On Thursday, the EU Council will vote on a bill that would seek to protect children online by banning confidential communications.
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The vote had been scheduled for Wednesday but was pushed back [PDF].
Known to detractors as Chat Control, the proposal aims to prevent the online dissemination of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) by requiring internet service providers to scan digital communications – private chats, emails, social media messages and photos – for illegal content.
The proposal [PDF], which acknowledges the difficulty of explicitly banning encryption, calls for "client-side scanning" or "upload moderation" — analyzing content on people's mobile devices and computers for certain inaccuracies before it is encrypted and transmitted.
