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About EFA

The Electronic Frontier Alliance concluded on November 20, 2025

For nearly a decade, the Alliance brought together grassroots advocates, technologists, and community groups working to advance digital rights. Its strength came from the relationships and collaboration these groups built with one another, and from the shared commitment to open technology and civil liberties that defined the network.

Although the EFA has ended, EFF continues to explore ways to engage with and support local advocates. Toolkits developed during the project remain available, and we still welcome local organizers to reach out to EFF staff at organizing@eff.org

 

 

The Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA) is a grassroots network made up of independent community organizations. Allies across the United States work to support digital rights and empower their local communities.

The EFA brings these like-minded organizations together to build mutual support and to help each other improve. All members retain full autonomy and are free to organize in a variety of different ways. Some examples include:

  • Hackerspaces holding regular workshops and repair services for the public
  • Student organizations advocating for less surveillance on campus
  • Nonprofits advancing better broadband access for residents in their city
  • Digital security educators helping their community avoid harassment
  • Transparency advocates submitting Freedom of Information requests on police surveillance.

Electronic Frontier Alliance Principles

As a member organization of the Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA), we believe that technology should support the intellectual freedom at the heart of a democratic society. In the digital age, that entails advancing:

  • Free Expression
    People should be able to speak their minds to whoever will listen.
  • Security
    Technology should be trustworthy and answer to its users.
  • Privacy
    Technology should allow private and anonymous speech, and allow users to set their own parameters about what to share with whom.
  • Creativity
    Technology should promote progress by allowing people to build on the ideas, creations, and inventions of others.
  • Access to Knowledge
    Curiosity should be rewarded, not stifled. We uphold these principles by fighting for transparency and freedom in culture, code, and law.