Chat monitoring of the EU: child protectionists warn of dangers for young people – network policy

With the planned chat control, the European Union wants to stop the spread of depictions of sexualized violence against children. An important project which, in its current form, is likely to have serious implications for the secure online communication of the entire EU population. By order of the authorities, messenger services such as Whatsapp and host providers are to be forced to search for abuse material on users’ smartphones.