A bill requiring social media companies, encrypted communications providers and other online services to report drug activity on their platforms to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has advanced to the Senate floor.

A bill requiring social media companies, encrypted communications providers and other online services to report drug activity on their platforms to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) advanced to the Senate floor Thursday, alarming privacy advocates who say the legislation turns the companies into de facto drug enforcement agents and exposes many of them to liability for providing end-to-end encryption.

  • Walker
    6•1 year ago

    Could this bill be the result of the recent court decision blocking gov work with social media companies?

    I would not be surprised if the DEA was already working with tech companies and this bill is to get around the court and make the collaboration legal.