European Union (EU) is currently discussing one of the most controversial and transcendent laws of recent years. The European Commission is trying to promote so-called Regulation. child sexual abuse (CSAR, with its English abbreviation) is an initiative that will challenge major platforms. Internet -related to tiktok with Telegramby going through websites video game and services cloudy– with Scan citizens’ private messages Trying to find the criminal content you were exposed to minors.
The proposal has sent hundreds of experts and non-governmental organizations into a state of war, decrying that its approval would amount to a death sentence for privacy. “This will fundamentally change the internet and digital communications as we know it,” European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Wojciech Wiewiórowski warned in 2020. “This is as we put it (spy program) pegasus “There is a massive, automated surveillance system on all devices,” Simona Levi, founder of technology activist network Xnet, said this Wednesday.
However, it is not only the content of the law that arouses the anger of both MPs and other citizens, but also the controversial methods implemented. Brussels Try to move it forward. And in the spotlight is the European Commissioner for Home Affairs. Ylva JohanssonThis Wednesday, he had to appear before the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to respond to the double scandal.
double scandal
At the end of September, a journalistic investigation by ‘Balkan Insight’ revealed the dubious connections of the main supporter of the new law – popularly known as ‘Balkan Insight’. Chat Control– with thorn, an American company registered as a charity on the EU’s list of lobby groups, but which makes profits by selling artificial intelligence (AI) tools to find images of child sexual abuse on the internet. Therefore, there may be a conflict of interest.
That’s not the only problem Johnansson faces. According to the Dutch newspaper ‘de Volkskrant’, the European Commission would launch a campaign on social networks to promote its proposal and direct it to users in countries that rejected it, such as Germany or Austria. This practice of micro-segmentation for political reasons would violate Europe’s own privacy laws. Data protection.
possible lawsuit
This Wednesday Johansson faced a lot of critical questions from all parliamentary groups. Some demanded that the commissioner make public his correspondence with the company Thron He even pointed to possible lawsuits that could benefit from the law if it is approved. “We are ensuring that the Legal Service takes legal action against the EU Commission on the grounds that it exerts undue influence and pressure on the legislative process through selective misleading advertising in critical countries,” said Patrick Breyer, shadow rapporteur on the measure and member of the Party German pirate. We also complained to the European Ombudsman.
On October 16, the European Data Protection Supervisor announced to the Euractiv portal that it had contacted the European Commission to request information regarding the case. This is an independent body Formal investigation could be launched against EU’s executive arm.