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Week in the Privacy News 18/2026
Good Monday, friends of privacy! Last couple of days were full of many important signals from goverments and it's on us, how we react. While it's great to see for example France opting out for more open source tools and migrating their government computers...
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May 4, 2026Web3Privacy Editorial
Good Monday, friends of privacy!
Last couple of days were full of many important signals from goverments and it's on us, how we react. While it's great to see for example France opting out for more open-source tools and migrating their government computers to Linux, Zambia has managed to cancel anticipated RightsCon.
So in solidarity with the great people of RightsCon and AccessNow, tool of the week is their #WhyID campaign.
Tool of the week
Insights
- Zambia cancelles RightsCon2026
- Media freedom under attack
- CertiK is contributing $50,000 to the Ethereum Security QF round
- EU Vice-President “suggests”restricting VPNs to prevent citizens from circumventing EU's age-restrictions
- France’s highest court ruled that the main part of anti-pirate system HADOPI is illegal-
Knowledge
- Why is G7 Linux shift is a big signal for the software industry
- China's Disruption of RightsCon is a Wake-Up Call To Counter Its Authoritarian Influence
- Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Fails: 73% Ignore It
- Technical Risk Assessment on Blockchain Networks
- Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day
Inspiration: Going On(Line) an offering of media from the web
- Decentralization Is a Lie (Until This Works). Meinhard Benn - Freedom Browser
- Privacy Is About Choice, Not Paranoia | interview with Seth For Privacy
- Check out the W3PN Academy Shorts
- Take our new Academy Course - ZK for not tech, done in collaboration with Oskarth
- Web3 Privacy Now courses in our Academy
Inspiration: Going Off(Line) an offering of IRL events
*(new/changes in **bold**)*
- Apr 28 - Global Onchain Summit - Dubai, UAE
- May 5-8 - RightsCon Zambia
- May 5–7 - Consensus 2026 - Austin, USA
- May 7 - Logos Privacy Builders Bootcamp: Prague Prague, Czech Republic
- May 7 - Web3Privacy Now Prague Meetup Prague, Czech Republic
- May 8-10 - ETHPrague Prague, Czech Republic
- May 13-14 - ETHCluj Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- May 21 -22 - ETHMilan 2026 Milan, Italy
- Jun 8–10 - ETHConf - New York, USA
- Jun 16-17 - Dapcon 26 Berlin, Germany
- Jun 18-19 - Web3 Summit Berlin, Germany
- Jul 8-12 - DWebCamp Berlin, Germany
- Aug 14–16 - HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) - New York, USA
- Nov 2 - Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #3 Mumbai, India