CoopossumMay 9, 2023

How can this still be going on?

No legal experts, no human rights defenders, not even child protection organisations were able to dissuade the EU from pursuing its plans for mass surveilance.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/08/eu-lawyers-plan-to-scan-private-messages-child-abuse-may-be-unlawful-chat-controls-regulation

"Despite the advice, it is understood that 10 EU member states – Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Spain – back continuing with the regulation without amendment."

#EU #surveillance #privacy #encryption

EU lawyers say plan to scan private messages for child abuse may be unlawful

Under proposed ‘chat controls’ regulation, any encrypted service provider could be forced to screen for ‘identifiers’

The Guardian
Show threadHansMay 9, 2023
@Coopossum not just EU, the #EarnItAct keeps coming back in a different iteration and so is the #onlinesafetybill and India recently banned a whole list of #e2ee messengers (the same govt that made use of NSO’s services) too.
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@h_bueler Damn. I knew about EARN IT (though it's the US, so I'm not surprised) but not about India. Seems like all over the world, civil rights are being curtailed left and right. Really scary times we live in right now.
May 9, 2023 at 7:56amTusky