The Free and Open Web Is Under Attack at the IETF
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Author: hn_acker
Date: 6/17/2026
Article Summary:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is fighting against proposed changes to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards that could restrict access to publicly available information on the web.