05.06.2014 - 14:43 [ Fight for the Future ]

PRESS RELEASE: Internet’s largest sites join activists to Reset the Net: WordPress, Twitter, Tumblr, Dropbox, Yahoo, Mozilla, Google, Cloudflare, Sendgrid all join campaign to block surveillance and secure the web.

June 5, 2014 – Today as part of Reset the Net, tens of thousands of Internet users and the Internet’s largest companies rallied to protect billions. These companies and users interfered directly interfering in the NSA’s runaway surveillance programs by securing websites, apps, and services while supporting the largest ever movement in history to spread encryption tools and collectively improve the security of the web. Reset the Net demands that web services take concrete steps to protect their users from government snooping, while encouraging everyday Internet users to adopt free and open source privacy tools.