Manipulative EU opinion poll no justification for indiscriminate chat control
The EU Department of the Interior DG Home claims to have proven with a Eurobarometer opinion poll that the vast majority of the EU population wants total chat control. …
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Abuse survivor files suit against #ChatControl searches in private messages
Today, a child sexual abuse survivor from Bavaria, supported by the German Society for Civil Liberties (GFF), filed a lawsuit against tech corporation Meta’s practise of scanning direct messages in …
Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU: U-turnon civil liberties needed!
On 1 July, Spain holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the fifth time. In his welcome address, the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, …
Committee recommendation on chat control: Some poisonous fangs will be pulled, but indiscriminate chat control still looming
Today, the Internal Market Committee in the European Parliament (IMCO) recommended some far-reaching amendments to the draft EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR), also known as …
Statement by the Child Protection Association (Der Kinderschutzbund Bundesverband e.V.) on the Public Hearing of the Digital Affairs Committee on “Chat Control”
Summary of statement found here: https://kinderschutzbund.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Statement-for-the-public-hearing-on-chat-control-on-March-1-2023_DKSB.pdf
The proposal and its implications
The EU initiative sends a clear signal to all EU states to take stronger action against sexualised violence …
Leaked EU Council legal analysis: EU chat control plans for indiscriminately searching private messages doomed to failure
Patrick Breyer on Chat Control: To ensure the safety of children online, we need a new approach!
Chat Control lead negotiator proposes to add “voluntary detection orders” and metadata scanning
The European Parliament’s lead LIBE Committee yesterday circulated the draft report by conservative Rapporteur Javier Zarzalejos on the proposal to fight child sexual abuse material (CSAR), …
Germany insists in major revision of the EU Chat Control proposal to protect fundamental rights
Germany will not support the EU Commission’s „Chat Control“ proposal of a regulation on Child Sexual Abuse unless major changes are implemented, a leaked position paper …
EU Parliament’s Research Service confirms: Chat control violates fundamental rights
Today, the European Parliament’s Research Service (EPRS) presented a new study on the legality of the proposed Child Sexual Abuse / Chat Control Regulation to the European Parliament’s lead Committee …