In an op-ed for EURACTIV, Internet Society Senior Government Affairs and Advocacy Advisor Callum Voge writes giving platforms access to private user messages would permanently "weaken end-to-end encryption,". According to Voge, the EU Commission's proposal for enabling messaging platforms (Signal, Messenger, WhatsApp) to view users' private messages to screen for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) would be disastrous. He said that it would "harm the internet" and "undermine the security and privacy of every internet user … including the children the legislation seeks to protect." Once encryption is broken, all communications would be exposed to governments and third parties.
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