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Latest — Jan 16, 2025

Zuckerberg Scales Back Content Moderation—What Happens Next Is Up to Us

Meta's announced changes to its content moderation policies deeply dissappointed us. Mallory has dedicated decades of her career to working in human rights organizations, helping to create the critical policies Meta is now casting aside. I spent the last five years of my career at Mozilla Foundation, advocating

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Trump’s Second Term: Six Predictions for the Future of Encryption

But first: Teaching AI to Respect Boundaries The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) just announced a new working group (AI-Control) to help content publishers control how AI systems use their data. Building on tools like robots.txt—which was designed to manage web crawler access, not AI scraping—the group

When AI Meets End-to-End Encryption

But first: Introducing our new Editor-in-Chief! Audrey Hingle brings over a decade of editorial experience to The Internet Exchange. With a passion for ethical technology and expertise in content strategy, she’s eager to spotlight the stories that matter. Share your story ideas with her at editor@exchangepoint.tech. End-of-year

What the FBI wants you to know

Preview: RightsCon 2025, Taipei and online (February 24-27, 2025). I'll be hosting two sessions: * Roundtable with Privacy Regulators (from the Five Eyes!) * CEOs of the NEW social media. I'm really looking forward to connecting with the human rights community in the new year. If you'

Remarkably the internet works

This week the annual UN conference for tech, the Internet Governance Forum, is kicking off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I'm participating online for the meeting sessions. But first, read about why some organizations and individuals like me aren't attending in person: https://www.techpolicy.press/who-wins-from-the-igf-not-those-locked-up-for-speaking-out

Studying Digital Public Infrastructures

This week I attended the AWID Forum in Bangkok. It was a truly memorable moment to commune with 4000 feminists as 2024 comes to a close. I was there to support APC's Women's Rights Programme, in particular as a digital security expert. Here are some highlights:

Digital cooperation is the antidote to fragmentation

Last month I was privileged to join a panel discussion in Canberra on, "Why Digital Cooperation is the Antidote to Tech Fragmentation." You can watch the panel on YouTube: Please subscribe to the Internet Exchange weekly newsletter! A whole week of links * I am thankful for the workers

What we already knew about WordPress

But first, Word Play! My debut crossword in today's Wall Street Journal with Jeff Chen is called Safe Prospects. It's free to play: https://www.wsj.com/articles/safe-prospects-thursday-crossword-november-21-975fdcd9 Also read about puzzling in times of crisis from my crossword construction teacher Natan Last https://www.

Censorship and what to do about it

Last week the IETF 121 met in Dublin. You can catch all of the sessions online. Here are some highlights * I co-chair the Human Rights Protocol Considerations research group with a cryptographer at Brave Browser, Sofia Celi. HRPC met and discussed our RG's draft on intimate partner violence.

Freedom Online; AFRINIC

I joined member states of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) as this year’s Chair, the Netherlands, wrapped up 2024 with a joint strategy and coordination session in The Hague. The meeting kicked off with diplomats sharpening their skills on the Coalition’s core focus areas—from internet freedom principles