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INVESTIGATION: "Alibi Machine" Documents Hierarchical Disinformation Network
cyber·Mar 28, 2026

**DEVELOPING** Coda Story has published analysis identifying structural components of what it terms "the Alibi Machine"—a coordinated information operation involving layered actors across political, media, and social spheres. The investigation framework requires establishing three elements: 1.

DoD Pressures Anthropic on AI Restrictions, EFF Says
cyber·Mar 28, 2026

**DEVELOPING** The Department of Defense has issued an ultimatum to AI company Anthropic, reportedly threatening to designate it as a "foreign agent" unless the company removes restrictions on military use of its technology, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Pentagon Terminates $200M Anthropic Contract Over Surveillance, Autonomous Weapons Restrictions
cyber·Mar 28, 2026

**The U.S. Department of Defense has officially ended its $200 million contract with AI company Anthropic and ordered military contractors to cease use of Anthropic products**, citing disputes over permissible uses of the technology.

EFF Leader Discusses Surveillance Fight in New Book Launch
cyber·Mar 28, 2026

EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn is releasing *Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance*, detailing her three-decade legal campaign against federal agencies over digital privacy rights.

EFF Names Nicole Ozer as Executive Director
cyber·Mar 28, 2026

**SAN FRANCISCO** — Nicole Ozer has been appointed executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, effective June 1, succeeding Cindy Cohn. Ozer currently serves as inaugural executive director of the Center for Constitutional Democracy at UC College of the Law in Sacramento.

GLOBAL PROTEST MOVEMENTS INHERIT DIGITAL TACTICS FROM 2011 ARAB SPRING
cyber·Mar 28, 2026

*EFF Analysis Documents Cross-Border Adoption of Social Media Organizing* A new generation of protesters across multiple continents is systematically deploying digital tools developed and refined during the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, according to analysis from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.