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ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION

Lobbying for ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION · not-for-profit advocacy and litigation organization

 Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report
Reporting period
3rd Quarter 2026
July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2026
Expenses
$20,000
What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.
Client based in
California

Official filing document

 Government bodies contacted 2

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

 Lobbying activity 6
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

H.R. 10807 (IH) - Get the Flock Out of Our Communities Act, privacy. S. 4429, Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026, privacy. S. 5544, Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2026, privacy. S. 1829 STOP CSAM Act, all provisions relating to encryption. Amending the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). Use of AI automated decision making by CMS for prior authorization. Automated license plate reader guardrails. Providing information about Medicare's WISeR model (no specific piece of legislation). Meetings with various federal offices and committee staffers to discuss potential ALPR bills. Invitation to testify on digital ID and fraud prevention in federal programs by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Democrats. Bill 3066/2025 in Brazil, focused on Article 226-A regarding the use of VPNs and similar tools. New York City- Int. No 871, Barring the arming of police robots.

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

HR 2668, Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, FTC enforcement power.

Constitution

S. 4749, JAWBONE Act; human rights; vehicle privacy; border searches, speech. S. 737, SCREEN Act, speech. S. 1748, Kids Online Safety Act, speech. S. 4199, Youth AI Privacy Act, speech. S. 4407, Childrens Health, Advancement, Trust, Boundaries, and Oversight in Technology (CHATBOT) Act, speech/age-verification. S.3062 - GUARD Act, speech. S. 1409 Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), all. S. 836 Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act, all provisions relating to the knowledge standard. S. 5090, Digital Age Assurance Act, speech/age-verification. H.R.7757 - KIDS Act, all provisions.

Intelligence

No bill number, Section 702 of the USA PATRIOT ACT, all

Copyright/Patent/Trademark

S.1367, NO FAKES Act, Section 2, voice and visual likeness. S.1546 - Patent Eligibility Restoration Act, all provisions. S.4145/H.R.4072 - Pro Codes Act of 2026, all provisions.

Computer Industry

OpenAI/Hugging Face cybersecurity incident

 Bills named in this filing 19

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.

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