CSAM scanning in chat apps would echo communist surveillance, and put children at risk<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>A planned law to <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/12/eu-csam-scanning-law/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">require CSAM scanning in chat apps[/url] would be illegal, disproportionate, and could increase rather than decrease the risks to children, say experts. It could also see <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] withdraw <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/imessage/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iMessage[/url] from EU countries.</p>
<p>The warning was given by more than 20 speakers at a privacy seminar, as the European Union continues to press for a <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/csam/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CSAM[/url] measure which would effectively outlaw end-to-end encryption in chat apps like iMessage, <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/whatsapp/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">WhatsApp[/url], and <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/signal/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Signal[/url] …</p>
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CSAM scanning in chat apps would echo communist surveillance, and put children at risk