"...when the companies have “actual knowledge” that illicit drugs are being distributed on their platforms"
chat providers could also pivot to a pfs model with deniability that effectively removes them from ever knowing about chat at all.
Frankly I think providers are in a bind. Federal agencies using this regulation could tank the product through repeated action against the public interest (like disclosing an abortion for example.). The compliance overhead is also nontrivial.
Then again it could force the hand of companies like signal into a supreme court showdown.
chat providers could also pivot to a pfs model with deniability that effectively removes them from ever knowing about chat at all.
Frankly I think providers are in a bind. Federal agencies using this regulation could tank the product through repeated action against the public interest (like disclosing an abortion for example.). The compliance overhead is also nontrivial.
Then again it could force the hand of companies like signal into a supreme court showdown.