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EFF: Investigative Scoops Worth Rereading: Year in Review 2018

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Investigative Scoops Worth Rereading: Year in Review 2018 In an era where political and corporate leaders are attacking the free press as “the enemy of the people,” it’s crucial that we recognize the truth: journalists every day are uncovering stories that protect our rights and hold those in power accountable. Meanwhile, as the media landscape shrinks, non-profits are also stepping in to carry the load. Here are some of the investigative bombshells that we read, re-read, and shared this year. (And a big thank you to our friends and supporters on Twitter who helped us remember all the great scoops from 2018.)    Give Me My Data Engadget reporters undertook a massive task to find out who controls your online data: A team of nine Engadget reporters in London, Paris, New York and San Francisco filed more than 150 subject access requests—in other words, requests for personal data—to more than 30 popular tech companies, ranging from social networks to dating apps to stream...

EFF: EFF’s New Logo: 2018 Year in Review

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EFF’s New Logo: 2018 Year in Review 2018 marked the launch of EFF’s new logo , nicknamed “Insider”—the first new logo we’ve had since EFF’s founding in 1990! The logo is the result of approximately a year of development. In 2017, EFF received a generous offer of a pro bono logo and identity design from Pentagram , a major design firm fronted by an amazing designer named Michael Bierut . Bierut was inspired to make this offer by our work defending a blogger against bogus take-down orders. Having had only one logo for over 20 years, and knowing the excellent work that has made Pentagram a giant of the design world, we were more than thrilled. This logo is actually a kind of logo system—it can be reconfigured in various ways. It can stack horizontally, vertically, into a neat “L” shape, and expand to include artwork and other text. For our small design team, it’s been a pleasure to work, and a huge improvement over the old logo. Check out this video to see the logo in action: %3...