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　２０２２年２月24日、国連安全保障理事会の常任理事国であるロシアが国連憲章を踏みにじり、国連加盟国であるウクライナに対する軍事侵攻を開始した。ロシアのウクライナ侵略戦争は現在も続いており、戦争終結の見通しが立っていない […]

　社会の意思決定過程に多くの女性が参画することをめざして２０２１年に創設された「女性リーダー支援基金～一粒の麦～」の第４回授与式が２０２４年12月21日、東京都内で行なわれた。公益財団法人パブリックリソース財団による基金 […]

　沖縄県名護市の辺野古新基地建設をめぐり、沖縄防衛局が辺野古北側の軟弱地盤が広がる大浦湾の埋め立て土砂を鹿児島県の奄美大島から調達するための調査を進めている。防衛省は埋め立て土砂を沖縄県内で調達できるとしていたが、沖縄戦 […]

　かんぽ生命保険による不正販売を追及したＮＨＫの「クローズアップ現代＋」（２０１８年４月放送）の続編取材を巡り、元ＮＨＫ職員や市民らが、かんぽ側の抗議に沿う形で経営委員会が同年10月に上田良一会長（当時）に厳重注意した際 […]

共同通信や東京新聞によると、原電が『東海第二原発の中央制御室で同日午後、火災が発生したと発表した。制御盤と呼ばれる部分から火と煙が出ているのを確認し、消火器を使って消し止めた。放射線の管理区域外で、周辺環境への影響はないとしている。』（東京新聞２月４日17時５分の配信記事）　ＮＨＫは更に具体的に報じている。

電波監理審議会（第1139回）会議資料

デジタル空間における情報流通の諸課題への対処に関する検討会デジタル広告ワーキンググループ（第6回）開催案内

令和6年度補正予算「地域社会DX推進パッケージ事業（推進体制構築支援）」における支援地域の募集及び公募説明会の開催

　今年は団塊の世代が75歳以上となり、社会保障財源などへの圧迫が強まるのだという。そこから「2025年問題」などという呼称まで生まれているらしい。　政府は、高齢者が増えると現役世代の負担増が必須になると強調してきた。それを擁護するかのように、成田悠輔氏による「高齢者の集団自決」論が世論をにぎわした。このような言説が、現役世代、最近ではとりわけ若い世代と高齢世代の利害は相いれないものだとする世代間対立の背景をなしている。　こうした状況の中でマスコミは、政府や一部野党の言い分であ..

戦時下に起きた「長生炭鉱水没事故」で犠牲となった者の遺骨調査が、1月31日から2月2日にかけて、山口県宇部市内に所在する同炭鉱跡地で行われた。同調査を主導する市民団体の「長生炭鉱の水非常を歴史に刻む会」（以下、「刻む会」）は、水没した炭鉱内に眠る犠牲者の遺骨を遺族に返還するため、昨年10月、クラウドファンディングで集めた資金を活用して82年ぶりに炭鉱の坑口を開けた。その後、同月中に遺骨の収集に向けて炭鉱内の潜水調査を実施しており、今回はそれに続く2回目の調査となったが、遺骨の発見には至らなかった。（小栗俊也）

　「今変わらなければ、この先変わるチャンスは二度と訪れないかもしれない」民放労連は、2018年から女性役員の割合を3割に引き上げるよう求めており、意思決定層の多様性の欠如が日本のメディア業界におけるコンプライアンス意識の低下や国際競争力の影響を及ぼしていると指摘しています。特にフジテレビの問題は、業界全体の構造的な課題であり、高齢男性が意思決定層を占める現実が多様な視点を排除し、問題を見過ごす要因となっています。メディア関係者は自ら反省し、信頼される情報を伝えるために女性割合..

The Washington Post reported that the United Kingdom is demanding that Apple create an encryption backdoor to give the government access to end-to-end encrypted data in iCloud. Encryption is one of the best ways we have to reclaim our privacy and security in a digital world filled with cyberattacks and security breaches, and there’s no way to weaken it in order to only provide access to the “good guys.” We call on Apple to resist this attempt to undermine the right to private spaces and communications.

As reported, the British government’s undisclosed order was issued last month, and requires the capability to view all encrypted material in iCloud. The core target is Apple’s Advanced Data Protection, which is an optional feature that turns on end-to-end encryption for backups and other data stored in iCloud, making it so that even Apple cannot access that information. For a long time, iCloud backups were a loophole for law enforcement to gain access to data otherwise not available to them on iPhones with device encryption enabled. That loophole still exists for anyone who doesn’t opt in to using Advanced Data Protection. If Apple does comply, users should consider disabling iCloud backups entirely. Perhaps most concerning, the U.K. is apparently seeking a backdoor into users’ data regardless of where they are or what citizenship they have.

There is no technological compromise between strong encryption that protects the data and a mechanism to allow the government special access to this data. Any “backdoor” built for the government puts everyone at greater risk of hacking, identity theft, and fraud. There is no world where, once built, these backdoors would only be used by open and democratic governments. These systems can be, and quickly will be, used by more repressive governments around the world to read protesters’ and dissenters’ communications. We’ve seen and opposed these sorts of measures for years. Now is no different.

Perhaps most concerning, the U.K. is apparently seeking a backdoor into users’ data regardless of where they are or what citizenship they have.

