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The Senate's sneak attack on encryption

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The Senate's sneak attack on encryption

A revived EARN IT Act highlights the growing pressure on private messaging

Casey Newton
Feb 2, 2022
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The Senate's sneak attack on encryption

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) talks to reporters Tuesday in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) talks to reporters Tuesday in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Today, let’s talk about the latest effort to roll back speech protections on the internet.

It’s conventional wisdom around here that most congressional efforts to regulate Big Tech are destined to go nowhere: Congress is too polarized, and has s…

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