Topic: CSAM
The push for CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) scanning threatens individual privacy and free speech under the guise of protecting children. Governments and organizations are advocating for invasive surveillance measures, including scanning private messages, which pose significant risks to user privacy and can lead to widespread censorship. The debate highlights the tension between child protection efforts and the fundamental rights to privacy and free expression.
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Brussels Could Reopen the Fight to Scan Your Private Chats
Lawmakers killed this in March but Brussels is back four months later asking for a do-over.
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Ofcom Investigates Telegram Under UK “Online Safety Act”
The regulator’s list of duties runs far beyond child safety into foreign interference, false communications, and public-order speech.
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DOJ Blocks France’s X Probe, Citing First Amendment
The refusal puts American mutual-assistance treaties off the table for European speech prosecutions, and Paris is the first to find…
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EU’s Weakened “Chat Control” Bill Still Poses Major Privacy and Surveillance Risks, Academics Warn
The law’s softer tone hides the same blunt instrument: unchecked surveillance wrapped in child safety rhetoric.
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Germany’s 2024 Report Finds 48% CSAM Scan Error Rate Amid EU Push for Private Message Scanning
False positives flood the system, but the EU still wants to make the scan permanent and mandatory.
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FBI Nominee Kash Patel Vows to End Censorship Collusion, Slams Wiretaps, and Pledges Section 230 Work
Patel vows to end the FBI’s role in online censorship but signals openness to Section 230 reforms that could impact…
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EU Violates Privacy Laws While Promoting Privacy-Violating Law
The European Commission faces backlash after breaking its own privacy laws with a micro-targeted ad campaign, exposing deep hypocrisy.
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The EU Uses Invasive Ad Targeting To Push Misinformation About its Proposed Anti-Privacy Laws
Hypocrisy on several fronts.
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EU Tries To Justify Support For Scanning Private Messages With Manipulative Public Poll Results
Leaving the public in the dark about what it entails.
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Even Meta pushes back against the UK’s online surveillance and censorship bill
Meta says the bill would require platforms to scan “all private messaging.”
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The EU wants to scan all chat messages, using the guise of combating child abuse
Platforms would be forced to scan conversations, even those that are supposed to be end-to-end encrypted.