Opinion
The RESTRICT Act, which would enable the the US government to ban TikTok from
the US market, is currently working its way through Congress and has the backing
of the White House. We’ve analyzed the legislation over the recent weeks, and
today we’re s
The Online Safety Bill is currently working its way through the UK parliament,
and it’s expected to be passed into law this autumn. This wide-reaching piece of
legislation would force any “user-to-user service” (such as TikTok, Facebook,
and Twitter)
Law enforcement agencies generally don’t like end-to-end encryption because it
blocks them from accessing the private communications of individual citizens.
After decades of trying to make tech companies add a “backdoor” to encryption,
they’re now sh
Today is World Wide Web Day, when the world celebrates all the amazing things
that were enabled when Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a member of our advisory board,
created the building blocks of the web at the European Organization for Nuclear
Research (CERN)
After years of frustration and inaction, the world has a once-in-a-lifetime
chance to rein in Big Tech’s power. The EU advanced its landmark Digital Markets
Act, South Korea put its foot down on unfair practices, and places like India,
Japan, and Aus
The freedom of the press is essential to democracy and allows you to be aware of
whether your rights are being respected. Unfortunately, journalists worldwide
are facing unprecedented intimidation, surveillance, and censorship. This is why
Proton has
This International Women’s Day, we’re taking the opportunity to talk to some of
the world’s top female pioneers in data privacy and security. Here is just a
small glimpse into the contributions that female academics, journalists, and
scientists have
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- Privacy News
The clock may be ticking on Google, Apple, and other tech giants’ ability to
impose their email apps on users as default settings. If EU regulators are
serious about fair competition in digital markets, letting people choose their
own private email a
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- Privacy News
Last updated 2 February 2022
On 2 July 2020, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve the EARN IT Act
(an acronym that stands for Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of
Interactive Technologies Act of 2020). It then died, never receiving
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- Privacy News
US citizens, conditioned to expect inaction from Congress, have increasingly
turned elsewhere for swift action on today’s pressing issues, including when it
comes to privacy. With no major Congressional privacy bill anywhere near
passing, more and mo
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- Privacy News
As we come to the end of Data Privacy Week, it’s important to take stock of our
progress. Yes, building an internet where privacy is the default is hard work,
and yes, we still have a long way to go, but there were promising developments
in 2021 for