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January 16, 2020 Dispatches

US Government Challenges Apple on Encryption (Again)

Secure Devices Protect Users from Hacking and Surveillance

Attorney General William Barr speaks during a tour of a federal prison in Edgefield, South Carolina
February 21, 2019 Letter

International Civil Liberties and Technology Coalition Comments on the PJCIS Review of the Assistance and Access Act, 2018

December 11, 2018 News Release

Protecting Your Security and Rights Online

Interactive Game Shows Why Encryption Matters

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December 11, 2018 Interview

Playing the Game to Dodge Online Snooping

Understanding the Role of Encryption in Your Everyday Life

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December 4, 2018 Interactive

Everyday Encryption

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November 21, 2018 Letter

Supplemental Coalition Comments Re: Assistance and Access Bill 2018

September 20, 2018 Commentary

Turning Our Technology Against Us

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June 4, 2018 News Release

US: FBI’s Encryption Statistics Inflated

Investigate Flawed ‘Going Dark’ Claims

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May 2, 2018 News Release

Iran: Assault on Access to Information

Judiciary Blocks Popular Messaging Application Telegram

People protest in Tehran, Iran December 30, 2017. © 2017 Reuters
April 30, 2018 News Release

Russia: Assault on Internet Freedom, Cybersecurity

Stop Blocking Telegram Site; Repeal Restrictive Laws

ople release paper planes, symbol of the Telegram messenger, during a rally in protest against court decision to block the messenger.
April 24, 2018 Dispatches

Russia’s Internet War and its Collateral Damage

The Russian Government Versus Telegram Messaging Service

Tanya Lokshina’s own paper plane for Internet freedom. Moscow, April 22, 2018.
April 13, 2018 Dispatches

Telegram Loses Free Expression Battle to Russian Authorities

Moscow Court Rules to Block Access to Telegram Messenger in Russia

A man poses with a smartphone in front of a screen showing the Telegram logos in this picture illustration taken in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina November 18, 2015.
August 6, 2017 News Release

Australia: Shelve Proposed Law to Weaken Encryption

Threatens Security, Rights

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August 3, 2017 Letter

Letter to Prime Minister Turnbull re Encryption and Human Rights

August 2, 2017 Dispatches

Encryption is for ‘Real People’

UK Home Secretary Suggests Only Bad Guys Want ‘Unbreakable Security’

WhatsApp and Facebook messenger icons are seen on an iPhone in Manchester , Britain March 27, 2017.

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