EDPS warns CSAM proposal masks breaches of fundamental rights

07/03/2023 | EURACTIV

European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Wojciech Wiewiórowski has criticised the EU's Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) proposal. In a meeting with members of European Parliament in December 2022, Wiewiórowski claimed that the CSAM proposal "creates an illusion of legality by introducing numerous procedural 'safeguards' which, however, do not fundamentally change the substance." In July 2022, the EDPS and European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a joint opinion outlining concerns the current proposal could undermine people's privacy. 

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