The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released a transition memo to the Trump Administration and the 119th U.S. Congress, focusing on digital policy priorities for 2025 and beyond. The memo addresses key issues such as government surveillance, consumer privacy, artificial intelligence, and encryption.

India McKinney, EFF Director of Federal Affairs, stated, “We routinely work with officials and staff in the White House and Congress on a wide range of policies that will affect digital rights in the coming years.” She emphasized EFF's unmatched expertise as "the oldest, largest, and most trusted nonpartisan digital rights organization."

The comprehensive 64-page document covers various topics including warrantless digital dragnets, national security surveillance, face recognition technology, border surveillance, reproductive justice; encryption and cybersecurity; consumer privacy concerning vehicle data, age verification, and digital identification; artificial intelligence with a focus on algorithmic decision-making transparency and copyright concerns; broadband access; net neutrality; Section 230’s protections of free speech online; competition; copyright issues; the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; and patents.

EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn remarked on the potential impact of this guidance: “The new Congress and the Trump Administration have an opportunity to make the internet a much better place for users. This memo should serve as a blueprint for how they can do so.” She reiterated EFF's commitment to advocating for technology users across different administrations.

In addition to this year's memo directed at current policymakers, EFF had previously shared similar guidance with the incoming Biden Administration in 2020.

For further details on both memos:

- 2025 Transition Memo: https://eff.org/document/eff-transition-memo-trump-administration-2025

- 2020 Transition Memo: https://www.eff.org/document/eff-transition-memo-incoming-biden-administration-november-2020