Free Press: The EARN IT Act - A Very Bad Bill Gets Its Day in Congress
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Free Press issued the following news release:
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will convene a hearing on the EARN IT Act, a bill that threatens all online communications and the encryption technologies used to secure those conversations. Introduced by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), the legislation would open a door to online-content screening by a governmental commission serving under U.S. Attor . . .
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will convene a hearing on the EARN IT Act, a bill that threatens all online communications and the encryption technologies used to secure those conversations. Introduced by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), the legislation would open a door to online-content screening by a governmental commission serving under U.S. Attor . . .