Digital Freedom Declaration

URL = https://digitalfreedom.page/#declaration

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Excerpted from the preamble:

"Freedom and fundamental rights are severely curtailed on a daily basis in the digital world.

We depend on digital innovation that protects our privacy and personal data to shield us against discrimination, harassment, cyberattacks and the oppressive practices of authoritarian regimes.

Developers coding privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) serve a critical role benefitting citizens and societies. Their innovation protects our freedom and we are in need of their creativity.

However, legal certainty and a supporting framework are missing, which means developers face significant risks and lack the freedom to innovate.

In the interest of better serving society in the coming decades, we need to find a solution that balances innovation with appropriate regulation to protect our freedom and the freedom of our developers."