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60 Organizations Launch Campaign Urging US Congress to Protect Privacy

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60 Organizations Launch Campaign Urging US Congress to Protect Privacy


On Wednesday, 60 organizations involved in cryptocurrencies, open-source and free software, and human rights and privacy-preserving projects launched a new campaign calling on the 118th U.S. Congress to protect privacy. The groups, including Fight for the Future, Electric Coin Co., and the Tor Project, insist that Congress needs to deliver policies dedicated to standing up for privacy. Campaign Urges Lawmakers to Take Bold Stance on Pro-Privacy Policies


A new campaign, launched by 60 organizations, carries the slogan “Tell Congress to protect privacy.” The groups are calling for the United States federal government’s legislature to stand up for privacy both online and offline. Supporting entities include Fight for the Future, Blockchain Association, Proton, the Tor Project, Mobilecoin, Protocol Labs, Filecoin Foundation, Electric Coin Co., the Defi Education Fund and Tutanota. The campaign follows Fight for the Future’s open letter to Congress, in which they stated that privacy is a fundamental human right.


“Protecting the privacy of everyday people is key to ensuring safety, self-determination, freedom of the press, and other rights that compose the core of democracy,” the letter details. “We applaud recent interest in robust federal data privacy legislation to reinforce such rights. The technologies and software tools we build to preserve user privacy by design are just as essential. Such tools help users to guard against a diverse swath of harms including discrimination, intimidation, and abuse from authoritarian regimes.”



The campaign’s website allows individuals to reach out to Congress and express their support for privacy and the technologies that enhance it. “Contact Congress now to demand they defend our right to privacy,” the website says. The site also displays a full list of organizations involved in the campaign. “The Tor Project’s mission is to promote human rights through the creation and deployment of free and open-source anonymity and privacy technologies,” said Isabela Fernandes, executive director of the Tor Project, in a statement. “We are co-signing this effort because we believe that everyone, especially elected representatives, must defend privacy.”


Paul Brigner, head of U.S. policy and strategic advocacy at Electric Coin Co., said, “Electric Coin Co. has fully joined this global call for incoming U.S. lawmakers to defend privacy.” Electric Coin Co. is the company and developers behind the privacy-focused crypto project Zcash. “We urge lawmakers to take a strong stance in favor of pro-privacy policies, including end-to-end encryption, and reject any attempts to hinder the use or development of privacy-preserving tools. Only by defending the privacy of all individuals can we hope to build a truly democratic and free society.” Tags in this story 60 Organizations, Authoritarian regimes, Blockchain Association, campaign, Congress, crypto projects, Cryptocurrencies, Defi Education Fund, Democracy, Electric Coin Co., End-to-End Encryption, Fight for the Future, Filecoin Foundation, freedom of press, human rights, Mobilecoin, Open Source, organizations privacy, policy, Privacy, Privacy Centric, privacy legislation, privacy policies, privacy preservation, privacy preservation tools, privacy protection, privacy rights, privacy-focused, Privacy-preserving, Protocol Labs, Proton, Tor Project, Tutanota, United States, User privacy, Zcash


What are your thoughts on the new campaign launched by 60 organizations calling on the 118th U.S. Congress to protect privacy? Share your opinion in the comments section below. Jamie Redman


Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today. Web3 Privacy Layer Aztec Raises $100 Million in Series B Funding Round to Produce an Encrypted Version of Ethereum PRIVACY | Dec 19, 2022 Ethereum Software Company Consensys Collects User Data, Privacy Policy Discloses PRIVACY | Nov 25, 2022


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