# Statement Objecting To EME as a W3C Recommendation

DevFeed: [Statement Objecting To EME as a W3C Recommendation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/statement-objecting-to-eme-as-a-w3c-recommendation-16809.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2017/08/21/statement-objecting-w3c-publishing-eme-recommendation>)

Author: James Pitts

Published: 2017-08-21T15:59:58Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [organizational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizational.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [standards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/standards.md>), [statement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/statement.md>), [w3c](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/w3c.md>)

## AI overview

The Ethereum Foundation publishes its formal objection to the W3C's proposed Encrypted Media Extensions recommendation. It argues that EME and the Content Decryption Module implementations it enables could reduce accessibility, limit internet freedom, undermine security research, and weaken trust among users and developers.

## Source excerpt

The Foundation believes Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) should not be published as a W3C Recommendation, and we are now making public the formal objection the Ethereum Foundation submitted to the W3C opposing the recommendation of EME. As a member of the W3C, the Ethereum Foundation contributes to the standards-making process and...