Please sign the petition to the EU Council by the Global Encryption Coalition about the proposed "upload moderation" that would create serious security and privacy risks:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/global-encryption-coalition-joint-statement-on-the-dangers-of-the-may-2024-council-of-the-eu-compromise-proposal-on-eu-csam
We all want to solve child abuse problem, but these proposed measures will make it worse:
- centralized scanning of family photos risks leaking them to criminals, increasing child abuse.
- the criminal case against Meta in the state of New Mexico shows how its content algorithms enable child abuse.

Joint Statement on the dangers of the May 2024 Council of the EU compromise proposal on EU CSAM
TChild sexual abuse and its distribution online is a serious crime that can only be effectively addressed if EU member states take a measured approach that is informed by expert evidence. The EU Parliament has already done this by adopting language that excludes end-to-end encrypted services from the scope of the regulation. We praise this step towards recognizing the importance of encryption in ensuring security and guaranteeing human rights and fundamental freedoms. We welcome this positive approach from the EU Parliament, as end-to-end encryption is a vital technology that protects adults, children, businesses, and governments from becoming victims of malicious actors.
We are concerned that the Council of the EU is not following the same path. The Belgian Presidency continues to advocate using scanning technologies for encrypted messaging services. Content detection has been a contentious issue for several EU member states, who have until now opposed client-side scanning technologies because they rightly understand that they create serious security and privacy risks, permit general monitoring, and undermine human rights.
Join the Steering Global Encryption Coalition Steering Committee (The Center for Democracy & Technology, Global Partners Digital, the Internet Freedom Foundation, the Internet Society, and Mozilla), in calling on Ministers in the Council of the EU to reject all scanning proposals that are inconsistent with the principle of end-to-end encryption, including client-side scanning and upload moderation.