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TechMeme June 20, 2026

Q&A with Signal's Meredith Whittaker on why online child safety efforts risk mass surveillance, leaving the markets that demand weakening of encryption, more (Mishal Husain/Bloomberg)

Meredith Whittaker argues that online child safety efforts risk mass surveillance. Weakening encryption is demanded by certain markets. Whittaker advocates for privacy as a prerequisite for a free society.