Europe: The end of the privacy of digital correspondence

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Von der Leyen keeps her SMS correspondence with Pfizer management secret, but my correspondence with my girlfriend somehow has to become public record (via anti-encryption laws and the resulting data leaks).

Primary source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.politico.eu&#x2F;article&#x2F;european-parliament-platforms-child-sexual-abuse-reporting-law&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.politico.eu&#x2F;article&#x2F;european-parliament-platform...</a><p>Which is a lot more dry and clear than what has been posted. We could all seek to be more emotionally disengaged if we want to have actual debates.<p>One of the things stated, for example is that the bill will not stand up in a court of law; and MEPs were displeased at the “moral blackmail” of the bill: basically “you don’t want to protect children? You must hate children!”<p>EDIT: what’s with all the low effort euro-skepticism in this thread? Surely we can do better.

Meanwhile the former pope and his bishop protected known child abusers who continued to abuse children.<p>Aiding a criminal is itself a crime in Germany -- I would go for &quot;Täterschaft durch Unterlassen&quot;; without their enablement, no further abuse could have happened.<p>But the prosecutors seem to be to involved with the church <i>shrug</i><p>Instead of going for the known abusers the general population gets the STASI 3.x treatment.<p>Some days I wish the EU dissolves into irrelevancy. Barely more than a fishbowl full off awkward, self righteous bureaucrats. Then again, the scavengers and populists are already waiting and are the guaranteed ticket to hell during lifetime.

I wonder if they will be applying a unified definition for child sexual abuse material, or if each service will be free to look for whatever the local jurisdiction deems as such. My country (Bulgaria) doesn&#x27;t define it per se - all porn is illegal[1], but there is an additional punishment if it involves &quot;a person under the age of 18, or appearing to be such&quot;.<p>The parts where our rules notably differ from (as far as I understand them) those of other EU nations are:<p>1. Transmitting any pornographic material is a crime. Possession is not criminalised (unless of persons under the age of 18, or appearing to be such).<p>2. Every clause includes the words &quot;of a person&quot;, implying that drawings are not subject to them. I don&#x27;t know enough law to say for sure.<p>3. The rules against child sexual abuse material specify &quot;person under the age of 18, <i>or appearing to be such</i> &quot;. The latter part seems to not be part of other nations&#x27; laws.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lex.bg&#x2F;bg&#x2F;laws&#x2F;ldoc&#x2F;1589654529" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lex.bg&#x2F;bg&#x2F;laws&#x2F;ldoc&#x2F;1589654529</a> чл. 159

Is this possibly the source of Apple&#x27;s sudden need to &quot;scan&quot; user documents last year? The Europeans pressured them and they tried to get ahead of the game?

I will guess the sum total of replies to emails sent to these addresses: 0

I hope not...

Hitler couldn&#x27;t dream better