"Making sure to have the final word, Commissioner Johansson stated that the “core of this proposal is protection of children”, and seemed to criticise MEPs for not focusing on that point. Yet several child rights and child protection experts, as well as survivors of CSA, have pointed out the risk that the proposal could actually achieve the opposite effect.

There has been a well-documented and long-standing refusal by DG HOME’s to engage substantively with concerns that the proposal is disproportionate and based on a fundamental misunderstanding of technology, even attacking academics who pointed to the deep technological flaws.

We reiterate that the complex issue of CSA requires a nuanced and whole-of-society approach, whereas mass surveillance will make all of us less safe – including the children that this law is supposed to protect."—@edri >

https://edri.org/our-work/if-dg-home-commissioner-isnt-responsible-who-is/

#EU #masssurveillance #allegations #childprotection #digitalrights #DGHOME #CSA #privacy #rights #privacyrights #CSARegulation #advertising #AI #dishonesty #conflictofinterests #protectionforall

🚀 On 14-15 December 2023, #FermiEU was at Community for European Research and Innovation for Security #CERIS annual event 2023, organised by @[email protected]

🙏 It is always great to be part of initiatives that facilitate the sharing of experiences and #researchfindings!

#FermiEU #HorizonEU #research #innovation #event #Europeanresearch #DGHome

The European Commission often speaks about tackling disinformation. Researcher Danny Mekić examined the transparency reports from the birdsite & found that the @EU_Commission's #DGHome engages in #microtargeting, based on prohibited sensitive categories such as targeting / excluding people based on which religious group they belong to and that the Commission uses these methods to actively spread #disinformation to promote #ChatControl.

What do @EC_Commissioner_Breton and @EDPS say about that?

#SurveillanceBasedAds #TargetedAdvertisement #StopScanningMe #DSA

https://dannymekic.com/202310/undermining-democracy-the-european-commissions-controversial-push-for-digital-surveillance

The #CSAM clusterfuck just became even more shitty:

Dutch researcher Danny Mekić has looked at #advertising data from #Twitter & says that the @EU_Commission's #DGHome has used #SurveillanceAds based on prohibited data categories to target people with #disinformation about the #ChatControl proposal.

#YlvaJohansson's department specifically targeted people in member states that had been critical of her proposal but excluded people who are likely to value #privacy.

https://dannymekic.com/202310/undermining-democracy-the-european-commissions-controversial-push-for-digital-surveillance