House Republican Reintroduces Bill Focused on Kill Switch Civil Liberties Concerns
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., reintroduced his bill Thursday that would prevent authorities from abusing a cellphone kill switch. HR-791 would “prohibit the unauthorized remote shut down of a cellular phone,” its longer title said. Griffith pressed the issue in the…
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last Congress in the bill known as the Cell Phone Freedom Act. His legislation didn't advance in the last Congress, as Griffith himself predicted (see 1409020045). The new bill has no co-sponsors and has been referred to the Judiciary Committee.