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Facebook responsible for 94% of 69 million child sex abuse images reported by US tech firms
The figures emerge as the UK is among seven nations warning of the impact of end-to-end encryption on public safety online.
Facebook was responsible for 94% of the 69 million child sex abuse images reported by US technology companies last year.
The figures emerged as seven countries, including the UK, published a statement on Sunday warning of the impact of end-to-end encryption on public safety online.
Facebook has previously announced plans to fully encrypt communications in its Messenger app, as well as its Instagram Direct service - on top of WhatsApp, which is already encrypted - meaning no one apart from the sender and recipient can read or modify messages.
The social media site said the changes are designed to improve user privacy on all of its platforms.
But law enforcement agencies fear the move will have a devastating impact on their ability to target paedophiles and protect children online.
Some 16.9 million referrals were made by US tech firms to the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) last year, including 69 million images of children being abused - up 50% on the previous year.
Some 94% of the reports, which include the worst category of images, came from Facebook, Home Office officials said.
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The figures emerge as the UK is among seven nations warning of the impact of end-to-end encryption on public safety online.
Facebook was responsible for 94% of the 69 million child sex abuse images reported by US technology companies last year.
The figures emerged as seven countries, including the UK, published a statement on Sunday warning of the impact of end-to-end encryption on public safety online.
Facebook has previously announced plans to fully encrypt communications in its Messenger app, as well as its Instagram Direct service - on top of WhatsApp, which is already encrypted - meaning no one apart from the sender and recipient can read or modify messages.
The social media site said the changes are designed to improve user privacy on all of its platforms.
But law enforcement agencies fear the move will have a devastating impact on their ability to target paedophiles and protect children online.
Some 16.9 million referrals were made by US tech firms to the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) last year, including 69 million images of children being abused - up 50% on the previous year.
Some 94% of the reports, which include the worst category of images, came from Facebook, Home Office officials said.
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#fb #DeleteFacebook #childabuse #thinkabout
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Facebook responsible for 94% of 69 million child sex abuse images reported by US tech firms
The figures emerge as the UK is among seven nations warning of the impact of end-to-end encryption on public safety online.
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EU Parliament clears way for screening of private messages
Facebook and Skype have for years automatically searched private pictures and videos for evidence of child abuse. A new law, which was passed today in the EU Parliament in a fast-track procedure, is to continue this practice - despite surveillance concerns.
MEPs today gave the green light for a new EU law that will allow providers like Facebook to continue screening private messages for possible signs of child abuse images and videos. The law, which was proposed by the Commission as recently as the summer, is currently being rushed through the EU institutions. It could be passed as early as the beginning of 2021.
The reason for the law is a change in the law in the previous year, which initially received little attention. As a result, service providers such as Facebook and Skype will lose the ability to screen chat messages and private groups for child abuse content on a massive scale as of December 21, 2020. The European Code for Electronic Communications strengthens the confidentiality of e-mail, messenger services and Internet telephony. Such services will then be legally equivalent to telephone and fax, and the secrecy of telecommunications will apply.
The change was called for by the EU Commission, security authorities and child rights activists. Even the US actor Ashton Kutcher intervened in the process. There is skepticism, however, from the digital civil society, the Greens and the Left. They consider the plans to soften the confidentiality of online communication to be a mistake, even if they are intended to serve a good cause.
Source (german)
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/gesetz-gegen-kindesmissbrauch-eu-parlament-gibt-weg-frei-fuer-durchleuchten-privater-nachrichten/
#surveillance #privacy #messages #eu #parlament #childabuse #authorities #police #thinkabout
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Facebook and Skype have for years automatically searched private pictures and videos for evidence of child abuse. A new law, which was passed today in the EU Parliament in a fast-track procedure, is to continue this practice - despite surveillance concerns.
MEPs today gave the green light for a new EU law that will allow providers like Facebook to continue screening private messages for possible signs of child abuse images and videos. The law, which was proposed by the Commission as recently as the summer, is currently being rushed through the EU institutions. It could be passed as early as the beginning of 2021.
The reason for the law is a change in the law in the previous year, which initially received little attention. As a result, service providers such as Facebook and Skype will lose the ability to screen chat messages and private groups for child abuse content on a massive scale as of December 21, 2020. The European Code for Electronic Communications strengthens the confidentiality of e-mail, messenger services and Internet telephony. Such services will then be legally equivalent to telephone and fax, and the secrecy of telecommunications will apply.
The change was called for by the EU Commission, security authorities and child rights activists. Even the US actor Ashton Kutcher intervened in the process. There is skepticism, however, from the digital civil society, the Greens and the Left. They consider the plans to soften the confidentiality of online communication to be a mistake, even if they are intended to serve a good cause.
Source (german)
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/gesetz-gegen-kindesmissbrauch-eu-parlament-gibt-weg-frei-fuer-durchleuchten-privater-nachrichten/
#surveillance #privacy #messages #eu #parlament #childabuse #authorities #police #thinkabout
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Gesetz gegen Kindesmissbrauch: EU-Parlament gibt Weg frei für Durchleuchten privater Nachrichten – netzpolitik.org
Facebook und Skype durchforsten seit Jahren automatisiert private Bilder und Videos auf Hinweise von Kindesmissbrauch. Ein neues Gesetz, das heute im Eilverfahren im EU-Parlament beschlossen wurde, soll diese Praxis fortsetzen - trotz Überwachungsbedenken.