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We all use encryption every day 
when we go online

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It's also used by many journalists to 
protect the identity of their sources

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When lawmakers try to 
villainize encryption

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it really does a disservice
to the public debate

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I think a lot of people think about 
encryption in terms of privacy

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but it's often the most useful 
when we talking about free speech

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The ability to speak freely to somebody
without another party interfering

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Encrypted communications were key to 
the 2013 reporting of NSA surveillance

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The First Amendment or other rights 
like it guaranteed in other countries

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are really a safety valve for democracy

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when everything else breaks down

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this is how the public can still hold their
governments accountable

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Increasingly, encryption is playing 
a huge role

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in upholding those free expression rights

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Using tools like secure drop, anyone can submit a story
to a journalist and have their message encrypted.

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One of the major projects we work on

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is trying to teach and help journalists

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learn how to use encryption tools

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to better protect their sources

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There are many people inside 
the US Congress

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and other governments 
around the world

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who have no understanding about how
important encryption is

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not just to our privacy,
but to our security and our economy

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By banning encryption, we're forcing 
tech companies to insert back doors

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We're putting all of ourselves at risk

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We need to make sure that 
our governments understand

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that this is the case

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Encryption helps make the internet work. 
Everyone needs to help keep it strong.

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Learn more at mal.la/encrypt