Policymakers¶

Members of Congress actively legislating on digital rights, privacy, encryption, and internet freedom.

Privacy and Surveillance Reform¶

PERSON-RON-WYDEN: Ron Wyden — U.S. Senator from Oregon. Co-authored Section 230. Introduced Aaron's Law (CFAA reform), Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, and USA RIGHTS Act. Opposes encryption backdoors (EARN IT Act).
PERSON-RAND-PAUL: Rand Paul — U.S. Senator from Kentucky. Introduced Fourth Amendment Restoration and Protection Act. Co-sponsored Aaron's Law and Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act. Proposed anti-encryption-backdoor amendments. Opposed PATRIOT Act reauthorization.
PERSON-CORY-BOOKER: Cory Booker — U.S. Senator from New Jersey. Introduced the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act. Co-sponsored the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act.
PERSON-MIKE-LEE: Mike Lee — U.S. Senator from Utah. Co-authored the Government Surveillance Reform Act with Wyden and Lofgren. Opposes encryption backdoor mandates.

PERSON-ZOE-LOFGREN: Zoe Lofgren — U.S. Representative from California. Introduced Aaron's Law (named for Aaron Swartz) to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, narrowing its scope to distinguish common internet activity from harmful cyberattacks.

PERSON-THOMAS-MASSIE: Thomas Massie — U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Led bipartisan House amendments blocking NIST cooperation with NSA efforts to weaken encryption standards and opposing government-compelled product backdoors.

PERSON-RO-KHANNA: Ro Khanna — U.S. Representative from California (Silicon Valley). Drafted the Internet Bill of Rights principles endorsed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, covering net neutrality, data privacy, universal internet access, and platform transparency.

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Legislation	Sponsors	Purpose	Original source
Section 230	Wyden, Cox	Shields platforms from liability for user content	47 U.S.C. § 230
DMCA § 512 Safe Harbor	Enacted	Copyright safe harbor for online service providers	17 U.S.C. § 512

Legislation	Sponsors	Purpose	Original source
Aaron's Law	Lofgren, Wyden, Paul	Reforms CFAA to prevent prosecutorial overreach	Lofgren press release
Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act	Wyden, Paul, Booker	Prevents government from buying data it needs a warrant to get	Wyden press release
Fourth Amendment Restoration and Protection Act	Paul	Restores constitutional protections in the digital age	Paul press release
USA RIGHTS Act	Wyden, Paul	Reforms Section 702 surveillance with civil liberties protections	Wyden press release
Government Surveillance Reform Act	Lee, Wyden, Lofgren	Reauthorizes Section 702 with warrant and data-broker reforms	Lee press release
Banning Surveillance Advertising Act	Booker	Restricts targeted ads based on personal data and broker purchases	Booker press release

Legislation	Sponsors	Purpose	Original source
Internet Bill of Rights	Khanna	Principles for net neutrality, privacy, transparency	Khanna press release
Anti-encryption-backdoor amendments	Paul, Wyden	Prevents government from compelling companies to weaken encryption	Wyden press release
Anti-encryption backdoor amendment (NIST)	Massie, Lofgren, Poe	Blocks NIST from weakening encryption standards for surveillance	Massie press release
EARN IT Act opposition	Wyden, Paul, others	Documents opposition to legislation that would undermine encryption	Wyden press release

These policymakers have introduced or championed legislation that:

Protects platforms from being liable for user content (Section 230) and many copyright claims (DMCA safe harbor)
Prevents criminalization of security research and common computer use (Aaron's Law / CFAA reform)
Protects encryption from government-mandated backdoors
Limits surveillance and warrantless data collection
Restricts surveillance advertising and commercial data exploitation
Establishes internet rights including net neutrality and data privacy