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A legal opinion on a controversial European Union draft law, which has proposed countering child sexual abuse online by applying obligations on platforms to scan for illegal content and grooming, suggests it's incompatible with the bloc's fundamental rights.
Privacy advocates can breathe a sigh of relief, with the EU's internal legal review concluding the bloc's plans for message scanning are likely illegal.
Lawyers say proposed client-side scanning measures likely break the law in several areas
Under proposed ‘chat controls’ regulation, any encrypted service provider could be forced to screen for ‘identifiers’
The European Commission's initiative to make online content providers pay for network investment costs has managed to bring together two historical enemies, civil society groups and rightsholders.