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‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content (balkaninsight.com)

submitted 1 year ago by psychothumbs@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] makeasnek@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Keep in mind that one of the leading organizations pushing laws like this is Thorn. You know, the one Ashton Kutcher ran. You know, the guy who sent a letter to a judge asking for leniency for a convicted serial rapist. All these laws are smokescreens to take away people's right to privacy and dissent.