EU plan to force messaging apps to scan for CSAM risks millions of false positives, experts warn

EU plan to force messaging apps to scan for CSAM risks millions of false positives, experts warn

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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/02/eu-csam-scanning-council-proposal-flaws/

A controversial push by European Union lawmakers to legally require messaging platforms to scan citizens’ private communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) could lead to millions of false positives per day, hundreds of security and privacy experts warned in an open letter Thursday.

Concern over the EU proposal has been building since the Commission proposed the CSAM-scanning plan two years ago — with independent experts, lawmakers across the European Parliament and even the bloc’s own Data Protection Supervisor among those sounding the alarm.