{"id":17493,"date":"2023-11-15T21:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/?p=17493"},"modified":"2023-12-05T18:20:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T18:20:16","slug":"da-li-je-ovo-najkritikovaniji-nacrt-eu-propisa-svih-vremena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cybercrime.rs\/en\/2023\/11\/15\/da-li-je-ovo-najkritikovaniji-nacrt-eu-propisa-svih-vremena\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this the most criticised draft EU law of all time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17493\" class=\"elementor elementor-17493\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74fccaf7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"74fccaf7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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.elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p class=\" translation-block\">The proposed EU \u2018<span style=\"color: #e3b969\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969\" href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=COM2022209FIN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse\u2018 (2022) (CSA Regulation, or CSAR) <\/a> <\/span> has raised concerns that it is incompatible with EU fundamental rights and case law \u2013 perhaps more so than any other EU law in recent memory.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9629c8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9629c8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whilst all stakeholders agree on the importance of the aim to protect children, all formal legal and technical assessments have concluded that the proposed measures could amount to disproportionate violations of everyone\u2019s privacy, personal data and free expression online, and rely on technically infeasible or dangerous measures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7a7fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f7a7fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read on to see how a wide range of stakeholders, including child protection experts, survivors of CSA, police, national governments, UN officials, companies, NGOs and others have warned that the proposed measures are misguided and could do more harm than good.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b83cb42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b83cb42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e07f9b2 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"e07f9b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor-pro - v3.7.7 - 20-09-2022 *\/\n@charset 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.elementor-blockquote__author,.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote footer{display:block}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__tweet-button{margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto}<\/style>\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t[The CSA Regulation] could become the basis for de facto generalised and indiscriminate scanning of the content of virtually all types of electronic communications of all users in the EU\/EEA \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and Supervisor (EDPS) <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-658cfb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"658cfb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695eb82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"695eb82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Court of Justice of the EU enforces strong protections for privacy, data protection, free expression, non-discrimination and other fundamental rights both online and off, for children and adults alike, on the basis of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The serious and widespread threat posed by the draft CSAR to fundamental rights is reflected in all formal legal analyses from EU institutions about the proposal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b121ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7b121ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e29325b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e29325b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>The European Commission\u2018s own impact assessment (SWD(2022)209) to the CSAR recognises that there are no scanning methods that have good levels of privacy, security and feasibility. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/12726-Child-sexual-abuse-online-detection-removal-and-reporting_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The European Commission\u2018s regulatory scrutiny board (RSB) warned before the law was officially proposed that it might amount to unlawful general monitoring. <a href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/leaked-opinion-of-the-commission-sets-off-alarm-bells-for-mass-surveillance-of-private-communications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #e3b969;\">Link<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The EU Council\u2018s official Legal Service Opinion \u2013 in a rarely-seen major critique of a legislative proposal \u2013 warned of a \u201cserious risk\u201d of generalised monitoring, undermining encryption and violating the very essence of the right to privacy. Description (<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/despite-warning-from-lawyers-eu-governments-push-for-mass-surveillance-of-our-digital-private-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span>), Full document (<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitsoffreedom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230426-opinion-legal-services-on-csar-proposal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and Board (EDPB) warned that the proposal will severely harm innocent people with little to no evidence that it will protect children. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edpb.europa.eu\/our-work-tools\/our-documents\/edpbedps-joint-opinion\/edpb-edps-joint-opinion-042022-proposal_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The independent impact assessment undertaken on behalf of the European Parliament\u2018s civil liberties (LIBE) committee assessed the balance between safeguarding the privacy of users in general, and children\u2019s rights. It found that the CSAR lacks evidence of effectiveness and could not justify the serious extent to which it violate Articles 7 and 8 (privacy and personal data rights) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"> <a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/STUD\/2023\/740248\/EPRS_STU(2023)740248_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Furthermore, the European Commission has admitted that the proposal is based on claims of technical accuracy directly from suppliers, which have never been independently verified. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asktheeu.org\/en\/request\/technologies_for_the_detection_o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c9feb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9c9feb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-265ef78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"265ef78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Young people<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10ef87b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"10ef87b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af0572 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5af0572\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>International child rights law requires that children\u2019s views are incorporated into laws which relate to their rights and safety, in order to respect their autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>According to a large representative survey, 80% of children in the EU say that they would not feel comfortable and safe being politically active or exploring their sexuality if authorities were able to monitor their digital communications on the basis of finding child abuse material. