Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption, requires online companies to report drug activity
A bill requiring social media companies, encrypted communications providers and other online services to report drug activity on their platforms to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has advanced to the Senate floor.
Oh, I'm not saying the "private company" argument was ever legitimate, just that we went real quickly from 'let them handle it, the government is not engaging in censorship' (which, yes, was of course a lie), to 'these companies can't be trusted, the government needs complete control.'