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Preemptive Monitoring in End-to-end Encrypted Services

Technical measures to screen messages in end-to-end encrypted systems introduce systemic risk for both service providers and users.

Input to the Statutory Review of the Online Safety Act 2021

Input to Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Amendment Determination 2023

Input to the Draft Industry Standards for Designated Internet Services and Relevant Electronic Services 

Techxit: The UK Declares Its Exit from the High-Tech Startup World

No one in their right mind would now want to start up a high-tech company in the UK. With...

Encryption, Bad Bills, and Ripple Effects: How Riana Pfefferkorn Protects the Internet

We spoke with Riana Pfefferkorn, research scholar at the Stanford Internet Observatory, about encryption and protecting the Internet.

Speak Out Against Bills That Threaten End-to-End Encryption

The EARN IT Act, STOP CSAM Act, and KOSA in the United States threaten to weaken end-to-end encryption which...

Homomorphic Encryption: What Is It, and Why Does It Matter?

Learn about the concept of homomorphic encryption, its practicalities and implications, in order to make smart choices about this...

A Safer Internet Starts with More Encryption

Security is crucial to a safer Internet, and the only way towards a safer Internet is to take encryption off...

Encryption: A Building Block of a Trustworthy Internet

At the Internet Society, we’re committed to building a bigger and stronger Internet. To make sure it remains open,...

Security Through Encryption and Despite Encryption: An (un)Achievable Outcome?

On 16 June 2021 we organised a roundtable to explore in greater detail how to apply the European Council’s...

The Economic Impact of Laws that Weaken Encryption

Editor’s note: The full report and the extracted executive summary are available in pdf format in English, French, Spanish,...