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Messaging services could see EU governments take narrower approach in law on child sexual abuse material (update*)

By Sara Brandstätter ( September 2, 2024, 15:46 GMT | Insight) -- Messaging services such as Meta Platform’s WhatsApp, Signal and others could see a narrower approach taken by EU governments for a regulation on detecting child sexual abuse material. They are being asked to consider limiting detection orders to known child sexual abuse material rather than both known and unknown material. A discussion document that has been circulated does not, however, touch on the thorny issue of scanning encrypted messages.Private messaging services including Meta Platforms' WhatsApp and Signal could see a narrower obligation to detect child sexual abuse material under a fresh attempt to get EU governments to agree their position on a draft law to weed out such content, known as CSAM....

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