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cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/62165498

However, the major tech corporations are not considering an immediate halt to their surveillance measures. Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Snapchat's parent company, Snap, announced on Saturday in a joint statement that they will “continue to take voluntary measures” to identify such material on their platforms.

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[–] testaccount372920@piefed.zip 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Straight up telling the world that they'll break the law...

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

....no? They are allowed to do that. Chat Control was about making it a requirement for all communication software, breaking encryption in the process.

Edit: scratch that. I read the article again...

[–] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 19 points 1 week ago

For others reading it:

ChatControl 1: allow scanning on voluntary basis (voted down twice recently)

ChatControl 2: mandatory scanning