https://wccftech.com/u-s-working-on-legislation-to-weaken-end-to-end-encryption-used-by-apple-and-others/

Lawmakers in the United States are working to introduce legislation that would force tech companies to weaken encryption on their platforms. The bill threatens to disallow end-to-end encryption, which is commonly used to keep user data private and secure from prying eyes.

The bill is titled “The Eliminating Abuse and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2019” or “EARN IT Act" for short, and is sponsored by Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal. The bipartisan group of lawmakers responsible for this bill aims to curb child sexual abuse material distribution on platforms like Facebook and Google. Reuters reports: