Rule of construction on encryption
Title II — Online Platforms › Subtitle A — Kids Online Safety
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No requirement under this subtitle to restrict any feature for a covered user or to provide parental direct messaging controls for a direct messaging feature of a covered platform may be construed to override any protection for an encrypted communication described in this subtitle and a provider of a covered platform shall adhere to any such requirement, to the maximum extent technically feasible, through means that do not compromise the integrity of strong encryption offered to any user of the covered platform.
No requirement under this subtitle to restrict any feature for a user of a covered platform or to provide messaging controls for a direct messaging feature or ephemeral messaging feature of a covered platform may be construed to override any protection for an encrypted communication described in this subtitle and a provider of a covered platform shall adhere to any such requirement, to the maximum extent technically feasible, through means that do not compromise the integrity of strong encryption offered to any user of the covered platform.
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