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.@SenateJudiciary is marking up #EARNITAct, which claims to crack down on child sexual abuse material but will really jeopardize prosecutions. Forcing tech firms not to use strong encryption & to monitor users makes them state actors who need a warrant 🧵
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#EARNITAct's sponsors say they've fixed the bill. They haven't. Making the "best practices" "voluntary" doesn't help. The 4th Amd./privacy problem has always been come from exposing tech companies to such vast liability that they *must* monitor what users say & abandon encryption
#EARNITAct was changed in 2020 to "fix" the liability it enables under federal law (by tying it to "actual knowledge", but it then does exactly the same thing through the back door: enabling states to enforce criminal & civil laws that turn on mere recklessness or negligence
Bureau of Land Mgmt (BLM) is working w/ US Dept. of Ag (USDA) Wildlife Services to kill native animals, particularly apex predators, is the antithesis of its mission. In the WHB issue, the BLM routinely states, WHB "have no natural predators." But they do. blm.gov/press-release/…
Studies have shown that a mature mountain lion can kill and feed off one foal every two weeks. For example, in Mongomery Pass WHT, mountain lion hunting hasn't happened in decades and the #wildhorse population is considered to be at an ecologically effective level.
Eliminating natural predators to protect livestock interests in the same area where #wildhorses and burros roam is counterproductive to wild horse and burro mgmt - and to the detriment of #publiclands. #yourtaxdollarsatwork
