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EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0 – Breyer: "Our children lose out"
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can someone actually explain what the bill is doing, it looks like the primary complaint is the EU had no sovereignty over citizen data for investigating crimes, they had to beg the USA all the time for it and were constantly left on hold (so shocking that the USA doesnt help when some american targets kids). from what i can tell encryption isnt even singled out, they just want a chance at the data at all?
of course theyll use this to build their own local spyware apparatus, but who doesnt at this point? better than begging the USA for it
In the EU private digital communication is protected by the eprivacy directive and providers aren't allowed to scan private message without a reason. The law allows providers to scan for illegal content (without stuff like a court order that would allow it anyway).