Europe and Australia both back down on CSAM scanning that would break encryption<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Both the EU and Australia have backed down on separate proposals to force tech companies to carry out <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/csam/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CSAM[/url] scanning within messaging apps, which would have meant breaking end-to-end <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">encryption[/url].</p>
<p>It’s the latest development in the ongoing battle between tech companies and politicians who <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2020/02/28/how-end-to-end-encryption-works/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">don’t understand how encryption works[/url] … </p>
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Europe and Australia both back down on CSAM scanning that would break encryption
