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CDT joins a letter urging the Bangladesh telecomms commission to withdraw the regulation for digital, social media, and OTT platforms. White document on a dark grey background.

CDT Joins Letter Urging Bangladesh Telecomms Commission to Withdraw Regulation for Digital, Social Media, and OTT Platforms
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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
CDT's Sharon Bradford Franklin penned a post about surveillance reform on the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Patriot Act. The post is on Just Security, entitled "Rethinking Surveillance on the 20th Anniversary of the Patriot Act." White text on top of a photograph of the presidential signing of the Patriot Act.

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
Cover of CDT's report, "Outside Looking In: Approaches to Content Moderation in End-to-End Encrypted Systems." A wireframe of the interaction of content on a platform being flagged by a content moderation system, and the ensuing steps.

Outside Looking In: Approaches to Content Moderation in End-to-End Encrypted Systems
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New CDT Report Defines End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) & Examines the Best Ways to Moderate Content on E2EE Platforms