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Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Snapchat are launching a counteroffensive to impose chat control on European citizens. (mastodon.social)
submitted 2 weeks ago by privacypride@mastodon.social to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Snapchat are launching a counteroffensive to impose chat control on European citizens.

"Today, with the expiration of the ePrivacy exemption that allowed the use of technology to detect child sexual abuse, Europe risks leaving children around the world less protected from the most abhorrent forms of abuse."

https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/around-the-globe/google-europe/reaffirming-commitment-to-child-safety/

cc @echo_pbreyer

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

If there was any chance that Chat Control was originally stupid politicians who meant well but didn't understand what they were doing, this is a clear indicator that it's no longer the case.