European Parliament rejects extension of CSAM scanning rules for tech platforms
2026-03-28T20:51:54Z•3a6d82dc7be187bc57466575ae87559dd1d8896f1de987711b96b7fabf1f25e6
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Collection of security- and policy-relevant news: the European Parliament rejected an extension of mandatory CSAM scanning rules for tech platforms despite support from law enforcement and industry; the UK is considering tighter limits on political donations amid warnings of hard-to-trace foreign interference campaigns; the FBI confirmed theft of a director’s personal emails by an Iran-linked hacking group (reported as historical/non-governmental data); a Dutch court threatened Elon Musk’s xAI/Grok with steep daily fines over nonconsensual nude-image generation; and Latvia accused Russian-affl
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