--- date: 2020-03-11 draft: false title: Tech companies agree to voluntary principles as governments ask for encryption backdoors tags: ['tech', 'privacy'] --- **[CNET:](https://www.cnet.com/news/tech-companies-agree-to-voluntary-principles-as-governments-ask-for-encryption-backdoors/)** > Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, Snap and Roblox have agreed to adopt 11 voluntary principles to prevent online child sexual exploitation, government officials said on Thursday.