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A postcript on the encryption misrepresentation
In the latest “New Scientist” (page 11 of the print version) this heading caught my eye “Spies may be gathering encrypted data to crack with a future quantum computer”. It seems even though today’s 007s (and doubtless others who swim … Continue reading
Child protection delayed is child protection denied
In December 2020, one second after midnight when the new provisions of the European Electronic Communications Code kicked in, Facebook stopped looking for child sex abuse material (csam) across its platforms in all 27 EU Member States. Historically, a huge … Continue reading
A note about privacy
Several media outlets that major on investigative journalism provide special ways for people to communicate with them. “Motherboard” is one such. It is part of an online media group called “Vice”. The name is a little misleading. As far as … Continue reading
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A PS about scale, proactivity and not listening to the world
I reproduce below an extract from Facebook’s latest “Community Standards Enforcement Report”. It is for the quarter ended June 2021. Very up to date. Published on 18th August it hardly needs saying there was no appreciable time lag between collecting … Continue reading
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Strong support for Apple’s breakthrough initiative
Apple’s announcement about how it intends to address the problem of child sex abuse material (csam) being distributed using its devices and services shows what can happen when a serious company puts serious resources behind trying to solve a serious … Continue reading
Age verification on the move. Porn is the target
Yesterday’s Daily Telegraph carried a great piece in which Rachel de Souza, England’s new Children’s Commissioner, makes clear her ambitions for age verification in general but in particular in respect of pornography sites. She obviously believes introducing age verification to … Continue reading
Bravo Apple
There has been great rejoicing at ECPAT International’s global HQ in Bangkok. Last week the work we have been doing with our partners around strong encryption received an enormous boost when Apple made a hugely important announcement about their plans … Continue reading
The importance of Clause 36(3), money and general monitoring
OK. I am going to shout it out loud, or rather I am going to put it in writing, in public, which is sort of the same thing. There is a great deal in the UK’s Online Safety Bill (OSB) … Continue reading
Age verification in the EU moving forward
The Advisory Board of euConsent held its first meeting last week. euConsent aims to deliver a framework of standards which will encourage the development of a pan-European network of providers of online age verification and parental consent mechanisms. Hugely important … Continue reading
