Updates

EPIC Joins Coalition Asking FTC to Crack Down on Abusive Push Notifications in Wagering Apps

August 28, 2026

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Updates

EPIC Urges First and Seventh Circuits to Protect Voter Privacy and Refuse DOJ’s Voter Roll Demand 

August 27, 2026

EPIC filed four amicus briefs this week urging the First and Seventh Circuit to rebuff the Department of Justice’s unlawful demand for voter rolls.

• Data Security

• Fighting Federal Data Abuses

• Government Databases

• Open Government

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Voter Privacy

• Updates

Meta Reaches $18 Billion Settlement with States over Youth Social Media Harms

August 26, 2026

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Section 230

• The First Amendment

• Updates

Ninth Circuit Rules That Tech Companies Can’t Prematurely Appeal Section 230 Losses

August 24, 2026

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Section 230

• Updates

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC and CFA Publish New Resource: Explaining Surveillance Pricing and Other Data-Driven Pricing Practices

August 20, 2026

EPIC and Consumer Federation of America published a resource highlighting how personal data affects pricing in the modern economy.

• Consumer Privacy

• Surveillance Pricing

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Urge Congressional Leaders to Protect Americans and Reform FISA Section 702

August 19, 2026

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Oppose California Effort to Shield Companies from Liability for Surveilling Individuals

August 19, 2026

The letter urges lawmakers to oppose efforts to further gut CIPA and strip Californians of the right to hold companies accountable for surveilling them and invading their privacy.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Online Advertising & Tracking

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Wiretapping

• Updates

EPIC and Coalition Urge Senate and Thompson Reuters to Stop Commercial Surveillance 

August 13, 2026

In two letters, EPIC joined a coalition of more than two dozen civil rights and privacy organizations urging the Senate and Thompson Reuters to act and protect Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights.

• Data Brokers

• Fighting Federal Data Abuses

• Fourth Amendment

• Updates

EPIC Urges 7th Circuit to Uphold Wiretap Act to Protect Private Communications Containing Sensitive Health Data  

August 12, 2026

• Data Protection

• Health and Reproductive Privacy

• Wiretapping

• Updates

EPIC, Advocates Celebrate As New Jersey Signs Nation-Leading Kids’ Online Safety Bills Into Law

August 11, 2026

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — EPIC and New Jersey Kids Code Coalition advocates celebrated as Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the landmark New Jersey Kids Code into law alongside bills to create social media mental health warning labels and a new state social media research observatory, applauding the Governor, legislative leaders, and community advocates who championed youth online safety.

• Children's Privacy

• Data Protection

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Social Media Privacy

• Updates