How the EARN IT Act, a Bill to Protect Children Online, Threatens Artists
While officially designed to target CSAM, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and other digital rights groups believe the new bill is actually designed to eliminate privacy online and threaten websites of all sizes into cooperating with authorities. This will result in states having access to everything we once trusted to remain private, the probable demise of end-to-end encryption, and the chilling of freedom of expression across the internet as sites fear prosecution and liability.