The EARN IT Act Violates the US Constitution
It&#x27;s strange to me that technology workers are seemingly unwilling to unionise and hold general strikes to protest these kinds of policies -- if we aren&#x27;t willing to take real collective action, we aren&#x27;t ever going to have our voices heard. When Australia passed an even more ludicrous anti-encryption bill a year ago, the only real response by the technology community was a handful of blog posts (after it was too late to do anything about the legislation[+]) and grand-standing on twitter.<p>Why are we so shocked when politicians don&#x27;t listen to us? We act like petulant children -- small bursts of outrage, but with no consequences for the people in power.<p>[+]: Most posts were published either a day or two before it passed through the House of Reps, and some were posted <i>during the day of the Senate discussion and passage</i>. I did submit comments during the comment period, but we all know that had zero effect on their decisions.