Jul. 11, 2026
The EU just revived a law that lets Meta and Google scan your messages – critics call it mass surveillance
In a nutshell: The European Parliament has spent the past several years grappling with whether to allow or compel platform holders to scan everyone's messages for Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). A voluntary version of the law was in force from... Read more.
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