Europe revives law allowing big tech to scan for CSAM
2026-07-13T08:51:56Z•d07bba06c3c044d2a14d9ea349ebdec5b00735574c3fdb0d6100dd66bc79c40d
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What happened
A set of security and privacy stories: the European Parliament approved “Chat Control 2.0,” authorizing big tech (Google, Meta, Microsoft) to scan user messages for CSAM, raising privacy and surveillance concerns; a Ryuk ransomware operator pleaded guilty and a BlackCat/AlphV conspirator received a 70‑month sentence, highlighting ongoing criminal disruption; the U.S. Supreme Court’s reining in of location-tracking may force warrants for ALPR/license‑plate camera searches, potentially curbing current policing practices; China and India each ran separate espionage campaigns against the same Pak‑
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