Of course, Apple is not the only company who uses end-to-end encryption. Some of Google’s backup options employ similar protections, as do many chat apps, cloud backup services, and more. If the U.K. government secures access to the encrypted data of Apple users through a backdoor, every other secure file-sharing, communication, and backup tool is at risk.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., just last year we had a top U.S. cybersecurity chief declare that “encryption is your friend,” taking a welcome break from the messaging we’ve seen over the years at EFF. Even the FBI, which has frequently pushed for easier access to data by law enforcement, issued the same recommendation.

There is no legal mechanism for the U.S. government to force this same sort of rule on Apple, and we’d hope to see Apple continue to resist it as they have in the past. But what happens in the U.K. will still affect users around the world, especially as the U.K. order specifically stated that Apple would be prohibited from warning its users that its Advanced Data Protection measures no longer work as initially designed.

Weakening encryption violates fundamental human rights and annihilates our right to private spaces. Apple has to continue fighting against this ruling to keep backdoors off users’ devices.

Minors, like everyone else, have First Amendment rights. These rights extend to their ability to use social media both to speak and access the speech of others online. But these rights are under attack, as many states seek to limit minors’ use of social media through age verification measures and outright bans. California’s SB 976, or the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, prohibits minors from using a key feature of social media platforms—personalized recommendation systems, or newsfeeds. This law impermissibly burdens minors’ ability to communicate and find others’ speech on social media. 

On February 6th, 2025, EFF, alongside the Freedom to Read Foundation and Library Futures, filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in NetChoice v. Bonta urging the court to overturn the district court decision partially denying a preliminary injunction of SB 976.  

SB 976 passed into law in September of 2024, and prohibits various online platforms from providing personalized recommendation systems to minors without parental consent. For now, this prohibition only applies where the platforms know a user is a minor. Starting in 2027, however, the platforms will need to estimate the age of all their users based on regulations promulgated by the California attorney general. This means that (1) all users of platforms with these systems will need to pass through an age gate to continue using these features, and (2) children without parental consent will be denied access to the protected speech that is organized and distributed via newsfeeds. This is separate from the fact that feeds are central to most platforms’ user experience, and it’s not clear how social media platforms can or will adapt the experience for young people to comply with this law. Because these effects burden both users and platforms’ First Amendment rights, EFF filed this friend-of-the-court brief. This work is part of our broader fight against similar age-verification laws at the state and federal levels. 

EFF got involved in this suit both to advocate for the First Amendment rights of adult and minor users and to correct the dangerous logic by the district court. The district court, hearing NetChoice’s challenge on behalf of online platforms, ruled that the personalized feeds covered by SB 976 are not expressive, and therefore not covered by the First Amendment. The lower court took an extremely narrow view of what constitutes expressive activity, writing that algorithms behind personalized newsfeeds don’t reflect the messages or editorial choices of their human creators and therefore do not trigger First Amendment scrutiny. The Ninth Circuit has since stayed the district court’s ruling, preliminarily blocking the law from taking effect until it has a chance to consider the issues. 

EFF pushed back on this flawed reasoning, arguing that “the personalized feeds targeted by SB 976 are inherently expressive, because they (1) reflect the choices made by platforms to organize content on their services, (2) incorporate and respond to the expression users create to distribute users’ speech, and (3) provide users with the means to access speech in a digestible and organized way.” Moreover, the presence of these personalized recommendation systems informs the speech that users create on platforms, as users often create content with the intent of it getting “picked up” by the algorithm and delivered to other users.  

SB 976 burdens the First Amendment rights of minor social media users by blocking their use of primary systems created to distribute their own speech and to hear others’ speech via those systems, EFF’s brief argues. The statute also burdens all internet users’ First Amendment rights because the age-verification scheme it requires will block some adults from accessing lawful speech, make it impossible for them to speak anonymously on these services, and increase their risk of privacy invasions. Under the law, adults and minors alike will need to provide identifying documents to prove their age, which chills users of any age who wish to remain anonymous from accessing protected speech, excludes adults lacking proper documentation, and exposes those who do share their documentation to data breaches or sale of their data. 

We hope the Ninth Circuit recognizes that personalized recommendation systems are expressive in nature, subjects SB 976 to strict scrutiny, and rejects the district court ruling.

Related Cases: NetChoice Must-Carry Litigation

　編集者・蔦屋重三郎を育てた磁場吉原を、サブカルチャーの悪所としての牙城と著者は位置づける。活きた悪所の行く先を編集という企画力で守り通す体現者が蔦(つた)重(じゅう)だ。　十二章のうち「Ⅳ 洒 落本を編集する」が殊に面白い。その一節、蔦重の盟友・朋誠堂(めいせいどう)喜三二(きみじ)こと道陀楼麻阿(どうだろうまあ)が著した 『娼(しょう)妃(ひ)地理記』（1777年刊）への視線だ。　これは蔦重が喜三二と洒落本出版に乗り出した最初の作品。見立てとうがちの諧謔は、第一級と評価さ..

ABC・TV記者が米軍のブラックホーク・ヘリコプターに便乗して、ガザの崩壊を紹介しました。　トランプ・ネタニヤフ連合軍がホワイトハウスで会談し、ネタニヤフにおだてられたトランプが、「パレスチナ人はガザを去るべきだ、、ガザは素晴らしい所だ、」と、貧しい語彙で語り、その後の記者会見で「米軍派兵は必要だ」と言った直後のABCニュースだったので、「はや米軍は参戦か？！」と、寒気がしました。　ブラックホーク・ヘリコプターは、民間機に突っ込んで有名になりましたが、イラク戦争では、多くのイラク市民を夜店の射撃ゲームのように遊び殺ししたことで、悪名を轟かせました。