Government efforts to access private communications are nothing new. Today, however, policymakers point to child safety and disinformation as reasons to limit privacy protections. Established democracies are often leading this charge, inadvertently paving the way for the world’s autocrats. But people around the world are not taking these policies lying down. And as vociferous opposition continues to stymie government efforts to expand surveillance powers, it has become clear that public pressure works.

Source: The Times December 27, 2023 15:36 UTC