ICYMI
EU cancels vote on child sexual abuse law amid encryption concerns
the breaking of encryption to allow client-side scanning will not be possible.
This is a huge win for online privacy and digital security!
dozens of Parliament members wrote to the EU Council to express their opposition to the proposal
The proposal, which was aimed at preventing child sexual abuse material, would have essentially broke encryption
The law, first introduced in 2022, would implement an “upload moderation” system that scans all your digital messages, including shared images, videos, and links. Each service required to install this “vetted” monitoring technology must also ask permission to scan your messages. If you don’t agree, you won’t be able to share images or URLs.
And ICYMI this
Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content
“Who will benefit from the legislation?” Gerkens asked. “Not the children.”
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/111127437643259203
It isn't about saving children
The proposed solution was to leave messages wide open for scanning — but somehow without compromising the layer of privacy offered by end-to-end encryption. It suggests that the new moderation system could accomplish this by scanning the contents of your messages before apps like Signal, WhatsApp, and Messenger encrypt them.
For the kids right?.....