The EU Council has reached a compromise on the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation, allowing messaging services to choose whether to scan all user chats for illegal content. While the change preserves end‑to‑end encryption by removing a mandatory backdoor, the text still permits forced scanning for services deemed “high‑risk” and introduces privacy‑sensitive age‑verification requirements. Privacy experts warn that the “voluntary” model may still enable mass surveillance and censorship, and they urge the European Parliament and Commission to resist any erosion of digital rights. The agreement now moves to trilogue negotiations, with a final adoption expected next year. Leia mais →

Microsoft announced it has stopped providing Azure cloud storage and certain AI services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense after an internal investigation linked the unit’s use of its technology to the storage of surveillance data on Palestinian phone calls. The decision follows a Guardian report about Unit 8200’s use of Azure and reflects Microsoft’s long‑standing policy against facilitating mass civilian surveillance. The company said the review is ongoing, while employee activism and protests have intensified around Microsoft’s ties to Israel. Leia mais →