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MEPs block tech firms from scanning for child sexual abuse material | POLITICO
“perhaps there’s a different approach they could try taking, other than surveilling everybody’s messages?” https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-rejects-child-sexual-abuse-bill-blocking-tech-firms-scanning-meta-google/
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Remember that big win on ChatControl a couple of weeks ago? It turns out they didn’t like the result and they want to vote on it again, TODAY. Sorry.
The Conservatives (EPP) are attempting to force a new vote TODAY (March 26) seeking to reverse the European Parliament’s NO on indiscriminate scanning of ALL your private messages, emails and photos … If you’re European contact your representatives now, with this handy form:
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This cybersecurity tweet from @SciTechgovuk / DSIT is getting *brigaded* by people pointing out how the UK Government is actively undermining cybersecurity
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Spain: football-match-induced online censorship regularly prevents installation of Postgres on Docker for fear of illicit streaming
Europe is already a Banana Republic with respect to Internet Regulation, and it appears that Spain is doubly so:
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PseudoDNA: Identifying Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s PhotoDNA
Researchers from the COSIC group at KU Leuven have uncovered major security weaknesses in PhotoDNA, a technology widely used to detect Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online. The system is currently used by major platforms including Google, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Microsoft, and is deployed at a global scale. https://www.pseudodna.eu/
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“Natural collisions in Apple’s NeuralHash & Microsoft’s PhotoDNA show worrying false positives/negatives in widely deployed perceptual hashing”
At Facebook 2013-16 it was a discreet secret within parts of the Trust & Safety team that PhotoDNA “had problems with collisions but we are not allowed to talk about them” – discussion prevented by Microsoft license terms but also because criticising any “child safety” technology was an industry taboo. I’m glad this is coming out
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Investigation: UK spends millions on VPNs as government weighs ban for children | TechRadar
“Since the publication of this investigation, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) published a contract that shows it is spending nearly £50,000 on a survey to understand how children are using VPNs. Details have been added below.” https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/investigation-uk-spends-millions-on-vpns-as-government-weighs-ban-for-children
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UK House of Lords seeks ban on Swiss Army Knives that “…could be used to cut people”
“We are not against pen knives in principle”, says peer, “…but we want manufacturers to take steps to prevent them being used to cause harm.” https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-03-17/baroness-kidron-interview Quote: To “create” a chatbot or model that can “encourage” crime would be an offense punishable by 5 years imprisonment under amendments voted through (203 to 148) by the
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This is absolute perfection: UBUNTU SECURE BOOT AGE VERIFICATION | Hacker.House
Perfect commentary on nerds following authoritarianism because it is an interesting intellectual challenge:
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