European Parliament rejects extension of CSAM scanning rules for tech platforms

2026-03-29T14:51:54Z859a218fd46733c527b705fb07ce5a58ba8bfc4dd85cb25e428dabb8bcb061ef
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Collection of security- and policy-related developments in Europe and the UK: the European Parliament voted against extending mandatory CSAM scanning rules for tech platforms, raising privacy and child-protection policy tensions; the UK parliament is considering tighter limits on political donations after warnings about hard-to-trace foreign interference campaigns; the FBI confirmed an Iran-linked hacking group stole a director’s personal (non-government) emails; a Dutch court threatened Elon Musk’s xAI (Grok) with daily fines for creating nonconsensual nude images; and Latvia accused Russian–

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