Emelia 👸🏻Jul 25, 2023

Via @jdp23, the Senator behind the STOP CSAM bill, which outlaws many forms of encryption and doesn't actually stop CSAM, read that WaPo article about CSAM on the fediverse and tweeted about it:

https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1683562063270928384

Senator Dick Durbin on Twitter

““We got more photoDNA hits in a two-day period than we’ve probably had in the entire history of our organization of doing any kind of social media analysis, and it’s not even close.” We need the STOP CSAM Act. https://t.co/OQCokA71mF”

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Show threadDavid ThielJul 25, 2023

@thisismissem @jdp23 Ugh, that sucks. As we point out to policymakers every chance we get, none of our findings from any of our child safety projects would be fixed by breaking encryption. It's all from public data! From my colleague @riana:

https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2023/04/stop-csam-act-anti-encryption-stalking-horse

The STOP CSAM Act: An Anti-Encryption Stalking Horse

Show threadEmelia 👸🏻
@det @jdp23 @riana yeah, but that's what we get with sensationalist headlines, which I think is why it's very important for us to be very clear on the narrative used by media on the research & ask for corrections if it's misleading
Jul 25, 2023 at 12:45pmWeb
Show threadJon (now at neuromatch.social)Jul 25, 2023

@thisismissem Agreed. But it's not just the headline, Durbin cut-and-paste @det's framing from the article -- framing which is perfectly suited for advocates of STOP CSAM, EARN IT, and the other #BadInternetBills

@det hopefully these bills won't move forward -- last week it seemed unlikely. If they do, it'll be because of your report. It's disappointing to see you undercutting the great work that @riana has done on these and similar bills.