Beyond the Great Firewall: Global Frontiers in Privacy Tech

This talk explores cutting-edge privacy technologies emerging in response to worldwide digital surveillance and control. Starting with China's digital landscape, we'll expand to examine global challenges and solutions in the fight for online privacy and free speech.

We'll analyze the evolving ecosystem of privacy-preserving tools and techniques, showing how innovations sparked by restrictive environments can be applied globally. Our goal is to provide actionable insights for privacy advocates, developers, and users facing various threats to digital freedom. Throughout the talk, we'll draw connections between privacy challenges and solutions across various global contexts. We'll examine how techniques developed in response to China's digital environment can be adapted worldwide. Brazil's attempts to regulate social media and France's stringent data protection laws will serve as additional case studies, highlighting the universal nature of the struggle for digital rights.

We'll explore how platforms like Signal navigate the complex landscape of global regulations while implementing features such as end-to-end encryption. The discussion will touch on the challenges faced by founders and companies in this space, illustrating the real-world complexities of operating global communication platforms in diverse regulatory environments.