A bill meant to target child sexual abuse material online could pose far-reaching risks for members of the LGBTQ community, LGBTQ advocates and legal experts told USA TODAY.
The EARN IT Act, first introduced in 2020, would make it easier to prosecute social media companies for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on their platforms, the goal being to motivate platforms to target that material more forcefully. It was reintroduced in April by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who said at the time that tech companies need to “take responsibility” for the material or “be held accountable.”
