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Re:Proposals to Amend Section 230 Share a Similar Goal: Dama... by carapace on Friday June 19, 2020 @12:53PM (#23576278)
I read up on that and, while it's obviously a naked power-grab and bad law IMO, it also seems to me to have the same loop-hole.

I don't understand how a service provider can be anything but a carrier if the traffic is E2E encrypted.

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Re:Proposals to Amend Section 230 Share a Similar Goal: Dama... by akersten on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:09PM (#23578403)
Facebook carries both messaging traffic and user-generated content. If they support E2E encryption in their messenger, the threat is that they are not "following best practices for law enforcement intercept" and risk losing their protections over the non-E2E user-generated content on their main site.

The confusion is understandable because the two are unrelated in any technical capacity, but the DoJ seeks to twist their arm by taking away an existing legal protection for not making law enforcement's job easier.

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Re:Proposals to Amend Section 230 Share a Similar Goal: Dama... by carapace on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:41PM (#23578676)
Couldn't they split into two companies?
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