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WhatsApp, Signal could use behavioral data to comply with EU lawmakers’ rules on child abuse material

By Lucy Valeski ( April 20, 2023, 11:26 GMT | Insight) -- Encrypted messaging services, such as WhatsApp or Signal, may be able to use behavioral data instead of accessing the content of user communications to detect child sexual abuse material, to comply with an EU draft regulation trying to catch perpetrators online. Providers of messaging and cloud storage services will also be required to participate in prevention measures, such as age assessments and parental controls, under new rules from conservative Spanish lawmaker Javier Zarzalejos.Encrypted messaging services will be required to process users’ metadata — such as usernames, locations and behaviors — under the European Parliament’s initial amendments on a draft regulation attempting to stamp out child sexual abuse material online (see here)....

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