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Twitter blocks have two effects: First, they prevent the blocking Twitter account from having to take note of what the blocked person writes on Twitter. This is a questionable way for public authorities to shield themselves from critical comments on Twitter. On the other hand, blocked persons can

The GFF filed an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Microsoft v. United States of America. In January 2018, the GFF intervened in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court between Microsoft and the United States of America with an amicus curiae brief to advocate for the protection of human

The GFF complaint against the Bavarian domestic secret service's excessive powers was heard orally at the Federal Constitutional Court. The lawsuit by the Society for Civil Rights (GFF), which has been coordinated over the last four years, was finally heard orally in Karlsruhe on 14 December 2021.

On August 22, 2018, the GFF lodged a constitutional complaint in Karlsruhe against the use of so-called state trojans and the government's irresponsible handling of IT security gaps. It is directed against the amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO) introduced on August, 24 2017. Among

The criminalisation of whistleblowers and investigative journalists is contrary to the freedom of the press. We go to court for their protection! Jointly with an alliance of civil rights organizations and journalists, GFF is challenging the new Criminal Code provision on "handling stolen data". Pas

Jointly with FragDenStaat.de, the GFF supported lawsuits under the Freedom of Information Act (IFG) from 2016 to 2019 in order to make the work of politics and administration in Germany more transparent - with success, as already decided cases show. Successful transparency partnerships Transpare

The GFF is challenging the so-called “strategic” surveillance of international telecommunication to and from Germany. We oppose the fact that the Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND) will be allowed to spy on telecommunication by means of mass surveillance without concrete i

The GFF has issued an opinion on the use of IMSI catchers by German police authorities. IMSI catchers are surveillance tools whose use by German authorities is accompanied by notification and reporting obligations. The statement is part of a "Witness Statement" of a case of the partner organization

Jointly with the GleichBehandeln campaign, we are campaigning for the abolition of the so-called duty to report - so that people without papers can see a doctor without fear. To this end, we have filed a constitutional complaint together with a plaintiff from Kosovo and the organization Doctors of t

The Society for Civil Rights (Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V.). (GFF) supports the independent DNS resolver Quad9 in a court case against an interim injunction ordering Quad9 to set up website blocks. The blocking of entire websites is a threat to freedom of information on the Internet. Techni