Context: Chat Control 2.0: EU governments set to approve the end of private messaging and secure encryption
"By making a minor concession EU governments hope to find a majority next week to approve the controversial 'chat control' bill. According to the proposed child sexual abuse regulation (CSAR), providers of messengers, e-mail and chat services would be forced to automatically search all private messages and photos for suspicious content and report it to the EU. To find a majority for this unprecedented mass surveillance, the EU Council Presidency proposed Tuesday that the scanners would initially search for previously classified CSAM only, and even less reliable technology to classify unknown imagery or conversations would be reserved to a later stage. The proposed βdealβ will be discussed by ambassadors tomorrow and could be adopted by ministers next week."
A law like this would violate the rights of all EU citizens. The courts would (should!) strike this law down immediately
I sure hope the courts toss that thing. It would be the single worst violation of peoples privacy since the internet became a thing. It's incredible that lobbyists and police unions have this much impact on policy creation.
Almost as if in ~bourgeoisie~ democracy other interest groups have more influence in policy making than normal voters
Yeah, just like the "Upload Filters"
Poor Axel Voss showed everyone how much of a media company whore he is just to get his biggest lifetime achievement taken down by the EU court because those filters could result in censorship (something that literally everybody told the supporters would happen)
The courts very likely will strike something like this down, but the people responsible know this. Court dealings can take years and during this time our privacy gets violated ~~and some kind of profit is made~~.
And even when this law is declared illegal the existing data will likely be kept, only new collection is stopped (happened in Germany)
I wish people who proposes laws and regulations that violates human rights with provable intent to do just that would be fined or imprisoned.