Way back in 2020, I actually read the proposed US legislation known as EARN IT, and with some controversy, concluded that much of the criticism of that bill was inaccurate. Well what’s old is new again, except this time it’s the European Union that’s wrestling with how to police online Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). And from what I can tell of reading the actual legislation (pdf), this time it really is that bad.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/06/21/this-week-in-security-chat-control-vulnerability-extortion-and-emoji-malware/