Category: Advocacy
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Why the UK Should Not Block VPNs to Enforce Age-Verification Laws
The VPN Trust Initiative and the Internet Infrastructure Coalition have published a joint analysis explaining why VPN-blocking in age-verification laws is misguided, technically unworkable, and harmful to online safety and security overall.
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Why VPN-Blocking in Age-Verification Laws Is Misguided, Unworkable, and Harmful
How VPNs are used, why this technology is important to online safety and privacy, and how to pick the right VPN.
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Why VPNs are Good for the Internet—and How to Pick a Trustworthy One
How VPNs are used, why this technology is important to online safety and privacy, and how to pick the right VPN.
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Encryption at Risk: Why Weakening Digital Security Endangers Us All
Strong encryption is a cornerstone of digital security—and it’s under attack by government policies worldwide. Weakening encryption immediately compromises citizens’ privacy, undermines marginalized communities’ ability to communicate safely, erodes cross-border trust, increases compliance uncertainty for businesses. Led by ethical operators in the Internet infrastructure industry, the VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) promotes online safety and privacy…
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VTI Response to French Blocking Ruling: Limiting VPNs is Misguided and Ineffective
VPNs are Essential Tools for Privacy and Security, and Should Not Become a Political Football Today, in a regrettable move, the Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris extended blocking orders to several VPN providers operating within France. The ruling is designed to restrict access to specific websites for users in France, or French overseas territories, risking the…
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VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) s’oppose à une tentative juridique malavisée d’étendre le blocage des sites Web aux VPN
Alors que les fournisseurs de VPN ont été officiellement convoqués à comparaître devant le tribunal français le 10 décembre dans le cadre des efforts anti-piratage de Canal+, l’Initiative de confiance VPN (VTI) estime qu’une réponse coordonnée de l’industrie est nécessaire. La VTI a publié sa lettre s’opposant à toute demande visant à obliger les tribunaux…
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VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) Opposes Misguided Legal Effort to Extend Website Blocking to VPNs—English and French Versions
As VPN providers have been formally summoned to appear in French court on 10 December as part of Canal+’s anti-piracy efforts, the VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) believes that a coordinated industry response is necessary. The VTI has have published its letter in opposition to any request for French courts to mandate VPN services to block…
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VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) Opposes Misguided Legal Effort to Extend Website Blocking to VPNs
For Immediate Release 7 FEBRUARY 2025—Rightsholders are pushing for a restriction on VPN services in France at the Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris, rushing the unjustified extension of blocking orders to VPN providers. The VPN Trust Initiative (VTI), part of the i2Coalition (Internet Infrastructure Coalition), stands firmly against any request for French courts to mandate VPN…
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The i2Coalition Issues Open Letter to United States Policymakers on VPN Security Technologies
An Open Letter to United States Policymakers Re: i2Coalition Expands VPN Trust Initiative – Announces Principles to Evaluate VPN Security Technologies On behalf of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition’s (i2Coalition) VPN Trust Initiative, I am writing to announce the launch of its core principles for Secure VPN Technologies (Virtual Private Networks). This initiative is especially critical given the need…