As I write, European Union (E.U.) officials are debating the details of a proposal to either require or pressure tech companies to scan all private messages for child sexual abuse material. Dubbed ...

In a significant dual push for online safety regulation, European Union institutions advanced two major frameworks on Wednesday: a Council agreement on the Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) ...

Data privacy campaigners have warned that any celebration of the news that the European Union (EU) has abandoned its plans to break end-to-end encryption in mobile messaging apps could be short-lived.

Across Europe, governments are grappling with an issue that is no longer abstract or theoretical: the digital spaces in which children spend hours every day are exposing them to unprecedented levels ...

EU lawmakers stripped out mandatory client-side message scanning from the latest Chat Control draft, but invasive age checks and voluntary scanning remain. European Union efforts to mandate scanning ...

What Just Happened With the EU’s Controversial Chat Control Proposal? The European Union’s attempt to mandate scanning of private messages has stalled again, marking another reversal for the bloc’s ...

While Bitcoin sagged, BNB Chain surged in activity. Transactions jumped 135% amid a fast, speculative “memecoin szn.” As Bubblemaps put it, “memecoin szn is real” on BNB Chain. On Oct. 7, more than ...

Denmark scraps Chat Control, encryption and privacy remain safe. EU privacy wins as Denmark halts message-scanning mandate. No forced scans: Denmark preserves end-to-end encryption. Crypto users ...

Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Denmark drops the controversial Chat Control proposal. Messaging apps like Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp remain fully encrypted. Crypto users’ private ...

Privacy advocates are welcoming Denmark’s decision to withdraw its proposal for mandatory message scanning on platforms such as Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp ...