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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit

Non-profit organization

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digital rights

Digital rights

The term digital rights describes the permissions of individuals legitimately to perform actions involving the use of a computer, any electronic device, or a communications network...

advocacy and legal organization based in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Its stated mission is to:

Engage in and support educational activities which increase popular understanding of the opportunities and challenges posed by developments in computing
Computing
Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...

and telecommunications.
Develop among policy-makers a better understanding of the issues underlying free and open telecommunications, and support the creation of legal and structural approaches which will ease the assimilation of these new technologies by society.
Raise public awareness about civil liberties
Civil liberties
Civil liberties are rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights such as the freedom from slavery and forced labour, freedom from torture and death, the right to liberty and security, right to a fair trial, the right to defend one's self, the right to own and bear arms, the right...

issues arising from the rapid advancement in the area of new computer-based communications media
Media (communication)
In communications, media are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data...

.
Support litigation in the public interest to preserve, protect, and extend First Amendment
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...

rights within the realm of computing and telecommunications technology.
Encourage and support the development of new tools which will endow non-technical users with full and easy access to computer-based telecommunications.

The EFF is supported by donations and is based in San Francisco, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, with staff members in Washington, D.C.