Global Encryption Coalition Steering Committee Welcomes Growing Adoption of End

Global Encryption Coalition Steering Committee Welcomes Growing Adoption of End-to-end Encryption by Default Today, CDT joined Global Partners Digital, the Internet Freedom Foundation, the Internet Society, and Mozilla, constituting the Steering Committee of the Global Encryption Coalition (GEC), in a statement that welcomed the growing adoption of end-to-end encryption by default by Google, Apple, and Discord. On May 11, Google and Apple announced the rollout of end-to-end encryption for cross-platform messaging, which could benefit billions of users worldwide once fully implemented. One week later, Discord announced that all voice and video calls on its platform would now be end-to-end encrypted by default, with over 150 million Discord users set to benefit from the increased security and privacy that end-to-end encryption provides. End-to-end encryption keeps people’s communications safe, and it enables freedom of expression, freedom of association, and other human rights. The widespread and growing embrace of end-to-end encryption is something worth celebrating.