The first was that the #MeToo movement had generated a powerful wave of reforms to protect victims of abuse. Starting in 2018, states including California, New York, and Washington had passed laws to weaken non-disclosure agreements , which had long been used to silence victims of harassment at work. In 2022, Congress passed the Speak Out Act, which prevents employers from being able to demand workers to sign NDAs preemptively, before an incident or dispute occurs. "These were reforms nearly