“The Senate Judiciary Committee voted for the third time to advance the controversial EARN IT Act to the floor. The bill would require online platforms to scan messages and other content for “harmful” or “illegal” material (as defined by the government), essentially banning end-to-end encryption and ending privacy for law-abiding Americans.”
“…The sponsors of the EARN IT Act added language that appears to protect encryption. However, the language still allows for “client-side scanning,” which violates privacy by sending data from users’ devices to law-enforcement before the message is encrypted.”