Europe’s online child abuse law will make us all less safe
In a misguided effort to combat child sexual abuse material (CSAM), the European Commission has come up with a new proposal, which is ostensibly designed to detect “any potential abuse” and, if passed, would essentially create a mass surveillance regime across the European Union.
As currently written, the draft law obliges all hosting services and providers of interpersonal communications to scan all content, and then make a judgment on what to hand over to law enforcement. According to the proposal, providers of applications will face legal consequences unless they report “any information indicating potential online child sexual abuse.”
So, not only would providers be required to scan all communications, but to avoid liability, they would most likely err on the side of caution and massively over-report people’s communications.
Source: Europe’s online child abuse law will make us all less safe – POLITICO
