Chatcontrol édition 2025 en bref - Bert Hubert's writings
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- Under Danish leadership, many EU member states demand that messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal inspect all photos and links using AI, with any suspicion of child pornography triggering automatic reporting to Europol and local police.
- The AI scanning would include location, phone number, and other details, and users could face local police questioning even for benign photos, with copies stored indefinitely even if deemed legal.
- If the regulation passes, WhatsApp would require permission to scan all shared content, and Signal has stated it would leave the EU rather than comply.
- The proposal exempts police, military, and national security personnel from the scanning, raising concerns about surveillance creep and misuse of data.
- Critics argue that resources would be better spent on training and international cooperation rather than mass surveillance, and that the AI threshold for reporting is dangerously low.