Anti-censorship and encrypted tools are lifelines for resistance to and resilience over digital repression. These technologies create a zone of privacy for their users, enabling people to form and express opinions, communicate safely and securely, access independent reporting, and mobilize for government and corporate accountability. These services also enhance cybersecurity, national security, and economic growth, protecting government systems against foreign adversaries and companies against fraud. This report, Tunnel Vision Anti-Censorship Tools, End-to-End Encryption, and the Fight for a Free and Open Internet, examines increasing government restrictions on anti-censorship technology and end-to-end encryption, placing this trend within the broader deterioration of a free, open, and interoperable internet. It also explores how democratic governments, civil society, and the private sector have taken innovative action to support anti-censorship and end-to-end encrypted tools—an acknowledgement of how necessary this technology is for a free and open internet.

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