Is this due to them literally changing their mission and tack, or is this a shifting of the overton window? I would argue the latter, but you have direct experience there so I'm curious to hear more.
Is this due to them literally changing their mission and tack, or is this a shifting of the overton window? I would argue the latter, but you have direct experience there so I'm curious to hear more.
There is a conscious effort to focus more directly and consistently on helping groups that are seen as oppressed.
There was an associated mission statement change sometime around 2015
> The Electronic Frontier Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all the people of the world.
(The "for all the people of the world" part is doing a lot of work there.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/sierra-club-s...
This appears to be part of a greater pattern of semi-bipartisan organizations veering to the left and losing credibility.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O%27Sullivan_(columnist)#...
It has probably helped increase their raw numbers, but it has also induced "mission drift".