Hi Owen Many thanks for sharing this. As Wikimedia UK and the Wikimedia Foundation are lobbying for very specific changes to the OSB, we are trying to keep our powder dry and are not formally joining calls relating to end-to-end encryption (although of course I agree with the principles and concerns expressed in the letter). Wikimedia UK did add our name/logo to an ORG briefing on the OSB and prior restraint, circulated to peers in April.
Best Lucy On Tue, 30 May 2023 at 13:26, Owen Blacker <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know if this is a little off-topic for the Movement, but please > consider if the Foundation or any Affiliates (especially WMUK to WMEU) > might like to sign on to this Open letter? > > In pride and solidarity, > > Owen > -- > Owen Blacker, London GB > @owenblacker <http://twitter.com/owenblacker>, he/him > @[email protected] <https://dataare.cool/@owenblacker> > User:OwenBlacker (meta > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User%3AOwenBlacker>, enwiki > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:OwenBlacker>, frwiki > <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:OwenBlacker>) > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Monica Horten <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 at 10:57 > Subject: [ORG-advisory] [ REQUEST FOR SIGNATURE] Open letter to UK > government - safeguarding privacy and end-to-end encryption > To: ORG Advisory Council discussion list < > [email protected]> > > > *RE: Sign on to civil society open letter to the UK government: we urge UK > to protect global digital security and safeguard private communication* > > *Dear Advisory Council members, * > A gentle reminder about our letter, and thank you to those who have > already signed! You may sign as an individual or an organisation. > > We have been made aware that occasionally the sign-on form has not worked > properly. It should provide a confirmation page. If you experience any > issues with it, please let me know, and you can sign manually. > > *European Digital Rights (EDRi) and Open Rights Group have drafted an open > letter to the UK government, calling for the deletion of chat control > measures in the Online Safety Bill. * > > *The Online Safety Bill is a deeply troubling legislative proposal > containing measures that threaten fundamental rights online. It is > currently being debated in the UK Parliament, and could be passed into law > as soon as mid-July this year. * > > *Of special concern for us is the way it puts at risk messaging services > that use end-to-end encryption. The Bill will give Ofcom, the regulator, > extraordinary powers to enforce this – powers that are said to be greater > than those of GCHQ. The UK government has indicated its intention for > providers to use client-side scanning, although it has not confirmed this > publicly. * > > *If passed in its present form, the UK could become the first liberal > democracy to require the routine scanning of people’s private chat > messages, including chats that are secured by end-to-end encryption. * > > *The letter expresses our concerns and calls on the UK government to drop > the proposal. It urges the UK remove end-to-end encrypted services from the > scope of the Bill and to uphold the privacy of people’s confidential > communications. * > > *The full text of the letter is here: * > https://cloud.edri.org/index.php/s/8EXtTDwLfya4Rq8 > > > *We would like to let the UK government know the strength of feeling in > civil society around the world that encrypted messaging platforms are there > to protect us all and should not be weakened. * > > We invite you to sign the letter via this sign-on form: > https://cloud.edri.org/index.php/apps/forms/s/ab7o7RK6FENJrAntSpZYnH3X > > You may sign as an organisation or as an individual. 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