acting more like a lapdog of the U.S. by shutting its borders to Palestinians and Iranians

May 2, 2026

https://lemmy.zip/post/63590137

May 2, 2026

@webhat Omfg and here I was thinking I'm the only one, glad to see it's a worldwide movement haha <3@saltywizard @Wallflower

May 2, 2026

Those were the good ol' days.

May 2, 2026

Platforms aren’t what they promised and Big Tech is cashing in. Join us live on May 14 with Cory Doctorow and Wendy Liu to talk about how we fight back. https://www.eff.org/event/effecting-change-enshittification

May 1, 2026

"When an FBI agent wants to look through Americans’ conversations scooped up as part of a national security intelligence program," it should require "a warrant signed by a judge just as if they were trying to search your email account or your house,” Matthew Guariglia told NJ Spotlight News. https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2026/05/weighing-privacy-and-security-congress-punts-again-on-key-spying-law/

May 1, 2026

Aprende cómo Yelp protege tus reseñas frente a empresas que intentan silenciar tus críticas mediante demandas. Ejerce tu derecho a compartir experiencias honestas sin temor a represalias legales. #main-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.eff.org/pages/internet-still-works-yelp-protects-consumer-reviews?language=es#main-content

May 1, 2026

Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for the Ratio Six Coffee Machine. It is built with minimal plastic to reduce the amount of microplastics leeching into your morning coffee. Personally, I crave that sweet, sweet microplastic flavor, but to each their own.https://collabs.shop/2bc2h2

May 1, 2026

Make sure you never miss out on the latest and greatest EFF gear by becoming a recurring donor! You can grab new swag every year, and know that you are helping EFF continue our fight for digital rights online. https://eff.org/join-m

May 1, 2026

That sucks.

May 1, 2026

You don’t need separate accounts on every decentralized social network. You can post and interact with people across platforms with just a little work. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/bridge-somewhere-how-link-your-mastodon-bluesky-or-other-federated-accounts

May 1, 2026

Happy Fishy Friday everyone! Words cannot express how much I love this big goofball (and happy 12 years to my beautiful fiancée holding our very heavy cat).

May 1, 2026

On Thursday, June 4th, the Bay Area's best legal minds gather in support of online freedom as we celebrate our 18th Annual Cyberlaw Trivia Night! Who will bask in the glory of ultimate victory? https://www.eff.org/event/effs-18th-annual-cyberlaw-trivia-night

May 1, 2026

People: I have thousands of dollars of debt. It is very stressful. Do I have to pay it back?The government: Yes. Obviously. Idiot.People: Are you going to going to pay back the $39 trillion you owe?The government: no fucking way lmao

May 1, 2026

EFF is helping the iPhone app ICEBlock sue the government for First Amendment retaliation and coercion. You can read about and track the lawsuit here: https://www.eff.org/cases/aaron-v-bondi.

May 1, 2026

Makes you think.

May 1, 2026

EFF often uses state public records laws to expose ALPR harms. So we don’t support bills that wholesale exempt ALPR information from these laws. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/open-records-laws-reveal-alprs-sprawling-surveillance-now-states-want-block-what