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This is the latest entry in my lengthy archive of writing, talks, and interviews about the EARN IT Act: Read more about Ignoring EARN IT’s Fourth Amendment Problem Won’t Make It Go Away
By Riana Pfefferkorn on February 4, 2022 at 1:23 pm
This is the latest entry in my lengthy archive of writing, talks, and interviews about the EARN IT Act: Read more about The EARN IT Act Is Back, and It’s More Dangerous Than Ever
By Riana Pfefferkorn on December 18, 2020 at 9:30 am
Out of the 7.5 billion people on Earth, I’m guessing that approximately zero percent will be sad to see this benighted year come to an end. Looking back is too depressing, so I want to take a look forward. Read more about What Will 2021 Hold for Tech Policy?
By Riana Pfefferkorn on October 5, 2020 at 5:53 pm
On September 30, Representatives Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) introduced the House version of the EARN IT Act (H.R.8454), which had previously been introduced in the Senate (S.3398) in March. Read more about House Introduces EARN IT Act Companion Bill, Somehow Manages to Make It Even Worse
By Riana Pfefferkorn on August 19, 2020 at 11:00 am
On August 7, I had the pleasure of doing a "fireside chat" with my friend and Section 230 expert Cathy Gellis at this year's virtual DEF CON Crypto & Privacy Village. Cathy gave a primer on Section 230, and then we had a discussion about the EARN IT Act bill, the LAED Act bill, and the threats they pose to online speech, privacy, security, and encryption. You can watch the video here. Read more about EARN IT Act Talk at the DEF CON Crypto & Privacy Village
By Riana Pfefferkorn on July 6, 2020 at 11:45 am
On July 2, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a full-committee hearing at which it made significant changes to the pending EARN IT Act bill, S.3398, about which I’ve written extensively on the CIS blog. Read more about The EARN IT Act Threatens Our Online Freedoms. New Amendments Don’t Fix It.
By Riana Pfefferkorn on June 24, 2020 at 4:50 pm
On Tuesday, June 23, Senators Graham (R-SC), Cotton (R-AR), and Blackburn (R-TN) introduced a bill that is a full-frontal nuclear assault on encryption in the United States. You can find the bill text here. Read more about There’s Now an Even Worse Anti-Encryption Bill Than EARN IT. That Doesn’t Make the EARN IT Bill OK.
By Riana Pfefferkorn on May 8, 2020 at 11:41 am
Yesterday, a group of Democratic congressmembers, headed by online speech and privacy champion Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), unveiled their answer to the disastrous EARN IT Act bill that I’ve been raising alarms Read more about An EARN IT Alternative That Might Actually Help Children