Electronic Frontier Foundation

Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc
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Summary

Electronic Frontier Foundation is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of nonprofit organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,001 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: digital rights[3], Internet activism[4], lobbying[5], litigation[6]
  • Member of: European Digital Rights[7], Digital Right to Repair Coalition[8], International Freedom of Expression Exchange[9], Re:Create Coalition[10]
  • Country: United States[11]
  • Instance of: non-governmental organization[12]
  • Founder: John Gilmore[13], John Perry Barlow[14], Mitch Kapor[15]
  • Headquarters location: San Francisco[16]
  • Chief executive officer: Cindy Cohn[17]
  • Part of: digital rights movement[18]
  • Commons category: Electronic Frontier Foundation[19]
  • Chairperson: Brian Behlendorf[20]
  • Website account on: identi.ca[21]
  • Inception: July 10, 1990[22]
  • Official website: https://eff.org[23], https://iykpqm7jiradoeezzkhj7c4b33g4hbgfwelht2evxxeicbpjy44c7ead.onion[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Electronic Frontier Foundation[25]
  • Web feed URL: https://www.eff.org/rss/updates.xml[26]
  • Director / manager: Eva Galperin[27]
  • Employees: 79[28]
  • Phone number: +1-415-436-9333[29]
  • Official name: Electronic Frontier Foundation[30]
  • Legal form: 501(c)(3) organization[31]
  • Short name: EFF[32]
  • Total revenue: 17,392,426[33], 12,212,821[34], 14,232,158[35], 15,913,065[36], 23,876,681[37], 17,692,904[38], 17,954,838[39], 5,536,559[40], 7,863,584[41], 9,444,822[42], 13,637,091[43], 17,132,485[44], 11,056,928[45]
  • Total assets: 46,412,039[46], 46,555,416[47], 46,707,648[48], 7,910,257[49], 11,088,212[50], 15,710,071[51], 22,879,571[52], 30,221,213[53], 28,829,197[54], 36,327,464[55], 40,253,077[56], 40,872,397[57], 40,689,795[58]
  • Operating area: worldwide[59]
  • Partnership with: Entertainment Consumers Association[60]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Electronic Frontier Foundation include EFF DES cracker[61], a one-of-a-kind computer[62].

Why It Matters

Electronic Frontier Foundation has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

It has been cited as an influence by La Quadrature du Net[65], a nonprofit organization[66], in France[67], founded in 2008[68], headquartered in 20th arrondissement of Paris[69].

Works attributed to it include Open Audio License[70], a free license[71], founded in 2001[72]. Entities named for it include EFF DES cracker[61], a one-of-a-kind computer[62].

FAQs

Who did Electronic Frontier Foundation influence?

Electronic Frontier Foundation has been cited as an influence by La Quadrature du Net[65].

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  1. [66] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Funder → Open Society Foundations, Open Society Foundations, Open Society Foundations +3
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