Technology experts are pointing out that the EARN IT Act is not just about the legal liabilities of platforms, but a broader (albeit covert) attempt by AG Barr to kill end-to-end encryption â the kind of privacy used by secure apps like Signal or WhatsApp, and email platforms like ProtonMail.
One of our organizers spoke with Kate for this piece, "Many of us...have [now] taken up this work against EARN IT. We see this newly proposed bill as a part of the dangerous legacy of SESTA/FOSTA, the PATRIOT Act and other insidious state surveillance efforts; bent on censorship and punishment."