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/app.episto.fr\/surveys\/3bda4c61a861\/charts?lg=kSSu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The same survey shows that around two-thirds of young people in the EU rely on encrypted message services for communication, and around the same number disagree or totally disagree with the premise that providers should be allowed to scan their private chats. Instead, improving media literacy and reporting mechanisms are overwhelmingly favoured by the children surveyed.<\/p>\n<p>Young activists warn of being suppressed by the CSAR. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/internal-markets-meps-wrestle-with-how-to-fix-commissions-csar-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee802ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ee802ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa68ab3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa68ab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Child sexual abuse survivors<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6486da5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6486da5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4851194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4851194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>CSA survivor Alexander Hanff warns that the CSAR will discourage survivors from seeking support. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/data-protection\/news\/new-eu-law-allows-screening-of-online-messages-to-detect-child-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Survivors representative group MOGiS e.V. warn that the proposal will harm survivors and other young people. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/echo_pbreyer\/status\/1637847224641110020?t=hQUdyzuODWACsxr4IGS5Mg&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Deputy Chairperson of MOGiS e.V. spoke to lead MEPs working on the CSAR as a representative of CSA survivors, in a speech to alert them to how the law will do more harm than good for survivors of CSA, and how the Commission\u2019s proposed approach is \u201cfundamentally flawed. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EU-LIBE-MOGiS-Hahne-07032023_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Survivor of sexual violence, Marcel Schneider, is currently suing Facebook for the automated scanning of private messages, removing confidentiality for victims of abuse and criminal defendants. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/en\/ueber-die-gff\/presse\/pressemitteilungen-der-gesellschaft-fur-freiheitsrechte\/pr_chatcontrol_facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a>\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>As pointed out by MEP Patrick Breyer, several survivors of CSA have also provided feedback to the Commission\u2019s CSAR proposal, criticising it for harming survivors. <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/12726-Fighting-child-sexual-abuse-detection-removal-and-reporting-of-illegal-content-online\/F3282960_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #e3b969;\">Link<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>(EN), <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/12726-Bekampfung-des-sexuellen-Missbrauchs-von-Kindern-Erkennung-Entfernung-und-Meldung-illegaler-%20Online-Inhalte\/F3264100_de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span> (DE)<\/li>\n<li>Weisser Ring, a German CSA victim support group, and the Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV) collectively warn that despite important aims, the proposal could harm confidential communications, putting people at risk of blackmail and fraud, will lead to false positives, and has a risk of mass surveillance whilst lacking evidence of effectiveness. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/12726-Fighting-child-sexual-abuse-detection-removal-and-reporting-of-illegal-content-online\/F3338505_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32494bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"32494bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf47cdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf47cdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Child rights &amp; child protection experts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e88708f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e88708f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8903fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8903fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Expert in online child protection issues, Dr Sabine K Witting, has warned that the proposed grooming detection would criminalise self-expression between consenting adolescents. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2023\/csam-verordnung-chatkontrolle-verletzt-sexuelle-selbstbestimmung-von-jugendlichen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The German child protection hotline, eco, calls the proposed measures in the CSAR \u201cfundamentally questionable\u201d. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/12726-Fighting-child-sexual-abuse-detection-removal-and-reporting-of-illegal-content-online\/F3338370_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Dutch child protection hotline, EOKM (now known as Offlimits), has frequently warned that the generalised scanning measures will likely be harmful and ineffective (e.g. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/12726-Fighting-child-sexual-abuse-detection-removal-and-reporting-of-illegal-content-online\/public-consultation_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/span>\u00a0). Founder of EOKM, Arda Gerkens, warns that the CSAR proposal \u201cgoes too far\u201d.<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/article\/eu-child-abuse-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Link\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The German child protection association, the Kinderschutzbund, has warned that the proposed measures are disproportionate and likely ineffective. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/kinderschutzbund.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Statement-for-the-public-hearing-on-chat-control-on-March-1-2023_DKSB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Dutch National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence against Children, Conny Rijken, has written about threats to fundamental rights and the lack of evidence of effectiveness in the proposed measures. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaalrapporteur.nl\/publicaties\/brieven\/2023\/09\/19\/position-paper-eu-verordening-seksueel-misbruik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4b29f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e4b29f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0961cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0961cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Police and prosecutors<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33a8e0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"33a8e0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18a38ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18a38ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Public prosecutors in Germany have warned that the CSAR will not help them to find perpetrators, as it does not tackle the actual issues that they face. