Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoNearly Half of Europeans Want X Banned if it Continues to Break the Lawpeoplevsbig.techexternal-linkmessage-square119linkfedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down17
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minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoI see. I have some doubts about the motivation of these people, too. But regulators are going after X. Consider that the chatcontrol equivalent would be going after services that don’t spy enough on their users.
minus-squarebiofaust@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoChatControl would be going after all messages of all users by default. And CSAM is the excuse.
minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoWhat I’m getting at is that these laws demand that companies should do the spying. Surveillance is expensive, so foisting on these foreign companies is politically the easiest solution.
I see. I have some doubts about the motivation of these people, too. But regulators are going after X.
Consider that the chatcontrol equivalent would be going after services that don’t spy enough on their users.
ChatControl would be going after all messages of all users by default. And CSAM is the excuse.
What I’m getting at is that these laws demand that companies should do the spying. Surveillance is expensive, so foisting on these foreign companies is politically the easiest solution.