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> Not even the most totalitarian governments on this planet have tried to implement something like this.

Arguably North Korea since their RedStar OS had a kernel module that scanned all files and text looking for keywords like 'torture'. And if you're being compared to one of the most brutal and isolated dictatorships on Earth, things are not good.

good point!

>Also it sounds extremely illusory that the people exchanging CSAM wouldn't simply switch to private services knowing their messages on public services are scanned.

The justification is obviously a lie anyway. If CSAM were such a huge concern, you wouldn't have member states where distributing CSAM is about as severe of a crime as theft, which is the case in Germany.

Surely the first step would be to have actual significant criminal charges for these crimes in all member states.

https://www.synology.com/en-eu/dsm/packages/Chat

self hosted chats included? ;)

page 46. "... measures shall be ... targeted and proportionate in relation to that risk, taking into account, in particular, the seriousness of the risk as well as the provider’s financial and technological capabilities and the number of users; ..."

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It's a big framework to push the industry to have more "parental controls".

Everything is covered, but there the actual requirements make sense. See page 45.

It's still bad, because it's extremely tone-deaf (and playing with fire is bad), but it's written by and for policy idiots, who live in Word documents, and (un)fortunately rarely have contact with the outside world.

Writing documents like these with Word is a sin.

Writing any documents with Word is a sin.