Leaders on the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday introduced a draft bill that appears aimed at forcing tech companies to more quickly spy on their customers when ordered by the courts. However, privacy advocates argued that it amounted more to an “Internet censorship bill.”

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The “Compliance with Court Orders Act,” drafted by Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Ranking Member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., seeks to make “providers of communications services and products” comply with what the authors say is “the rule of law.” In the event such companies are served with a court order demanding technical assistance, the legislation asks that they render the requested technical assistance in an “intelligible manner.”