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EARN IT Act Talk at the DEF CON Crypto & Privacy Village
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 Crypt…
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EARN IT Act Talk at the DEF CON Crypto & Privacy Village
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 Crypt…
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We Won't Find Out How the DOJ Tried to Force Facebook to Change Its Encryption
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rebuffed my attempt to unseal information about the Department of Justice's unsuccessful secret effort to force Faceb…
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The EARN IT Act Threatens Our Online Freedoms. New Amendments Don’t Fix It.
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 whic…
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There’s Now an Even Worse Anti-Encryption Bill Than EARN IT. That Doesn’t Make the EARN IT Bill OK.
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 U…
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Client-Side Scanning and Winnie-the-Pooh Redux (Plus Some Thoughts on Zoom)
Return to Pooh Corner Seven months ago, I published this blog post about the idea of fighting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in an end-to-end encrypted wor…
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An EARN IT Alternative That Might Actually Help Children
Yesterday, a group of Democratic congressmembers, headed by online speech and privacy champion Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), unveiled their answer to the disastrous…
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You Have the Right to Know What the Law Is
In our democratic system of government, the legislature passes laws, the executive branch enforces them, and the courts interpret them when disputes arise about…
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The EARN IT Act Is Unconstitutional: Fourth Amendment
So far, I’ve covered what I believe to be some First Amendment and due process problems with the EARN IT Act bill. Last but not least, let’s talk about the Four…
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The EARN IT Act Is Unconstitutional: Due Process
I’ve previously covered the First Amendment concerns that I have with the newly-introduced EARN IT Act bill. I also have due-process concerns about the bill’s “…
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The EARN IT Act Is Unconstitutional. First Up, the First Amendment.
The disastrous EARN IT Act bill is coming up for a hearing Wednesday morning in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it’s been introduced as Senate bill S. 339…
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The EARN IT Act Is Here. Surprise, It’s Still Bad News.
Well, the dreaded day has come: the EARN IT Act was formally introduced today in the Senate Judiciary Committee. I wrote at length in January about the bill, wh…