Stop France’s Plan to Weaken Encryption & Threaten Your Privacy

French lawmakers are considering a dangerous amendment that would force tech companies to break encryption, putting the security of millions — both in France and worldwide — at risk.

If passed, this amendment would force encrypted services like WhatsApp, Signal and Proton Mail to build backdoors, giving the French government the ability to access private, encrypted data. This would set a dangerous precedent, opening the door for sweeping levels of government surveillance and setting an example for other governments to follow.

The Mozilla community is urgently calling on French lawmakers to remove this amendment, and specifically to:

  • Reject any legislation that would force tech companies to break end-to-end encryption by creating backdoors.
  • Publicly commit to upholding the right to privacy online, including the use of encrypted tools — a right already enshrined in French law.
  • Engage cybersecurity and cryptography experts, along with privacy organizations, to shape technical security measures that are both necessary and proportionate.

Encryption is our last line of defense for digital privacy. Once it’s compromised, there’s no undoing it. Sign Mozilla’s petition today to demand that French lawmakers protect encryption and reject this dangerous amendment.

* Pflichtfeld







French lawmakers are considering a dangerous amendment that would force tech companies to break encryption, putting the security of millions — both in France and worldwide — at risk.

If passed, this amendment would force encrypted services like WhatsApp, Signal and Proton Mail to build backdoors, giving the French government the ability to access private, encrypted data. This would set a dangerous precedent, opening the door for sweeping levels of government surveillance and setting an example for other governments to follow.

The Mozilla community is urgently calling on French lawmakers to remove this amendment, and specifically to:

  • Reject any legislation that would force tech companies to break end-to-end encryption by creating backdoors.
  • Publicly commit to upholding the right to privacy online, including the use of encrypted tools — a right already enshrined in French law.
  • Engage cybersecurity and cryptography experts, along with privacy organizations, to shape technical security measures that are both necessary and proportionate.

Encryption is our last line of defense for digital privacy. Once it’s compromised, there’s no undoing it. Sign Mozilla’s petition today to demand that French lawmakers protect encryption and reject this dangerous amendment.