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Congress's EARN IT Act and Silicon Valley's Preparations for Coronavirus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech

Congress's EARN IT Act and Silicon Valley's Preparations for Coronavirus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech

FromWhat's New


Congress's EARN IT Act and Silicon Valley's Preparations for Coronavirus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech

FromWhat's New

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Length:
5 minutes
Released:
Mar 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A new bill in Congress called the EARN IT Act takes aim at child exploitation online, which sounds good! But it could also mean the end of end-to-end encryption. And in Silicon Valley, tech companies are responding quickly and vigorously to coronavirus. Why is that? Well, when you make viral software, you know how viruses spread. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/earn-it-act-sneak-attack-on-encryption/?utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter&mbid=social_twitter&utm_campaign=wired&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=wired
Released:
Mar 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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