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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by dfsegoat on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @12:29PM (#23630032)
I don't really think it is that cut and dry.

Case in point, a similar bill (as I understand it) - The EARN IT Act was spearheaded by the same people as this bill, plus Dianne Feinstein (Democraft of CA):

"The EARN IT Act was introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (Republican of South Carolina) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Democrat of Connecticut), along with Sen. Josh Hawley (Republican of Missouri) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Democrat of California) on March 5."

https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-i...

Also:

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/17/earn-m17.html

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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by TulliusCicero on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @12:48PM (#23630433)
Feinstein is widely despised by progressives for, among other things, being a hawk. That she would also be anti-freedom here is not a huge surprise.
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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @12:53PM (#23630525)
There's plenty of others like her. Neither party seems to have many in congress who want the government to have less dragnets and power to micromanage.
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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by TulliusCicero on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @01:36PM (#23631158)
I think there's quite a few Democrats like that, actually, but certainly not all.
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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by nickff on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:43PM (#23632929)
There are a bunch of Republicans too.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Caucus

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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by ilstormcloud on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @01:09PM (#23630766)
Of course, nothing is ever black and white. I did not mean to imply all of the GOP is terrible and the other side is good. I am merely stating, looking from afar, it's the GOP politics that seems most familiar, in general.
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