this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2026
132 points (98.5% liked)

Privacy

9549 readers
168 users here now

A community for Lemmy users interested in privacy

Rules:

  1. Be civil
  2. No spam posting
  3. Keep posts on-topic
  4. No trolling

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
iopq@lemmy.world
132
Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Snapchat are launching a counteroffensive to impose chat control on European citizens. (mastodon.social)
submitted 1 week ago by privacypride@mastodon.social to c/privacy@lemmy.world
19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Snapchat are launching a counteroffensive to impose chat control on European citizens.

"Today, with the expiration of the ePrivacy exemption that allowed the use of technology to detect child sexual abuse, Europe risks leaving children around the world less protected from the most abhorrent forms of abuse."

https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/around-the-globe/google-europe/reaffirming-commitment-to-child-safety/

cc @echo_pbreyer

@privacy

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] filobus@sociale.network 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

@privacypride @echo_pbreyer @privacy now it's clear, they show who is behind #chatcontrol initiative, who can push European politicians with their enormous mass on money

[–] XLE@piefed.social 13 points 1 week ago

If there was any chance that Chat Control was originally stupid politicians who meant well but didn't understand what they were doing, this is a clear indicator that it's no longer the case.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

As if there was ever any doubt. It's always been tech behind this.