Good day,

Today we announced a MEMATHON! Launching on 1st of April - by the way, this is not a joke. Would we put so much effort into a joke? Well, probably yes. But it's not. So sign up, submit on JokeRace, and feel free to let your imagination go wild on the open track or the bounties.

Now for the privacy news:

Insights

• A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate
• Michael Lewellen is suing the DOJ over their criminalization of software development
• IRS nears deal with Ice to share data of undocumented immigrants
• Nillion Launches Mainnet
• Privy's latest round of funding finished

Knowledge

• Civil society is pushing for transparent, rights-centred AI governance
• Privacy-Respecting European Tech Alternatives
• The war on encryption is dangerous
• Circle Research and Inco Explore Framework For FHE-Powered Confidential ERC20 Tokens
• Enhancing E-Voting with Multiparty Class Group Encryption

Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web

• This is Web3Privacy Now // ep01 - Stay Human
• What a VPN Sees & What it Hides From the ISP
• Making ZK More Human
• PSE Research Update: Web2 Nullifiers Using vOPRF
• Love, Privacy, and the Politics of Intellectual Shame
• Securing internet trust & establishing Digital Human Rights

Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events

(new/changes in bold)

• April 1 - Web3Privacy Now MeetUp Bucharest
• April 2-5 - ETHBucharest
• May 8 - Web3Privacy Now MeetUp Amsterdam
• May 9-11 – ETHDam Amsterdam
• May 27-29 – ETHPrague
• May 29 - Web3Privacy Now MeetUp Prague
• Jun 3-8 – ETHBelgrade
• Jun 12-13 – Protocol Berg Berlin
• Jun 13-15 - Web3Privacy Now Hackathon Berlin
• Jun 16-18 - Dappcon Berlin
• Jun 20-22 - MoneroKon Prague
• Nov 16 - Web3Privacy Now Congress II Buenos Aires

Sauce 🥫

curator: Alina