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The European Union's home affairs commissioner, Ylva Johansson, has confirmed the Commission is investigating whether or not it broke recently updated digital governance rules when her department ran a microtargeted political ad campaign aiming to drive support for a controversial child sexual abuse material (CSAM)-scanning proposal she's spearheading. The governance regulation concerned is the Digital Services Act (DSA), which includes provisions relating to online advertising -- inc...

The EU Commission has been pushing client-side scanning for well over a year. This new intrusion into private communications has been pitched as perhaps the only way to prevent the sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Mandates proposed by the EU government would have forced communication services to engage in client-side scanning of content.…

The European Union's home affairs commissioner, Ylva Johansson, has confirmed the Commission is investigating whether or not it broke recently updated digital governance rules when her department ran a microtargeted political ad campaign aiming to drive support for a controversial child sexual abuse material (CSAM)-scanning proposal she's spearheading. The governance regulation concerned is the Digital Services Act (DSA), which includes provisions relating to online advertising -- inc...

The European Union's home affairs commissioner, Ylva Johansson, has confirmed the Commission is investigating whether or not it broke recently updated

An EU government body is pushing a proposal to combat child sexual abuse material that has significant privacy implications. Its lead advocate is making things even messier.