EFF and Partners Urge the Indian Government to Keep End-to-End Encryption Alive

In a letter to the Indian Government, EFF and partner digital rights organizations from around the world called on the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to withdraw the so-called traceability requirement under its Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code (2021 IT Rules). The Rules compel private end-to-end encrypted messaging services to enable the identification of the “first originator” of information on their platforms. EFF has already expressed its concerns about IT Rules’ chilling effect on Internet users’ …

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