1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

I’m writing today to ask you to defend Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), an important tool that people the world over use to defend their right to privacy and to access knowledge and information online. Recent “Age Verification” laws are accelerating the discussion of banning or restricting VPN usage, in order to force all Internet users to be surveilled under these draconian measures that, clearly, are having unintended consequences and not making the Internet a safer place. Online surveillance and censorship has a huge chilling effect on our freedoms, particularly the freedoms of traditionally marginalized people. Now is a time for principled leadership when it comes to the tools we use to protect ourselves and do business online. Thank you for standing up for these important tools for online safety and access.