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Nevada Wants to Reduce Online Protections for Children: All Internet Users Should Benefit from Strong Encryption


Today we joined an effort to stop the State of Nevada from making it easier for children’s personal information to be obtained by child predators, criminal gangs, foreign nations, and others. The State of Nevada seems to think that children deserve less protection online. Under a misguided view of seeking to “protect” children, the State […]

Today we joined an effort to stop the State of Nevada from making it easier for children’s personal information to be obtained by child predators, criminal gangs, foreign nations, and others. On 20 March, the District Court in Clark County, Nevada, will hold a hearing on the State’s request to prevent Meta from giving children’s communications the highest level of protection. We join with our colleagues at all these other organizations in asking the District Court of Clark County to protect the children of Nevada by allowing their communication to be secure by default and not open to interception.

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