The TwitterSphere is ablaze with debate on the new EARN IT Legislation that’s being proposed. I don’t know (yet) how much of a dog I have in this race, but it looks like it would take things one step further in making the USA a dystopian police state. While it’s stated goal is to fight child pornography, it could have immense repercussion on your right for privacy (although it’s possible you can trust your government not to abuse its powers).
Whatever your initial reaction, I would urge you to set aside the misinformation you’ll get from social media and read the proposed bill for yourself. It’s here:
Sure, it’s a bit of legalese, but if you make that a standard practice in your life, you’ll be less dependent on the media to form your own educated opinion.
Small price to pay for a healthy democracy, don’t you think?
–Jaycee
5 thoughts on “EARN IT Legislation”
anifreik
Trust our government.
Yeah, right. That’s what’s got us into this mess.
Lurker
Nobody should trust *any* government.
Lurker
EFF analysis here:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-act-violates-constitution
Travan
It grants Epstein’s cohort the right to stalk your daughter. Do not want.
Joe Fonebone
I went to the site and read the Bill. Odd that the first one is entirely crossed out. Basically, I didn’t understand a Damned bit of it for the most part. In addition, there were so many references to other Federal statutes, it was impossible to interpret the parts I did understand, without being in possession of several volumes of Federal law books. More Gobbledy Gook.