1. United States
2. Md.
3. Letter

As your constituent, I urge you to reject and publicly oppose the STOP CSAM Act, S.1829. This bill threatens security and free speech across the internet. Its broad terms and low standards will undermine digital security for all internet users by potentially making it a crime to offer an encryption service, because a service could "facilitate" the sharing of illegal child abuse material (CSAM)—even if there's no evidence that the company intended to do so. Not only that, it would expose intermediaries to civil lawsuits for merely hosting a platform where part of the illegal conduct occurred. This would result in companies censoring more and more user content and accounts without regard as to whether that content is in fact legal. Existing law already requires online service providers who have actual knowledge of “apparent” CSAM on their platforms to report that content to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Please protect our security and free speech, and publicly oppose the STOP CSAM Act.