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/ausschuesse\/a23_digitales\/Anhoerungen\/932296-932296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Police officers specialised in child protection in Germany have warned that the proposed measures will not help find more perpetrators, only more false alarms. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CSAR-summary-booklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>A senior police officer in the Netherlands warned that the police will be unable to deal with the volume of reports predicted as a result of the proposal. <a href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CSAR-summary-booklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #e3b969;\">Link<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The FBI warned Members of the European Parliament from the LIBE committee in a mission to Washington in May 2023 that \u201calready now they [the FBI] do not have sufficient resources to deal with all CSAM cases they detect and they need to prioritize some of them. From this perspective, mass scanning of communication would not result in an increase in law enforcement\u201d. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/LIBE-CR-750050_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baf70ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"baf70ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a15e0e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a15e0e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Technology experts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cf88a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0cf88a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f7305a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f7305a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>At the time of writing, 465 scientists and academics in cybersecurity, privacy and related fields have warned that the proposed measures are dangerous and untenable. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/13Aeex72MtFBjKhExRTooVMWN9TC-pbH-5LEaAbMF91Y\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>47 digital human rights NGOs in the EDRi network have warned that the proposal will jeopardise everyone\u2019s online privacy and free expression and lacks evidence that it will achieve its goals, and therefore must be rejected. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CSAR-summary-booklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Feminist technology researchers warn that the CSAR is a paternalistic and disempowering approach to gender-based violence. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/feministtechpolicy.org\/en\/case-studies\/csa-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Public interest technologists in Europe warned against the CSAR\u2019s proposed measures. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/10\/Experts-letter-encryption-CSA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) warned about the threat to encryption. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/cepis.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Open-letter-on-a-right-for-encryption-CEPIS-2022-nosig.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Researchers at TU Delft warn that the technological claims on which the CSAR is based are misleading or false. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/platforms\/news\/fact-checkers-call-out-commission-on-anti-child-abuse-material-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Professor Matthew Green warns about the risk of poisoning images in order to manipulate scanning technologies, among other serious concerns. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.cryptographyengineering.com\/2023\/03\/23\/remarks-on-chat-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>President of the Signal Foundation, Meredith Whittaker, warned of the major risk of mass surveillance.<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EDRi20anniv_Meredith_Whittaker.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>14 eminent scholars warn of \u201cbugs in our pockets\u201d, or the dangers of client-side scanning, a method proposed by the European Commission in order to execute the CSAR\u2019s proposed detection orders. The academics explain that these methods are ineffective, with a high potential for misuse or abuse. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2110.07450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Professor of Cyber Security and Policy, Dr. Susan Landau, has warned that \u201cthere is simply no technology\u201d to do what the EU\u2019s CSAR wants to do. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/progressivepost.eu\/the-eus-dangerous-proposal-for-stopping-online-child-sexual-abuse-material\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Edward Snowden warns that the CSAR is an \u201cauthoritarian\u201d move which would restrict \u201cbasic human liberty\u201d. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/1662103652549423105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Security expert Alec Muffet calls the proposal a \u201cwar on end-to-end encryption\u201d. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecMuffett\/status\/1524315613421879297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Professor of Security Engineering, Ross Anderson, outlines not just the technical issues with the CSA Regulation proposal, but also its failing to engage with broader social issues that lead to CSA, as well as other strategic concerns relating to the development and sale of surveillance technologies. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2210.08958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Professor Anderson further highlights researching showing that centralised takedowns, as proposed in the CSA Regulation, can add weeks to the time it takes to remove CSA from the internet. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lightbluetouchpaper.org\/2022\/05\/11\/european-commission-prefers-breaking-privacy-to-protecting-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4542541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4542541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3023cfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3023cfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Independent legal analyses<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-410152a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"410152a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41735e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41735e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>A legal assessment from the University of Amsterdam\u2019s Institute for Information Law (IViR) confirmed the threat to encryption. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/CSAMreport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Director of CDT, Iverna McGowan, a former Senior Advisor to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, warns that the proposed Detection Orders are based on a flawed logic which would undermine procedural rights and the presumption of innocence. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/law-enforcement\/opinion\/guilty-until-proven-innocent-the-flawed-logic-of-the-eus-proposed-child-safety-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professors at Leiden University, Center for Law and Digital Technology (eLaw), Dr Witting and Dr Leiser, warn that the proposal likely violates the EU prohibition of general monitoring, and its content moderation measures could put children at risk of harm. