According to minutes released under FOI, the European police agency pushed for unfiltered access to data that would be obtained under a proposed new scanning system for detecting child sexual abuse images on messaging apps, with a view, experts say, to training AI algorithms.
@JosephMenn The Europol letter is a very good example of what I call the "CSAM wedge":
1. Because CSAM is extremely fucked, we need extraordinary powers to find people sharing it
2. We cannot tolerate restrictions on what images are searched because non-CSAM can catch pedophiles
3. We cannot tolerate restrictions on what the searches are used for because we have to enforce all laws, not just CSAM laws
4. Panopticon
@JosephMenn The cruel irony of the CSAM wedge is that perpetual surveillance is a form of victimization on par with that caused by CSAM.
Creeps already abuse item trackers to stalk their victims, and the kind of panopticon that the people want to build to stop CSAM would be ABSOLUTELY PERFECT for a pedophile in law enforcement to use to victimize children.
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