I know that the question around encryption and private messaging is a live one in terms of how to approach it in this bill. Our concern is that once encryption is broken in private messaging, it can't be fixed. Once one actor is able to access encrypted information, it's possible that it will be able to be accessed for other reasons. Encryption really underlies so much of the security that we have online, from banking to even protecting the privacy of people of all ages.
In the bill right now, there's no explicit requirement that platforms have to protect encryption. We're concerned that the lack of any acknowledgement of that could lead to platforms interpreting the bill as allowing them to do so. We think further protections should be included in the bill.