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/12726-Fighting-child-sexual-abuse-detection-removal-and-reporting-of-illegal-content-online\/F3337766_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Former EU Court of Justice judge, Professor Dr. Ninon Colneric, published an assessment that filtering for CSAM in a generalised and indiscriminate manner would be incompatible with EU case law. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patrick-breyer.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Legal-Opinion-Screening-for-child-pornography-2021-03-04.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Legal researcher at KU Leuven Center for IT &amp; IP law, Charlotte Somers, calls the proposal \u201can attack on Europeans\u2019 privacy and data protection\u201d and notes the high likelihood of CJEU annulment. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law.kuleuven.be\/citip\/blog\/the-proposed-csam-regulation-trampling-privacy-in-the-fight-against-child-sexual-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da0dc27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"da0dc27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d170cce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d170cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">National governments and parliaments<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e40da6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7e40da6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae180c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae180c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 The government of Poland has slammed the CSAR for the risk of mass surveillance. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/law-enforcement\/interview\/poland-slams-child-sexual-abuse-material-regulation-as-unnecessary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 The Austrian Parliament has agreed to reject the CSAR unless it can guarantee the protection of encryption, contains no general monitoring obligation and respects human rights. All parties in the Austrian parliament voted against the CSAR proposal. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.epicenter.works\/content\/chat-control-a-good-day-for-privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Governments of Estonia, Finland, Malta, Italy and the Netherlands have all raised serious problems. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23819681-law-enforcement-working-party-document-encryption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea The government of Sweden attempted to fully protect end-to-end encryption from the proposed measures and to stop general monitoring. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/despite-warning-from-lawyers-eu-governments-push-for-mass-surveillance-of-our-digital-private-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 A resolution from the French senate warned about risks with many parts of the proposal, especially the search for \u201cunknown\u201d material and grooming. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/irish-and-french-parliamentarians-sound-the-alarm-about-eus-csa-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea The Irish Parliament\u2019s justice committee raised serious concerns about the CSAR. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/irish-and-french-parliamentarians-sound-the-alarm-about-eus-csa-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea The Digital committee of the German Parliament hosted experts including police and child protection experts, and found unanimous criticism of the CSAR. This led to the committee raising their concerns. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/dokumente\/textarchiv\/2023\/kw09-pa-digitales-928540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea The legal service of the German Parliament regards the proposal\u2019s measures as generalised monitoring and thus violating the Charter of Fundamental Rights. It furthermore warns that the proposed measures might be adopted in other areas (i.e. scope creep). <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/resource\/blob\/914580\/9eba1ff3a5daa7708fca92e3184a1ae3\/WD-10-026-22-pdf-data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea The governments of Austria and Germany have committed to fully protecting end-to-end encryption from this regulation. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2023\/staendige-vertreter-eu-staaten-wollen-chatkontrolle-trotz-warnung-ihrer-juristen\/#2023-05-31_St%C3%A4V_AStV_CSA-VO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff The human rights committee of the Czech Parliament raised serious human rights concerns, especially regarding the protection of encryption. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psp.cz\/sqw\/text\/orig2.sqw?idd=216063&amp;pdf=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 MPs in the Dutch Parliament adopted a motion calling on their government not to allow a CSAR to go ahead which would \u2013 as per the draft \u2013 violate end-to-end encryption and violate the right to confidentiality of communications <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tweedekamer.nl\/kamerstukken\/moties\/detail?id=2023Z07239&amp;did=2023D17019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Opposition politicians in Denmark have warned that the proposal violates the spirit of the Danish constitution. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altinget.dk\/digital\/artikel\/samlet-opposition-til-regeringen-i-bryder-med-aanden-i-grundloven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded The Swiss Parliament overwhelmingly approved a motion against Chat Control. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parlament.ch\/de\/ratsbetrieb\/suche-curia-vista\/geschaeft?AffairId=20224113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6ede30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f6ede30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1bc5f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c1bc5f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The European Parliament<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b984b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"67b984b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3370d62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3370d62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>14 MEPs from the lead Parliamentary committee (Civil Liberties, or LIBE), coming from 4 political groups, demand rejection of the CSAR. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/civil-liberties-meps-warn-against-undermining-or-circumventing-encryption-in-csar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>They are joined by many MEPs in the supporting IMCO (Internal Markets) committee who criticised the proposal\u2019s scope, the threat its measures propose to encryption, and the serious risks posed by Detection Orders, with Renew group MEPs Hanh and K\u00f6rner proposing full deletion of these parts.<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"> <a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/internal-markets-meps-wrestle-with-how-to-fix-commissions-csar-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>MEP David Lega (EPP), co-chair of the European Parliament\u2019s Intergroup on Children\u2019s Rights, speaks out against the CSAR proposal. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/samnytt.se\/fler-partier-ansluter-sig-till-sds-chat-control-motstand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The aforementioned complementary impact assessment to the CSAR on behalf of the LIBE committee further confirmed the lack of proportionality and fundamental rights compliance of the proposal. