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60 organizations have launched a campaign calling on the US Congress to protect privacy
On Wednesday, 60 cryptocurrency, open source and free software organizations, as well as human rights and privacy projects, launched a new campaign calling on the 118th US Congress to protect privacy. Groups including Fight for the Future, Electric Coin Co. and the Tor Project, insist that Congress must develop policies aimed at protecting privacy.
Campaign urges lawmakers to take a bold stand on privacy policy
The new campaign, launched by 60 organizations, has the slogan "Tell Congress to protect privacy." The groups are calling on the United States federal government's legislature to advocate for privacy both online and offline. Supporting organizations include Fight for the Future, Blockchain Association, Proton, Tor Project, Mobilecoin, Protocol Labs, Filecoin Foundation, Electric Coin Co., Defi Education Fund and Tutanota. The campaign was launched after Fight for the Future's open letter to Congress, in which they stated that privacy is a fundamental human right.
"Protecting the privacy of ordinary people is key to ensuring security, self-determination, freedom of the press and other rights that form the basis of democracy," the letter said. “We welcome the recent interest in robust federal data privacy legislation to strengthen such rights. The technology and software tools we build to protect user privacy are just as important. Such tools help users protect themselves from a variety of harms, including discrimination, intimidation and abuse by authoritarian regimes.”
60 organizations have launched a campaign calling on the US Congress to protect privacy
The campaign website allows people to contact Congress and express their support for privacy and the technologies that improve it. "Contact Congress now and demand they protect our right to privacy," the site says. The website also provides a complete list of organizations participating in the campaign. "The Tor Project's mission is to advance human rights by creating and deploying free, open source anonymity and privacy technologies," Tor Project Executive Director Isabela Fernandez said in a statement. "We're signing on to this effort because we believe everyone, especially elected officials, should protect privacy."
Paul Brigner, Head of US Policy and Strategic Advocacy at Electric Coin Co., said: “Electric Coin Co. fully joins the global call for new US lawmakers to protect privacy.” Electric Coin Co. is the company and developers of the privacy-focused crypto project Zcash. “We urge lawmakers to take a strong stand in favor of privacy protection policies, including end-to-end encryption, and reject any attempt to impede the use or development of privacy-preserving tools. Only by protecting the privacy of all people can we hope to build a truly democratic and free society."
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