Lawmakers this week sent to the White House the draft version of a bill that would penalize technology companies if they failed to cooperate on encryption cases, according to Capitol Hill sources. The bill, sponsored by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., would open up tech companies to contempt orders and other penalties if they refused to comply with a law enforcement request involving encrypted communications.
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Senators Aim to Lay Down the Law on Encryption Cooperation
Posted by: David Jones March 11, 2016 12:59 PMLawmakers this week sent to the White House the draft version of a bill that would penalize technology companies if they failed to cooperate on encryption cases, according to Capitol Hill sources. The bill, sponsored by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., would open up tech companies to contempt orders and other penalties if they refused to comply with a law enforcement request involving encrypted communications.