Author: Patrick Breyer
MEPs call for ban on mass surveillance technologies | Silicon Republic [external]
MEPs back ban on AI-driven mass and indiscriminate surveillance European Parliament calls for a ban on police and judicial authorities using facial recognition technology in the EU, at least in the form of mass surveillance in public spaces | The Parliament Magazine [external]
MEPs back EU facial-recognition ban for police | EUObserver [external]
Pegasus spyware: Commission accused of undermining EU’s cybersecurity | Brussels morning [external]
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Billions for Europe’s biometrics giants | Digit.site36 [external]
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Germany’s push for tighter tech regulation | Euractiv [external]
German lawmakers are making the case for tighter obligations for online platforms in the upcoming EU legislation, as they fear that it could produce weaker rules than their current national framework, …
Europe Makes the Case to Ban Biometric Surveillance | Wired UK [external]
“Deploying remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces means the end of anonymity in those places,” the heads of the two bodies, Andrea Jelinek and Wojciech Wiewiórowski, wrote in a joint …
EU Passes Emergency Law Allowing Tech Companies To Screen Messages For Child Abuse | Forbes [external]
European flags in front of the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European commission in Brussels. getty. The European Parliament has approved emergency measures allowing internet companies to scan users’ private messages …
New EU law allows screening of online messages to detect child abuse | Euractiv [external]
The European Parliament adopted on Tuesday (6 July) the final version of the ePrivacy derogation, a temporary measure enabling providers of electronic communication services to scan and report private online messages …