The issue isn't criminals communicating over E2E encryption. The issue is that social media uniquely facilitates fandoms for crimes (mainly CSAM) where criminal

The issue isn't criminals communicating over E2E encryption. The issue is that social media uniquely facilitates fandoms for crimes (mainly CSAM) where criminal influencers can easily build audiences for fame and fortune. This is only possible with the specific combo of E2E _plus_ VLOP. If VLOPs can't use E2E encryption for their social graph interactions, (or, a warrant could open a backdoor) then these criminal influencers would no longer be able to grow an audience as easily. They can't simply make their own VLOP, just like the free speech absolutists failed again and again to create their own Twitter. So, if the result of this legislation was that criminal networks all switched to Signal or a proprietary E2E comms app, the world would actually be a better place. They could still communicate, but they couldn't recruit as easily.