It was even spotted recently using microtargeted ads to promote the plan, apparently turning to covert targeting to attack critics by suggesting they do not support child protection (despite the existence of another live EU legislative proposal that seeks to restrict the use of political microtargeting… so, er, oops!). The European Commission has pushed back aggressively against this sort of criticism to date - arguing the proposal is a proportionate and targeted response to a growing problem. More than 20 speakers at the three hour event voiced opposition to a European Union legislative proposal that would require messaging services to scan the contents of users’ communications for known and unknown CSAM, and to try to detect grooming taking place in real-time - putting the comms of all users of apps subject to detection orders under an automatic and non-targeted surveillance dragnet.Ĭritics argue the approach runs counter to the fundamental freedoms that are pivotal to democratic societies. A controversial child sexual abuse material (CSAM)-scanning proposal that’s under discussion by lawmakers in Europe is both the wrong response to tackling a sensitive and multifaceted societal problem and a direct threat to democratic values in a free and open society, a seminar organized by the European Data Protection Supervisor heard yesterday.
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