- A proposal from Ross Ulbricht on how a messaging platform could offer privacy while still being able to screen for illegal/harmful content. https://medium.com/@RossUlbricht/zkann-a-possible-solution-to-the-content-problem-6a4eec578b5b 7 comments privacy
- Facebook Inc must face a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating its users' privacy by scanning the content of messages they send to other users for advertising purposes, a U.S. judge has ruled http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/24/us-facebook-lawsuit-classaction-idUSKBN0K213O20141224 3 comments law
- How Line is fighting disinformation without sacrificing privacy – The chat app’s Fact Checker program is proving that private messaging platforms can do more to moderate harmful content. https://restofworld.org/2021/how-line-is-fighting-disinformation-without-sacrificing-privacy/ 4 comments technology
- Yahoo Privacy Policy: Some of these features and advertising will be based on our understanding of the content and meaning of your communications. For instance, we scan and analyze email messages to identify key elements of meaning and then categorize this information for immediate and future use. http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/sbc/mail/ymail/details.html 24 comments technology
- Patrick Breyer: The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence. The EU decided to let providers search all private chats, messages, and emails automatically for suspicious content – generally and indiscriminately […] [T]he European Parliament adopted the chatcontrol regulation on 6 July 2021. https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/message-screening/ 118 comments apple
- GCHQ faces legal challenge in European court over online privacy "Three campaign groups have filed papers at the European court of human rights alleging that the collection of vast amounts of data, including the content of emails and social media messages, by UK spy agencies is illegal." http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/03/gchq-legal-challenge-europe-privacy-surveillance 4 comments europe