They also mention an amicus brief in the article, something that isn’t technically a legal defense but generally is the closest thing to it.
From what I gather, EFF reports on cases that they care about, and would provide legal support if needed in addition to coverage.
To answer a question that you haven’t asked: that would tend to support the idea that their coverage is biased. However, their bias is fairly transparent and well-known to HN readers; more importantly, I’m not familiar with a source providing that level of understanding with less bias (since Growker stopped blogging and Jay Zittrain hasn’t commented on this).
They also mention an amicus brief in the article, something that isn’t technically a legal defense but generally is the closest thing to it.
From what I gather, EFF reports on cases that they care about, and would provide legal support if needed in addition to coverage.
To answer a question that you haven’t asked: that would tend to support the idea that their coverage is biased. However, their bias is fairly transparent and well-known to HN readers; more importantly, I’m not familiar with a source providing that level of understanding with less bias (since Growker stopped blogging and Jay Zittrain hasn’t commented on this).