The UK government has paused its proposal to compel Apple to weaken encryption on its cloud storage services — a move that would have had sweeping implications for user privacy, global tech policy, and corporate data protection standards.
🚫 Apple had strongly resisted the demand, citing its commitment to end-to-end encryption and refusal to compromise user security.
On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas’s HB 1181, mandating strict age verification (digital ID or biometric scans) for websites where over ⅓ of content is deemed "harmful to minors."
This ruling in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton could reshape the internet as we know it.
Right now, Congress is considering legislation that could effectively ban encrypted apps by forcing companies to build dangerous backdoors into private communications.
These proposals threaten the security of journalists, whistleblowers, business professionals, and everyday users who depend on end-to-end encryption to communicate safely and confidentially. 💼🛡️
EFF is sounding the alarm. And we all should be too.