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Electronic Frontier FoundationonMastodon2d ago
When DOGE employees break the law, their names should not be secret.
In the Privacy Act lawsuit against DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management, EFF helped unseal the names of employees at the center of the violations. Read yesterday's Court opinion. https://www.eff.org/files/2026/04/01/2026-04-01_opinion_and_order_dckt_208_00.pdf
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Analysis Summary
This is solid reporting on a real court case. The EFF did file and help litigate a Privacy Act lawsuit against OPM and DOGE, and the litigation includes motions to unseal DOGE employee names. A federal judge found the data disclosure violated privacy law. The post is accurate but brief — it doesn't explain why unsealing matters (transparency about who violated privacy) or the broader context of DOGE's unprecedented access to millions of federal employees' sensitive records.
Claims Analysis (2)
“EFF helped unseal the names of employees at the center of the violations”
Case documents show EFF filed motions to unredact DOGE agent names in the OPM litigation
“In the Privacy Act lawsuit against DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management, violations occurred”
Federal judge found OPM violated the Privacy Act by disclosing records to DOGE
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