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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images EU members couldn't reach an agreement, yet again, on the European ...

Over 500 cryptography scientists and researchers have signed a joint letter against the EU's controversial child sexual abuse (CSAM) scanning proposal Experts warn that the Danish version of the text ...

Big news on the privacy front: An EU bill that would threaten online privacy in the name of child protection is unlikely to pass in its proposed form. Back in May last year, the European Commission ...

A European content scanning proposal intended to enhance online child safety stalled after German lawmakers voiced opposition and member states canceled a planned vote on the measure's adoption. The ...

Way back in 2020, I actually read the proposed US legislation known as EARN IT, and with some controversy, concluded that much of the criticism of that bill was inaccurate. Well what’s old is new ...

The Commission has proposed an extension to temporary rules allowing tech companies to voluntarily scan their services for traces of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for a period of two additional ...

EU’s Chat Control law would force apps to scan every message, photo and video pre-encryption. Supporters say it fights child abuse material, while critics warn of mass surveillance. Weakening ...

The Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union has dropped plans to scan messaging apps, including WhatsApp and Signal. The Chat Control 2 proposal to mass surveil user messages would see ...

A controversial proposal to scan encrypted chats threatens Europeans' privacy in a way that is never seen before. At the time European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson first proposed the ...