Digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future has posted an open letter on its website encouraging the new members of the U.S. Congress to protect privacy. The letter has attracted dozens of companies and organizations as cosigners.
“Increasingly, the incredible creative power of U.S. software developers is being chilled by clumsy, misguided legislative and regulatory actions,” the authors of the letter
Fight for the Future’s campaigns and communications director, Lia Holland, told Cointelegraph in a statement:
“Our objective with this letter is to sound the alarm that the previous Congress’ neglect of privacy as a human right cannot continue. […] It’s time for our legislators to stop trying to punish the open source and decentralized software developers who are giving everyday users as well as vulnerable communities like journalists, activists, abuse survivors and minorities the tools they need to protect their privacy online.”
At the time of writing, the letter had 36 signatories, including industry players such as the Blockchain Association, DeFi Education Fund, Ledger, Nillion Network, Protocol Labs and Proton. New signers are still being accepted.
Electric Coin Co. joined @fightfortheftr, @BlockchainAssn and others urging Congress to defend the right to privacy, open-source software development and decentralization.
You can read the letter here: https://t.co/HVoEfYhlxv
— Electric Coin Co. (@ElectricCoinCo) January 10, 2023
