New EU plans against child abuse inadequate
The EU Commission yesterday presented a proposal to update criminal law provisions on the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children. Pirate Party Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer …
Tag: Chatcontrol
Chat control in the EU Parliament today, in court tomorrow
The EU Committee on Internal Affairs today gave the green light for an extension of the controversial chat control regulation permitting US internet companies to automatically search all private messages for …
New chat control gate leak: Intelligence-industrial network suggests undermining encryption for other purposes than CSAM
„Follow the money“ has published lobby documents produced by surveillance-tech provider Thorn, some of which the EU Commission had tried to hide from the public. EU Internal Affairs Commissioner Johansson …
PIRATES call for an end to voluntary chat control 1.0 by big tech companies
Now that the EU plans for mandatory screening of private communications and undermining secure encryption (chat control 2.0) have been put on ice for the time being due to a lack …
European Parliament to extend voluntary chat control with some modifications
Now that the EU plans for mandatory screening of private communications and the removal of secure encryption (chat control 2.0) have been put on ice for the time being due to …
Chat control: EU Ombudsman launches investigation into Europol
Following a complaint by Patrick Breyer, Pirate Party MEP, the EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has announced that she has opened an investigation into the transfer of two former Europol …
Secure encryption and end of voluntary chat control on Facebook and Instagram protect innocent users and support law enforcement!
Meta, the company behind Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has announced significant security enhancements to its Messenger direct messaging service. In the future all personal calls and messages will be end-to-end …
Extension of voluntary chat control is an admission of EU Commission’s failure!
Now that the EU plans for mass screening of private communications and undermining secure end-to-end encryption (chat control 2.0) have been put on ice due to a lack of majority among …
Historic agreement on child sexual abuse proposal (CSAR): European Parliament wants to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption
Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) in the European Parliament adopted by a large majority (51:2:1) a mandate to negotiate the controversial EU …
Former CJEU judge: EU Chat Control plans for indiscriminately searching private messages and breaking secure encryption are doomed to fail in court
In another blow to the EU Commission’s proposed child sexual abuse regulation, a former judge of the EU’s top court of justice finds that the proposed mass …