EU Lawmakers Must Reject This Proposal To Scan Private Chats

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Concerns about child safety, terrorism, and all sorts of hot-button issues can make privacy seem negotiable. This is why there’s a proposal in the EU to open up people’s digital lives to scanning, from every text to every image. The author argues against the proposal on several points: there’s limited oversight, the technology doesn’t work properly, and privacy is a fundamental right. Read full article here

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