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

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[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

the only abuse that happens is directly from these companies and their respective owners/CEO's. In fact, this push they are doing is so they can abuse more people