Mix Mistress Alice💄"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/
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If the Commissioner isn’t responsible for DG HOME's alleged unethical and unlawful actions, who is? - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Serious concerns have been raised about the EU CSA Regulation by technologists, lawyers, NGOs, EU institutions, some child protection advocates and survivors and more. Recent allegations suggest that not only have these stakeholders been ignored - but that there may have been attempts by the EU Commission to manipulate the democratic process. The head of the Commission's Home Affairs unit has been grilled by MEPs about these allegations