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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Dear Chapter Leaders, Colleagues,<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are just under one week away from <a href="https://www.globalencryption.org/2024/07/global-encryption-day-2024/" target="_blank">Global Encryption Day</a> (21 October), and I wanted to give updates on this year's main activities.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Wingdings"></span> First, a special invitation to attend this year's convening event, <a href="https://events.zoom.us/ev/AoJeeIwDpZ1Kw6MtWuA6WUoxljX8rFSwSQa6yIAmsrz4z0YyR_HX~AgvFs7_VrDTYubhtf6cueTP7ILUnfVmUt4de2orTkYcRAyBxf-zN57qfrg" target="_blank"><b>Encrypt
Today to Safeguard Tomorrow: The Encryption Summit</b></a>, which will feature speakers from around the globe to share their expertise on a wide range of encryption-focused topics. We would especially love to see you at Internet Society’s
<i>Encryption, The Guardian</i> session, where we will dive into the role of encryption in keeping children safe online with some of our Internet Society partners and community members.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is a list of all sessions, with full descriptions of each session at the registration link below:</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Courts at the Crossroads: Defending Digital Rights Against Encryption Crackdowns in South Asia (11h30 UTC)</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>What would encryption-friendly platform regulation look like? Cross-regional perspectives on online platform regulation and encryption (12h30 UTC)</b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>eIDAS Article 45: Behind the Scenes (13h30 UTC)</b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Encryption, the Guardian (14h30 UTC)</b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b>Encryption, Arrested: The Arrest of Telegram’s Pavel Durov for Failure To Register Encrypted Service (16h00 UTC)</b></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://events.zoom.us/ev/AoJeeIwDpZ1Kw6MtWuA6WUoxljX8rFSwSQa6yIAmsrz4z0YyR_HX~AgvFs7_VrDTYubhtf6cueTP7ILUnfVmUt4de2orTkYcRAyBxf-zN57qfrg">Registration is open!</a></p>
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</span>Continuing the Internet Society’s tradition of giving mini-grants to sponsor events on or around Global Encryption Day, in 2024, we granted 50 organizations mini-grants of 1,500 USD each. ISOC’s community is particularly engaged in GED activities, with
chapters, which are also GEC members, organizing events all around the world. Check the list of 2024 events
<a href="https://www.globalencryption.org/events/ged/ged-2024/events/">here</a> (and be sure to look for events happening near you!).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Wingdings"></span> The official GED campaign has started on
<a href="https://x.com/globalencrypt/status/1846268338592210968">Global Encryption Coalition’s social media</a>. We invite you to visit, watch, and share.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers, Joe</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Joseph Lorenzo Hall PhD</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Distinguished Technologist, Internet Society</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:hall@isoc.org"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">hall@isoc.org</span></a><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> | +1-703-483-9504</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://internetsociety.org"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">internetsociety.org</span></a><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> | @internetsociety</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">pgp: 3CA28D7B9F6DDBD34B1016075F86698740A9A871</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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