About EFA

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.