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EFF Thanks SerpApi For Helping Us Protect Free Speech Online

EFF — Deeplinks · · International · Enforcement

The Electronic Frontier Foundation publicly thanked SerpApi for its ongoing financial support, noting the company has contributed annually since 2018. EFF cited the funding as part of what enables its legal and policy work, including a lawsuit challenging a government social media surveillance program.

Why this matters: EFF is one of the few organizations that consistently takes the government to court over digital rights. That costs money. Sustained corporate donors make that work possible across years, not just news cycles. The surveillance lawsuit mentioned — targeting DHS and State Department programs that monitor social media to flag and punish people for what they say — is exactly the kind of fight that rarely gets funded otherwise. Who pays for civil liberties defense shapes what cases get brought.

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