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European member states continue attempt to undermine encryption
In Europa wordt weer onderhandeld over een wetsvoorstel dat de vertrouwelijkheid van communicatie op het spel zet. Hier is een update.
Victory! Dutch government does not support EU proposal undermining encryption
The Netherlands will not approve a European legislative proposal that would undermine the confidentiality of communications, partly because, according to the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), it poses too great a risk to our digital security. That’s fantastic news—for now, at least.
Dutch government has more allies than it realises
The Netherlands claims to be on her own when opposing client side device scanning, while she has more allies than she realizes.
The selective hearing of Ylva Johansson
How cool: commissioner Johansson came to receive the people’s choice award of the Big Brother Awards in person. However, it stings a bit, because she is very selective about when and with whom she enters into discussion.
Who does the EU legislator listen to, if it ain’t the experts?
There’s a huge gap between the advice given by experts on child sexual abuse and the legislative proposal of the European Commission.
European Commission must have greater ambition in combating sexual violence
Last year, the European Commission made a far-reaching proposal to protect children against sexual violence. But a study by Delft University shows that there is a lot wrong with the substantiation of the proposal.
Europol is going to collect a massive collection of porn of European youngsters
You do not help children and young people by making Europol compete with Pornhub.
Sex crimes unit already overwhelmed, and EU lawmakers will only make it worse
Dutch sex crimes investigators are already overloaded. The European Commission has plans that will only make this worse by generating a plethora of, often unjustified, reports.
Google accuses you of child abuse? Impossible! Right?
When technology companies use computes to detect material of sexual abuse of children, mistakes will be made. As a result, innocent users are wrongly accused of child sexual abuse.
What’s going on in Brussels?
A quick overview of the EU legislative proposals we are involved with, and what to expect.
European Commission wants to eliminate online confidentiality
The Commission wants platforms and internet providers to do the impossible. With its proposal, it threatens to eliminate confidentiality online.
The European Commission might put a stop to end-to-end encryption
The European Commission is working on a bill that requires platforms to monitor all your chats. This would undermine the essence of end-to-end encryption. What’s up with that?