To strip us of our right to maintain ideas and our words secret from the authorities would be the greatest triumph for terrorists who seek to ruin our society.

In The United States, we’re celebrating the Presidents that have led our nation, now. Our first President and people who came to America with him had many aspirations for the nation they founded. But fundamental to their inspiration was the belief that each citizen’s right to communicate was of greater value than any demand of authorities.

All citizens must have these rights, to build a powerful social system:

Private communication that may be kept concealed from the prying eyes of the government
Independence of info without government censorship
Washington learned the value of these rights from the overreaching British before him. That is why the United States Post Office was founded by him. In America, the Fourth Amendment and the First Amendment shield uncensored and free communication.

But now all over the world, the right to private communication that may be concealed from the prying eyes of the government is now a human rights problem. Article 12 claims: “No citizen ought to be subjected to arbitrary intervention of their privacy, family, home or correspondence.”

The few nations on earth that prohibit encryption are the most totalitarian nation states on the planet — Sudan, Syria, Burma, Iran and North Korea. I don’t consider this is the type of firm British citizens need to keep.

we consider uncensored and free communication for each citizen is how we make a powerful social system world-wide. These rights enable development rather than revolution. We need more technologies that let’s maintain our solitude, not less. We cannot let its own violence become an alibi for turning our back on human rights and our anxiety about terrorism.

we encourage you to join up with the growing chorus of people who believe open and free communication without government intervention or limitation ought to be recognised as a world-wide human right. I’d like to take a seat and chat with you more about this view.