EU faces privacy complaint over CSAM microtargeting ads it ran on X

A microtargeted advertising controversy which has implicated European Union lawmakers in privacy-hostile practices banned by laws they had a hand in passing is the subject of a new complaint by privacy rights not-for-profit, noyb. The complaint against the EU Commission’s Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs is being filed today, with the European Data … Read more

Apple’s Determination to Kill Its CSAM Picture-Scanning Instrument Sparks Recent Controversy

In December, Apple stated that it was killing an effort to design a privacy-preserving iCloud photo-scanning device for detecting youngster sexual abuse materials (CSAM) on the platform. Initially introduced in August 2021, the undertaking had been controversial since its inception. Apple had first paused it that September in response to considerations from digital rights teams … Read more

Stanford Report Suggests Mastodon Has Baby Abuse Materials Drawback

A brand new report means that the lax content material moderation insurance policies of Mastodon and different decentralized social media platforms have led to a proliferation of kid sexual abuse materials. Stanford’s Web Observatory revealed new analysis Monday that exhibits that such decentralized websites have severe shortcomings in relation to “baby security infrastructure.” Sadly, that … Read more