US EditionDenmark Reportedly Withdraws 'Chat Control' Proposal Following Controversy
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The European Union will give up on the most critical measure in a project of regulation against online pedophile, namely a technology that would allow for private conversations to be scanned.
The European Union will remove the controversial "Chat Control" measure from its proposed legislation to combat online child abuse, AFP reports, and the news has been confirmed to our editors. In that proposal, "Chat Control" was a measure requiring online platforms to search private conversations for images of child abuse. Opponents considered the measure a "disproportionate" invasion of privacy.
The European Union announced on Thursday that it is abandoning controversial technology for monitoring private conversations, initially planned to combat online child crime.
The European Union renounces the most controversial measure of its law against child criminality, which would have allowed to scan the private conversations of users. ...
This European project planned to monitor the encrypted conversations of all Europeans in order to combat child pornography content. The text was to be voted on on 14 October last, but in the face of a strong opposition, had been removed from the agenda. The problematic measure...
Denmark Drops Chat Control Proposal Amid EU Privacy Backlash
Denmark’s Retreat from ‘Chat Control’ In a significant pivot amid mounting backlash, Denmark has withdrawn its controversial proposal for mandatory scanning of electronic messages under the European Union’s child sexual abuse material (CSAM) regulation. The move, announced by Denmark’s Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard, marks a retreat from a plan that would have required tech companies to scan private communications, including those on end-to-…
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