Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors for social media accounts has failed
a year ago
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- A Florida bill requiring social media companies to provide encryption backdoors for police access failed to pass.
- The bill, named 'Social Media Use by Minors,' was indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration in the Florida House.
- It had previously advanced in the Florida Senate but required approval from both legislative chambers to become law.
- The proposed legislation would have mandated social media firms to decrypt end-to-end encryption upon receiving a subpoena, often issued without judicial oversight.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation criticized the bill as 'dangerous and dumb,' citing risks of malicious abuse and data breaches.