Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion last summer. We call on Slack to go beyond statements and put into action its commitment to human rights by implementing basic safety and privacy design features immediately.”Ĭoncerns about the security of private messages have come into greater focus in recent years due to a number of factors, including the rise of government use of spyware on activists and dissidents as well as the increased risks posed to reproductive rights after the U.S. “At this political moment, this can mean life or death for some people online. “Right now, Slack is falling short in terms of the most basic guardrails for platform safety and privacy,” a group of 93 organizations wrote in the letter. A broad coalition of technology, civil liberties, reproductive justice and privacy advocacy groups are urging the global workplace collaboration platform Slack to offer end-to-end encryption so that its users’ messages can’t be read by government officials or eavesdropping bosses.

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