Power to the People: The Encryption Summit

On October 19th, 2023, join a series of panel discussions hosted by the Global Encryption Coalition. In the runup to Global Encryption Day, the Global Encryption Coalition steering committee — including the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), Internet Society, Global Partners Digital, Mozilla, and the Internet Freedom Foundation — will host a series of virtual panels focused on issues surrounding encryption, privacy, security, and policy. Tech Policy Press is a media partner to the event, which is free to attend. Registration is available via ZOOM. A sample of speakers across the day includes Prateek Waghre, Ambika Satkunanathan, Meredith Whittaker, Neeti Biyani, Roberta Battisti, Noam Kantor, Bruce Schneier, Riana Pfefferkorn, Dhanaraj Thakur, Iria Puyosa, Greg Nojeim, Calvin Mugauri, Caroline Sinders, Robert Fabricant, and Sheetal Kumar. Sessions include: Encryption and Free Expression in South Asia The use of secured communications is integral to press freedom and freedom of expression. Any threats to this ability can result in a chilling effect as it makes people vulnerable to persecution and harassment which may lead to increased self censorship. This session will discuss the importance of encrypted communications for journalists in South Asia. Additionally, the session will draw attention to legislative and regulatory efforts to undermine encryption in several South Asian jurisdictions. Finally, the session will stress on the importance of securing online communication and the urgent surveillance reform to protect against such invasive technologies. Life in a World of Scanning In a number of proposed legislations, Client Side Scanning is touted as the solution of analyzing content for containing CSAM and other illegal content without…Power to the People: The Encryption Summit