The Freedom Online Coalition has issued a statement expressing its concern regarding the use of privacy and security considerations by authoritarian governments as a pretext to force Internet companies and service providers to store user data on servers physically located within their domestic borders. Such forced data localization measures can be used to stifle freedom of speech, restrict user Internet access, and surveil citizens in a manner inconsistent with democratic principles and States’ international human rights obligations.
You can read the whole statement in full, by clicking here.
