Showing posts with label WhatsApp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WhatsApp. Show all posts
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Monday, May 08, 2023
EU Lawyers Say Plan to Scan Private Messages for Child Abuse May Be Unlawful
THE GUARDIAN: Under proposed ‘chat controls’ regulation, any encrypted service provider could be forced to screen for ‘identifiers’
According to the internal EU legal advice, the regulation ‘risks falling foul of a judicial review on multiple grounds’. Photograph: DCPhoto/Alamy
An EU plan under which all WhatsApp, iMessage and Snapchat accounts could be screened for child abuse content has hit a significant obstacle after internal legal advice said it would probably be annulled by the courts for breaching users’ rights.
Under the proposed “chat controls” regulation, any encrypted service provider could be forced to survey billions of messages, videos and photos for “identifiers” of certain types of content where it was suspected a service was being used to disseminate harmful material.
The providers issued with a so-called “detection order” by national bodies would have to alert police if they found evidence of suspected harmful content being shared or the grooming of children. » | Daniel Boffey, Chief reporter | Monday, May 8, 2023
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WhatsApp would not remove end-to-end encryption for UK law, says chief: Meta’s head of chat app says it would not comply with the requirements set out in online safety bill »
An EU plan under which all WhatsApp, iMessage and Snapchat accounts could be screened for child abuse content has hit a significant obstacle after internal legal advice said it would probably be annulled by the courts for breaching users’ rights.
Under the proposed “chat controls” regulation, any encrypted service provider could be forced to survey billions of messages, videos and photos for “identifiers” of certain types of content where it was suspected a service was being used to disseminate harmful material.
The providers issued with a so-called “detection order” by national bodies would have to alert police if they found evidence of suspected harmful content being shared or the grooming of children. » | Daniel Boffey, Chief reporter | Monday, May 8, 2023
ALSO READ:
WhatsApp could disappear from UK over privacy concerns, ministers told: ‘Intentional ambiguity’ over end-to-end encryption in online safety bill could lead to messaging app being withdrawn »
WhatsApp and Signal unite against online safety bill amid privacy concerns: Encrypted chat apps sign open letter warning of ‘unprecedented threat to safety and security’ of UK citizens »
WhatsApp would not remove end-to-end encryption for UK law, says chief: Meta’s head of chat app says it would not comply with the requirements set out in online safety bill »
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Iran Bans WhatsApp After Facebook Purchase because Zuckerberg "Is an American Zionist"
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the ban has triggered “an open dispute” within the Iranian government, especially in the light of President Hassan Rouhani’s recent shift towards more moderate policies for the Islamic Republic.
The ban was announced by the secretary of the Committee for Determining Criminal Web Content Abdolsamad Khorramabadi who has been quoted as saying that "the reason for this is the adoption of WhatsApp by the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is an American Zionist." » | James Vincent | Wednesday, May 07, 2014
HAARETZ: Rohani rejects Iranian WhatsApp ban: Iranian president orders a stop to the proposed ban by the Iranian censorship committee. » | JTA | Wednesday, May 07, 2014
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