Every news site should be secure.
HTTPS encryption enables security, privacy, and prevents censorship. We’re tracking its adoption.
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With HTTPS enabled by default you can protect reader privacy, improve your website's security, better protect your sources, prevent censorship, improve your search rankings, provide a better user experience, see your website loading speeds potentially increase, and avoid Google shaming.
Switching your news site over to HTTPS is not as simple as flicking a switch. But a handful of news organizations have already pioneered the effort and have shared their tips and tricks for making it as smooth as possible. We've documented them here.