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\n\nApps and websites you use would have to report drug sales they find to the Justice Department. This covers social media, email, and cloud storage companies. They must report sales of fentanyl or meth once they actually know about them. The same goes for fake pills and illegal sales of prescription painkillers or stimulants. Each report is due within 60 days of the company finding out. A company may also report a sale it only suspects.\n\nA report must include account details, such as your name, email, screen name, and IP address (your internet location). The company may also choose to send your messages, photos, location, and whether you used a VPN. Federal privacy law now limits when companies may share your messages with the government. This bill adds an exception for these reports. The Justice Department may pass reports on to federal, state, or local police. Regular phone texts and home internet service are not covered. Companies do not have to scan your messages, and they can keep using end-to-end encryption.\n\nA company that knowingly fails to report faces a fine of up to $190,000. Repeat failures cost up to $380,000. A false report, or one missing account details the company has, costs $50,000 to $100,000. Each report makes the company save your account data for 90 days. The company cannot tell you about this until it warns the Justice Department and waits 45 business days. Police may not send tips to companies to set off a report. Evidence from such tips cannot be used in court. The Justice Department must delete reports it no longer needs and publish a yearly count of them.
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