Net Neutrality 30

Hi again Female Muscle Fans. The fight for protecting the Internet is coming to a series of dangerous phases in which even our privacy and freedom of speech are menaced. So let’s begin with this subject.

This time, the fight is coming to a delicated step. Lindsey Graham, one of the most closest allies of Trump Administration has delivered an ominous threat to Apple, Facebook, and any other tech company that might refuse to kill encryption programs that prevent malicious hackers, law enforcement officers, and others from accessing our private communications systems: "You're going to find a way to do this or we're going to do it for you."

Graham has authored the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2019 — or EARN IT Act, for short — under the guise of protecting children from online exploitation. But in reality, this new legislation is just a thinly-veiled excuse to destroy privacy protections for everyday people like you and me. You see, the EARN IT Act grants the Attorney General broad authority to force tech companies to do whatever he wants, and what Attorney General William Barr wants is no secret. For decades, he has demanded that tech companies weaken encryption by creating “digital backdoors” that grant law enforcement agencies access to our personal communications. That puts us all in danger.

Now, encryption is being menaced, because this tool prevents the hackers’ attacks on our devices and computers. 

Security professionals have repeatedly warned us that killing encryption will have disastrous effects, but that hasn’t stopped our government from installing digital backdoors in secure systems. Predictably, hackers discovered and exploited those digital backdoors, wreaking havoc with communication systems, power grids … even nuclear facilities.

Some lawmakers understand the risk posed by breaking encryption. In 2016, a bipartisan Congressional commission concluded that “[e]ncryption is inexorably tied to our national interests.” Senator Ron Wyden (D–OR) has pointed out that "[y]ou can't only build a backdoor for the good guys ... Once you weaken encryption with a backdoor, you make it far easier for criminals and hackers and predators to get into your digital life." Do we really want criminals and hackers and predators getting into our hospital records, court records, and energy infrastructure? Of course not.

Do you remember the Edward Snowden case? Exactly, this incident has revealed how the government has reached a dangerous level of espionage. The Patriot Act, whose foundation ocurred in George W. Bush administration, since 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been a controversial subject, even in Barack Obama’s management. Edward Snowden exposed the American government’s massive — and unconstitutional— digital surveillance program back in 2013. Unfortunately, Snowden’s revelations didn’t stop our law enforcement and intelligence agencies from abusing their surveillance powers to spy on journalists, racial justice activists, and millions more. Beyond the systemic surveillance issues we face, individual police officers routinely misuse their access to confidential databases to get information on neighbors, romantic partners, and business rivals. We know that giving law enforcement and intelligence officials access to our communications results in them taking advantage of that access in ways that hurt us — often with absolutely no benefit to the public good. Why should we trust them with even greater access to our private conversations? Simply put, we shouldn’t.

Unfortunately, as a result of the latest protests in the United States, common people like us are already in the eye of all government levels, Donald Trump has authorized to DEA to conduct “covert surveillance operations” in order to locate political opponents. And FBI are making interrogations to protesters about their political views. Many protesters are taking precautions to protect themselves from government surveillance, like encrypting their phones and using encrypted messaging apps to communicate with others. But that won’t mean anything if the EARN IT Act is passed into law. Encrypted communication services ensure that governments will never be able to silence their people from speaking up about racial justice, global health pandemics, or anything else we want to share with the world. Destroying encryption gives governments one more way of controlling us. We can’t let that happen.

Lindsey Graham, William Barr, and other government officials have routinely ignored the obvious dangers of their Orwellian surveillance schemes. They have routinely lied and misled the public about their activities and their intentions. Now they want us to earn our right to privacy and our right free speech online. But these rights don’t need to be earned; they are protected by the Constitution. Don’t let Congress chip away at your essential freedoms online. Sign our petition now to tell your lawmakers : “Don’t kill online encryption! Reject the dangerous EARN IT Act.”

Some excerpts of the information we are giving to you are part of the investigation in which Fight For The Future has made in defense of our freedom in digital rights. You can sign the petition of them through this link: 

https://www.noearnitact.org/?referrer=group-daily-kos-liberation-league&link_id=4&can_id=030c312d8d95fad5b2c411f7f4fa4f15&source=email-firstname-default-friend-reject-the-earn-it-act-2&email_referrer=email_848666&email_subject=sign-if-you-agree-government-should-not-violate-our-free-speech-online

Now, our digital rights and our freedom online are in stake like never before, and is important to be informed in order to counterattack these dark measures in which citizens like us are being treated like criminals. Our power is on union and organization, so let’s begin with a powerful block in which we are well informed consumers and our voice must be listened and respected.

That’s all for this article, and any new information about this subject, you will know immediately with punctuality and seriousness. See you next time Female Muscle Fans.