Chatcontrol 2025 (resum, Catalan) - Bert Hubert's writings
2 days ago
- EU member states, urged by Denmark, want messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal to use AI to scan all photos and links for potential child pornography.
- If AI detects suspicion, user data (photo, location, phone number) is automatically reported to Europol and local police.
- Even if a photo is deemed legal, a copy is retained in a database for potential future use.
- Users who refuse AI scanning for their photos and links would lose the ability to share them on WhatsApp.
- Signal has stated it will leave the EU if this regulation passes.
- Previous versions of the proposal did not include AI scanning, which was added recently.
- Police and child protection experts are already overwhelmed, and politicians often fail to provide additional resources for anti-pedophile efforts.
- The proposal creates a massive surveillance system controlled by US companies, with potential for misuse as governments have exempted their own police, military, and national security personnel from the law.
- The German government is likely to support the proposal, which could lead to it becoming law.