Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a nonprofit organization focused on defending digital civil liberties. The site covers issues related to user privacy, free expression, and innovation in the digital world. It primarily targets corporate practices that undermine these liberties, particularly those related to privacy. The site criticizes Google's Privacy Sandbox for shifting control of online tracking from third-party trackers to Google and allowing advertisers to track ad performance. The site is funded by donations and has a vested interest in portraying certain companies' practices as detrimental to user privacy and freedom.

80%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This news site has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on its reporting.

Bias

90%

Examples:

  • The site portrays itself as a defender of digital civil liberties but has a clear agenda against certain corporate practices, particularly those related to privacy.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • The site is funded by donations and has a vested interest in portraying certain companies' practices as detrimental to user privacy and freedom.

Contradictions

75%

Examples:

  • The site criticizes Google's Privacy Sandbox for shifting control of online tracking from third-party trackers to Google and allowing advertisers to track ad performance.

Deceptions

45%

Examples:

  • The site uses strong language to imply that Google's Privacy Sandbox is deceptive, but it does not directly provide evidence of outright deception.

Recent Articles

  • Google Abandons Plan to Eliminate Third-Party Cookies in Chrome, Introduces New User Choice Experience

    Google Abandons Plan to Eliminate Third-Party Cookies in Chrome, Introduces New User Choice Experience

    Broke On: Monday, 22 July 2024 Google reverses course on eliminating third-party cookies in Chrome, instead introducing a new user consent platform following feedback from advertisers and regulators. Critics argue that Google's proposed alternatives, FLoC and Topics API, could lead to new privacy risks and harm competition.