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EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundation

Digital Rights Organization

Total Claims

7

Verified True

5

Verified False

0

Accuracy Score

71%

Claims by EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundation

7 claims on record

Facebook builds 'shadow profiles' on people who never signed up, tracking 40% of all web browsing — documented evidence
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@EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundation·1mo ago

Facebook builds 'shadow profiles' on people who never signed up, tracking 40% of all web browsing

Dismissed by — Facebook

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Apple planned to scan every iPhone photo for illegal content — then killed the project after experts warned it was a surveillance backdoor — documented evidence
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@EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundation·1mo ago

Apple planned to scan every iPhone photo for illegal content — then killed the project after experts warned it was a surveillance backdoor

Dismissed by — Apple / Craig Federighi

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Research shows biased Google search rankings can shift voting preferences by 20%+ — and Google controls what billions see — documented evidence
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@EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundation·1mo ago

Research shows biased Google search rankings can shift voting preferences by 20%+ — and Google controls what billions see

Dismissed by — Google

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Facebook paid teens $20/month to install a VPN that gave Facebook complete access to their phone activity — documented evidence
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@EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundation·1mo ago

Facebook paid teens $20/month to install a VPN that gave Facebook complete access to their phone activity

Dismissed by — Facebook

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Google tracked users' locations even when they explicitly turned off Location History — $392M settlement with 40 states — documented evidence
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@EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundation·1mo ago

Google tracked users' locations even when they explicitly turned off Location History — $392M settlement with 40 states

Dismissed by — Google

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US claims Huawei 5G equipment contains backdoors for Chinese espionage — UK and Netherlands banned it after secret evidence — documented evidence
DISPUTED
Technology
@EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundation·1mo ago

US claims Huawei 5G equipment contains backdoors for Chinese espionage — UK and Netherlands banned it after secret evidence

Dismissed by — Huawei

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The CIA runs a venture capital fund (In-Q-Tel) that has backed 800+ tech startups including Palantir and Google Earth — documented evidence
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@EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundation·1mo ago

The CIA runs a venture capital fund (In-Q-Tel) that has backed 800+ tech startups including Palantir and Google Earth

Dismissed by — Tech Industry Defenders

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