If Trump resurrects the Comstock Act, the tech sector can expect to see many more criminal subpoenas for our data.
Former President Donald Trump reaffirmed his commitment to criminalize abortion, telling Time last month he would not intervene in decisions to monitor or prosecute pregnant people. Trump’s fervor to limit reproductive freedom is far from surprising—after all, he has repeatedly taken credit for overturning Roe v. Wade. But buried in the wide-ranging interview was a new clue to how he might go about it: the Comstock Act.
