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EU lawmakers under pressure to fully disclose dealings with child safety tech maker, Thorn
More trouble for European Union lawmakers in a controversial area of tech policymaking -- namely the bloc’s proposed legislation to apply surveillance The EU's ombudsman has issued a finding of maladministration over a decision by the Commission not to release fuller information pertaining to its communications with US child safety tech maker, Thorn.
Last fall, a seminar organised by the European Data Protection Supervisor also heard a wide range of concerns that the Commission proposal is likely to be both ineffective as a tool to fight child sexual abuse and a major risk to fundamental freedoms in a democratic society. “The emails reveal a continuous and close working relationship between the two sides in the months following the roll out of the CSAM proposal, with the Commission repeatedly facilitating Thorn’s access to crucial decision-making venues attended by ministers and representatives of EU member states.” Follow-up reporting by BalkanInsight last year, citing minutes released under freedom of information, found Europol officials had pushed in a meeting with Commission staff for unfiltered access to data which would be obtained under the CSAM-scanning proposal; and for the scanning systems to be used to detect other types of crime, not just child sexual abuse.
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