The “Bloviating Nonsense” of Trump’s Big Speech; Europe’s Assault on Privacy & Encryption

Episode 57: The “Bloviating Nonsense” of Trump’s Big Speech; Europe’s Assault on Privacy & Encryption. Brian, Chris and Andy discussed the “bloviating nonsense” of President Trump's speech before a joint session of Congress and the Classic Liberal Party of Virginia’s response. As MAGA continues an assault on the transgender community and broader LGBT+ community, our allies, free trade, immigrants and others, the CLPVA contrasted that with liberal principles and human dignity. The team then pivoted to recent international efforts to break end-to-end encryption, emphasizing the importance of digital privacy. Wrapping up, they discussed ways to build a more free and prosperous Virginia and America.

 

The CLPVA Platform includes a statement on Digital Privacy & Free Speech and:

• Support end-to-end encryption and oppose legislation and law enforcement action to break encryption.
• Oppose warrantless surveillance of individuals in the United States or Americans abroad.
• Oppose any measures by government authorities to censor digital speech.

 

Relevant links to today’s episode:

• CLPVA Response To President Trump’s Congressional Address
• Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech to Congress; In a speech to Congress in his first weeks in office, the president laid out his vision to remake U.S. policy on the military, trade, immigration and foreign aid.
• Risky Bulletin: Signal threatens to leave Sweden over backdoor request
• Tuta: France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU
• Gabbard: UK demand to Apple for backdoor access is 'grave concern' to US
• US intelligence head 'not told' about UK's secret Apple data demand
• Trump likens UK encryption law to ‘something you hear about with China’
• Apple is challenging U.K.’s iCloud encryption backdoor order
• UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites

 

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