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/STUD\/2023\/740248\/EPRS_STU(2023)740248_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf31662 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bf31662\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bf47a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bf47a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Companies<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb256ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"eb256ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-991c689 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"991c689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Microsoft warned that the claimed 88% accuracy figure for grooming detection that the European Commission put forward is not reliable (see especially annex 9, pages 285 \u2013 315). <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/law\/better-regulation\/have-your-say\/initiatives\/12726-Fighting-child-sexual-abuse-detection-removal-and-reporting-of-illegal-content-online\/F3338552_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>An article from PhotoDNA user Cloudflare shows the ease of generating false alerts, despite claims from PhotoDNA developer Dr Hany Farid (which the European Commission has relied on in the draft CSAR) that this is as rare as 1 in 50 billion. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.cloudflare.com\/the-csam-scanning-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>9 European industry associations representing members like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Mozilla have voiced their concerns in April 2023. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/ccianet.org\/news\/2023\/04\/csa-industry-associations-suggest-improvements-to-eu-regulation-in-joint-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn reports a false-positive rate of 59% for its current voluntary use of PhotoDNA, which strongly contradics the accuracy of PhotoDNA often cited by the European Commission and other proponents of the CSAR. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/help\/linkedin\/answer\/a1347128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>13 European industry associations representing a huge range of technology companies and providers warned against agreeing to measures which would undermine encryption and amount to generalised surveillance in September 2023. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/ccianet.org\/library\/csam-joint-industry-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, in collaboration with industry groups in Denmark, Poland and France wrote to Commissioner Johansson and the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council warned against a rushed approached and echoed the fundamental rights concerns of the EDPS. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spcr.cz\/images\/CSAM_join_letter_fin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b53053 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3b53053\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66335ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66335ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Privacy-tech companies and associations<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92166e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"92166e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce56eb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce56eb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Swedish VPN company Mullvad VPN explains the technological issues with the CSAR. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/mullvad.net\/fr\/blog\/2023\/3\/28\/the-european-commission-does-not-understand-what-is-written-in-its-own-chat-control-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>ProtonMail CEO explains that they are concerned about the CSAR and the threat it poses to encryption and privacy. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/article\/encryption-faces-an-existential-threat-in-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>In a subsequent post, ProtonMail have further emphasises the importance of encryption to EU industry, competitiveness and sovereignty. <a href=\"https:\/\/proton.me\/blog\/eu-council-encryption-vote-delayed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\">Link<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Finnish Information Security Cluster (FISC), representing the Finnish cybersecurity industry, have warned agaisnst the CSA Regulation, whilst reminding of their work to ensure criminal liability for the crime of CSA online. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/teknologiateollisuus.fi\/en\/ajankohtaista\/weakening-end-end-encryption-would-jeopardize-cybersecurity-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1baa681 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1baa681\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21aea34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21aea34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The United Nations<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60be607 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"60be607\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88f77a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88f77a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warns of generalised surveillance risk of CSAR. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2022\/09\/spyware-and-surveillance-threats-privacy-and-human-rights-growing-un-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea73c43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ea73c43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e68dbbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e68dbbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Professional secrecy associations (journalists, lawyers, etc.)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e44723 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2e44723\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ca67e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ca67e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>The two biggest Austrian journalistic associations have warned about the CSAR and the risks it would undermine the constitutional protections for journalistic freedom and protection of sources. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/2000135631586\/chatkontrollevoez-will-gesetzgebungsprozess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Austrian lawyers association has assessed that the proposal undermines fundamental rights and warns against it. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bU1dy0dcKYs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The German Bar Association (DAV) Committee on Surveillance published a position warning that whilst they support the aim of the draft regulation; they criticise the proposed automated mass analysis of communication (content) data. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/dav-international.eu\/en\/newsroom\/position-paper-32-23-csar-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), comprising legal associations from 46 European countries representing democracy, the rule of law and democratic values, raise concerns about the threat to privacy and of the dangers to professional secrecy and legal professional privilege, as well as the delegation of the protection of fundamental rights to private parties. