MAR 03, 2020 | US
EARN IT Act Looms
Politico, March 3, 2020
By Alexandra Levine
An incoming bill from Sen. Lindsey Graham on Section 230, the tech industry’s prized legal liability shield, is already taking criticism as a vehicle to attack end-to-end encryption.
Tommy Ross, senior policy director at BSA | The Software Alliance, told our friends at Morning Cyber that the bill “smells to us a little bit like an encryption bill based on the rhetoric on the same topic coming out of the Department of Justice.”
Original Posting: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2020/03/03/2020-democrats-fight-to-become-the-new-silicon-valley-favorite-785810
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