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Hey John,
The EARN IT Act—a dangerous bill that could break every encrypted messaging tool—is back. Lawmakers say it will “protect the kids,” but this is completely bogus: EARN IT would actually make all of us, including kids, less safe by demolishing our online privacy.
EARN IT is being reintroduced TODAY and we’re launching a rapid response to make sure it dies a quick death. Act now: Tell your lawmakers to reject the EARN IT Act.
This is the third time this bill's been introduced, so here’s a refresher. EARN IT risks the safety and rights of millions of people around the globe by attacking online encryption and asking companies to scan every single piece of content they host.1 Online privacy isn’t optional: it’s a necessity for government agencies, journalists, activists, and people living under anti-human rights laws. That’s why dozens of human rights groups oppose this bill.2,3
Tell Lawmakers to Protect Privacy
Now that Roe v. Wade protections are gone, EARN IT gets even scarier. People depend on encrypted messaging to protect them while accessing or providing abortion healthcare. If EARN IT passes, states could scan people’s “private” messages to convict them of a crime. We can’t let that happen.
This is one of the worst bills we’ve ever fought. But we’ve won before, and we can win again. The way we’ll do it? Making it politically toxic to attack encryption. Help us by joining 600,000+ people and telling your lawmakers to oppose EARN IT.
Together,
Evan at ❤️ Fight
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EFF: https://www.eff.org/pl/deeplinks/2022/02/its-back-senators-want-earn-it-bill-scan-all-online-messages
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Letter from human rights groups: https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Human-rights-coalition-opposition-letter-to-EARN-IT-Act-S3538.pdf
- Letter from more human rights groups: https://freedomnetworkusa.org/app/uploads/2020/09/FNUSA-Joins-EARN-IT-Act-Coalition-letter-9.09.2020.pdf
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