Criticism that “the EU is trying to monitor ordinary citizens in the name of protecting children from sexual abuse”

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Criticism that “the EU is trying to monitor ordinary citizens in the name of protecting children from sexual abuse”

The European Commission, the EU's policy enforcement body, announced in May 2022 that for the purpose of online child sexual abuse prevention, “Service providers can send users' messages to CSAM (child) in response to requests from public authorities Sexual abuse material) obliged to be scanned” proposed a regulation. However, the regulation has been flooded with accusations from experts, saying that it is “surveillance of the general public.” M…