The timing, thus,Ī democratic society is built upon discussions, before law proposals become reality. Now Mullvad adds to the pressure with their new campaign, which was launched during the Swedish EU Presidency, which started on 1st of January 2023. With resistance in Germany, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands to the EU proposal,Ī blocking minority is within reach. Most recently, Germany has made its opposition to client-side scanning public. This legislation would de facto deprive EU citizens of any privacy on the Internet, it would even undermine encryptionĪnd thus weaken the security of all Internet users.įor that reason, the EU plans to scan for CSAM is heavily criticizedīy cryptography experts, human rights organizations as well as internet activists across Europe. To scan every chat message and every email that anybody in the European Union ever sends for child sexual abuse material. The EU proposal includes far-reaching surveillance measures such as client-side scanning, which would force online services

Mullvad's campaign, launched on March 3rd, calls on EU policy makers to rethink their stance in regards to the EUĬommission's proposal for detecting and prosecuting the sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) via the internet.

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