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To the UK: An Encrypted System That Detects Content Isn’t End-to-End Encrypted
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CDT Joins Statement on Dangers of the EU’s Proposed Regulation for Fighting Child Sexual Abuse Online
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Taking a Closer Look at the Impact on Encryption, Metadata, Children’s Safety + More in Meta’s Human Rights Impact Assessment
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EU Tech Policy Brief: February 2022 Recap
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Safer Internet Day Statement of the Steering Committee of the Global Encryption Coalition
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EU Tech Policy Brief: January 2022 Recap
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EU Tech Policy Brief: December 2021 Recap
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Victory! Belgium Scraps Proposed Law to Backdoor End-to-End Encryption
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Just Security: Rethinking Surveillance on the 20th Anniversary of the Patriot Act
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GEC Efforts Slow Pace of the Belgian Data Retention Legislation
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CDT Joins HRW, Other Civil Rights Orgs in Urging India to Investigate Illegal Use of Spyware, Push Reforms
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International Coalition Calls on Apple to Abandon Plan to Build Surveillance Capabilities into iPhones, iPads, and other Products