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The EARN IT act is not about child exploitation at all. Because the effect will be the opposite -- it'll be pushed underground and away from law enforcement's r
by 0xy 7y ago
The EARN IT act is not about child exploitation at all. Because the effect will be the opposite -- it'll be pushed underground and away from law enforcement's reach.
It will put children in direct danger in order to further the actual goals of the legislation, which is to effectively ban E2EE in order for the intelligence community to put more deep surveillance in place.
- c3534l 7y agoI agree. These things are really about expanding bulk collection programs, not about catching whoever the big bad guy is at the moment.
- 0xy 7y agoAustralia's metadata retention law was sold as a child protection scheme, and immediately after it was made into law it was repeatedly abused by intelligence employees to spy on girlfriends, used to investigate petty crimes and given out to any government agency who asked for it including local councils and tax agencies. As soon as it's law, the children are irrelevant. This is mass surveillance legislation, and child protection is the shiny marketing.