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccbe.eu\/fileadmin\/speciality_distribution\/public\/documents\/SURVEILLANCE\/SVL_Position_papers\/EN_SVL_20221125_CCBE-position-on-the-proposal-for-a-regulation-laying-down-rules-to-prevent-and-combat-child-sexual-abuse.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30789bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"30789bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b26308 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b26308\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Civil society<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1c1b8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c1c1b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc4ec8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2dc4ec8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>134 NGOs across a wide range of human rights, digital rights, children\u2019s rights, women\u2019s rights and online safety have called on the EU to reject the CSAR. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/european-commission-must-uphold-privacy-security-and-free-expression-by-withdrawing-new-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Belgian NGOs have questioned whether the Belgian government is failing to protect human rights by not opposing generalised surveillance in the CSAR negotiations.<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"> <a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/the-belgian-government-is-failing-to-consider-human-rights-in-csa-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>11,000+ Europeans ask the EU to reconsider this dangerous and misguided law.<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"> <a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/children-deserve-a-secure-and-safe-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Written response to questions raised by the German Parliament, by Ella Jakubowska, senior policy advisor, EDRi. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/resource\/blob\/935812\/140b3c04f7e77840f01a0d3d7dfda1fc\/Stellungnahme-Jakubowska-data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a55683d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a55683d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42fa988 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"42fa988\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dd5b06 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"7dd5b06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-686ae6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"686ae6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2023 controversy<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfb5bf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cfb5bf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0cdb8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0cdb8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>In September 2023, an investigation by journalists published in seven media outlets across Europe raised allegations of a conflict of interest from Commissioner Johansson and DG HOME staff. These allegations include facilitating access to a company with commercial interests in the file, Thorn, and have led to questions about the legitimacy and ethics of the Commission\u2019s process in the preparation of the CSA Regulation:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" translation-block\">Original story in Balkan Insight (<a href=\"https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2023\/09\/25\/who-benefits-inside-the-eus-fight-over-scanning-for-child-sex-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #e3b969\">EN<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Zeit (<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/digital\/datenschutz\/2023-09\/chatkontrolle-eu-ashton-kutcher-thorn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DE<\/a><\/span>)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Le Monde (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/article-offert\/dxvzicdekfra-6190911\/pedopornographie-en-ligne-bataille-d-influence-autour-d-un-texte-europeen-controverse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #e3b969;\">FR<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>De Groene Amsterdammer (<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.groene.nl\/artikel\/wie-heeft-hier-baat-bij-niet-de-kinderen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NL<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>El Diario (<span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eldiario.es\/tecnologia\/conflictos-intereses-lucha-ue-pornografia-infantil-internet_1_10535781.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ES<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>IRPI Media (<a href=\"https:\/\/irpimedia.irpi.eu\/sorveglianze-pericoli-nascosti-regolamento-anti-pedopornografia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #e3b969;\">Tech community<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Solomon (<a href=\"https:\/\/wearesolomon.com\/el\/mag\/thematikh\/logodosia-diafaneia\/poios-ofeleitai-apo-ton-agona-tis-ee-kata-tis-paidikis-sexoualikis-kakopoihshs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #e3b969;\">GR<\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Additional reporting detailing Europol\u2019s request for the CSA Regulation to be expanded in future to allow scanning for other types of content. <a href=\"https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2023\/09\/29\/europol-sought-unlimited-data-access-in-online-child-sexual-abuse-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #e3b969;\">Link<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Netzpolitik (<a href=\"https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2023\/interne-dokumente-europol-will-chatkontrolle-daten-unbegrenzt-sammeln\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #e3b969;\">DE<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The European Parliament\u2019s Civil Liberties (LIBE) committee wrote to the Commissioner to request an explanation, and subsequently received a response from Thorn and from Commissioner Johansson:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LIBE coordinators letter. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.edri.org\/index.php\/s\/PMMTGWXXQiom8GZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Response from Thorn. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2023\/10\/2023-10-02_Thorn_LIBE_Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Response from Commissioner Johansson. <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.edri.org\/index.php\/s\/TrEykTHYA2Cd4d8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e43174 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"2e43174\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf8b576 ae-bg-gallery-type-default\" data-id=\"cf8b576\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f80763e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f80763e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-991c2f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"991c2f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Source: EDRi <span style=\"color: #e3b969;\"><a style=\"color: #e3b969;\" href=\"https:\/\/edri.org\/our-work\/most-criticised-eu-law-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23975f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"23975f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unprecedentedly broad range of stakeholders have raised concerns that despite its important aims, the measures proposed in the draft EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation are fundamentally incompatible with human 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