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Dear Senator Graham: As your constituent, in 2020 I sent you a message asking that you reject the EARN IT Act. You have now introduced EARN IT Act of 2022 (S.3538), which I urge you as my duly elected senator, to reject.

Please stop sponsoring bills that seek to harm the citizens of our great nation. Removing the protections that encryption provides, regardless of the good intention of stopping CSAM, will harm the citizens of the United States.

The government is restricted from unlawful search and seizure of citizens and their property (US Bill of Rights, Amendment IV), and this Act that you have sponsored calls for the violation of that right of the citizens. Requiring that all contents be scanned, for any purpose, is broad-scope searching, which is a violation of your and my rights.

While in general I agree with the choices you make as my senator, the list of choices I disagree with keeps getting longer. Please stop adding to this list of our disagreements! Please remove your support of the EARN IT Act of 2022. Respectfully, Your constituent

References

1. It's Back: Senators Want 'EARN IT' Bill To Scan All Online Messages - Slashdot
2. Graham, Blumenthal Introduce EARN IT Act to Encourage Tech Industry to Take Online Child Sexual Exploitation Seriously - Press Releases - United States Senator Lindsey Graham
3. It’s Back: Senators Want EARN IT Bill to Scan All Online Messages | Electronic Frontier Foundation
4. EARN IT Act "Myths and Facts" document | Electronic Frontier Foundation
5. Text - S.3538 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): EARN IT Act of 2022 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
6. U.S. Senate: States in the Senate | South Carolina