A group of more than 40 media and digital rights organizations are calling on Five Eyes nations and democratic governments around the world to reject efforts to weaken encryption and support a global vision of a free and open internet. In recent years, governments around the world have been making (another) major push to pass laws that would force companies to give law enforcement access to encrypted communications built into their products, something encryption advocates say would amount to a dangerous backdoor.

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