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I mean there is also a parallel effort led by Bill Barr and some folks in Congress that would effectively remove your S230 protections for running E2E anyway (E
by akersten 6y ago
I mean there is also a parallel effort led by Bill Barr and some folks in Congress that would effectively remove your S230 protections for running E2E anyway (EARN IT act), so it's a battle we're fighting on all fronts right now.
- carapace 6y agoI read up on that and, while it's obviously a naked power-grab and bad law IMO, it also seems to me to have the same loop-hole. I don't understand how a service provider can be anything but a carrier if the traffic is E2E encrypted.
- akersten 6y agoFacebook carries both messaging traffic and user-generated content. If they support E2E encryption in their messenger, the threat is that they are not "following best practices for law enforcement intercept" and risk losing their protections over the non-E2E user-generated content on their main site. The confusion is understandable because the two are unrelated in any technical capacity, but the DoJ seeks to twist their arm by taking away an existing legal protection for not making law enforcement's job easier.
- carapace 6y agoCouldn't they split into two companies?