I will post just a small sampling of bills with the same intent in spirit, to restrict end-to-end encryption. I want to be clear that this is only the stuff don

I will post just a small sampling of bills with the same intent in spirit, to restrict end-to-end encryption. I want to be clear that this is only the stuff done in the open, and doesn't include the secret actions by the NSA, or agencies that serve national security letters, etc. 1. The MPAA and RIAA lobbied Congress to implement "reasonable" reporting measures to ban access to many sites that provide end to end encryption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act 2. After success in shutting down Craigslist and Backpage sex personals, Congress wanted to go further, and require every site to do this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Enabling_Sex_Traffickers_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Enabling_Sex_Traffickers_... 3. Section 230 protections repeal: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-section-230-and-why-do-so-many-lawmakers-want-to-repeal-it/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-section-230-and-why-do-... 4. The EARN IT act, just recently: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/01/earn-it-act-how-ban-end-end-encryption-without-actually-banning-it http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/01/earn-it-act-how-ba... 5. LAED act, even more recent: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/06/there%E2%80%99s-now-even-worse-anti-encryption-bill-earn-it-doesn%E2%80%99t-make-earn-it-bill-ok http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/06/there%E2%80%99s-no... 6: Trump's attorney general was vocally against encryption, and lauded the proposed bill banning it: https://apnews.com/article/ny-state-wire-technology-ap-top-news-william-barr-nyc-wire-7423e1ef65a144e6a47e4da63683b3c1 https://apnews.com/article/ny-state-wire-technology-ap-top-n... https://apnews.com/article/ny-state-wire-technology-ap-top-news-william-barr-nyc-wire-7423e1ef65a144e6a47e4da63683b3c1 https://apnews.com/article/ny-state-wire-technology-ap-top-n...