EU Commission looks to study DMA interoperability, with an eye to extending requirements to social media

The European Commission aims to study interoperability provisions in the EU’s digital competition regulation, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), according to a published tender.

Draft law to detect online child sexual abuse material stalled again

The draft law to detect and remove online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was removed from the agenda of Thursday’s (20 June) meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER), who were supposed to vote on it.

EU cancels vote on child sexual abuse law amid encryption concerns

Countries clash over how to safeguard privacy when rooting out illegal pictures and grooming on private chat apps.

EU nears consensus on child abuse draft law, new agency takes lead on privacy preservation

A proposed centralised agency to support the detection and removal of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) will also be assessing how to technically preserve privacy while detecting such content in text communications included in the law’s scope, accordi…

Audio communications excluded in latest draft of child sexual abuse material law

A new compromise text of the draft law on online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), dated 28 May and seen by Euractiv, excludes audio communications from the scope and tries to strike a new balance between encryption and fighting CSAM.

Tech file on online child abuse material remains incomplete, risks grodlock

The draft law on detecting and reporting online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), sparking criticism and tension in the past, remains one of the important yet incomplete tech files of the EU, highlighting its significance as it risks being abandoned …

EU Parliament recruitment app compromised, encryption debate reignited

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Europolโ€™s declaration against end-to-end encryption reignites debate, sparks privacy concerns

Europol’s recent joint declaration with European police chiefs urges action against end-to-end encryption, citing concerns of possible justice obstruction, amid an ongoing debate about balancing data privacy with combating crime.

Podchasov v. Russia: the European Court of Human Rights emphasizes the importance of encryption

  

 

Mattis van โ€™t Schip & Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius*

*Both authors work at the iHub and the Institute for
Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University, The Netherlands – mattis.vantschip[at]ru.nl & frederik…

Online child sexual abuse: New compromise stresses risk assessment, detection, reporting

A new compromise text by the Belgian Presidency of the European Council, seen by Euractiv, about the draft law to detect and remove online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), puts the focus on risk assessment, detection orders, and reporting.

Child sexual abuse: New approach puts focus on Coordinating Authorityโ€™s roles

A new approach by the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council to the draft law to detect and remove online child sexual abuse material puts focus on the Coordinating Authority’s roles, such as risk categorisation or detection orders.

Britainโ€™s got some of Europeโ€™s toughest surveillance laws. Now it wants more

Despite the protestations of industry and campaigners, ministers are whisking a new bill through parliament.

Rishi Sunak loves Big Tech. Why does he keep scaring them away?

A surveillance reform speeding through parliament is just the latest UK government proposal that has tech companies worried.

UKโ€™s James Cleverly blasts Metaโ€™s encryption push

Home Secretary says he is โ€œincredibly disappointedโ€ Meta has not listened to ministersโ€™ concerns.

Every bill in the Kingโ€™s Speech, reviewed and rated

POLITICO combs through Rishi Sunakโ€™s legislative agenda โ€” as read out by King Charles III โ€” so you donโ€™t have to.

EU Commissionโ€™s nameless experts behind its child sexual abuse law

The EU Ombudsman has found a case of maladministration in the European Commission’s refusal to provide the list of experts, which it first denied existing, with whom they worked together in drafting the regulation to detect and remove online child sexu…

EU Parliament nails down agreement on child sexual abuse regulation

The main political groups of the EU Parliament reached an agreement on the draft law to prevent the dissemination of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Tuesday (24 October).

EU Commissionโ€™s microtargeting to promote law on child abuse under scrutiny

The European Commission’s use of microtargeting techniques to promote its controversial law to prevent the dissemination of child sexual abuse material is under investigation over concerns it might have violated the EU data protection and privacy rules.

Online media oversight in debate and cyber-awareness month

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UK dials up fight with Meta over encryption

New campaign comes as the United Kingdom finalizes rules that would allow it to monitor encrypted chats.

German MPs back potential Schrems III, EU Parliament wants to abolish extra fees for intra-EU calls

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UK government leaves out message scanning from Online Safety Bill

Following an eleventh-hour concession on the UKโ€™s Online Safety Bill, the British government decided not to scan messages for harmful content until it is โ€˜technically feasibleโ€™ without compromising usersโ€™ privacy. The initiative mirrors the EUโ€™s Digita…

Poland slams child sexual abuse material regulation as unnecessary

The regulation to fight child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online is unnecessary as there are other regulations for safety on the internet, Paweล‚ Lewandowski, Polish undersecretary of state at the chancellery of the prime minister, told EURACTIV.