Comment by mhitza

I just assumed the entire FAANG group scanned user content for CP already. I mean, EU recently passed a vote that extended the permission for companies to be able to scan and report user content for this purpose without it being considered a privacy violation [1] (first introduced in 2020). And I recall MS[2]/Google[3] being open about this practice way in the past.

Personally I somehow doubt that MS/Google weren't scanning private content (aka not shared) for this type of material. But can't have transparency with these behemoths.

[1] https://www.euronews.com/2021/07/07/eu-adopts-temporary-rule...

[2] https://www.theverge.com/2014/8/7/5977827/microsoft-tips-off...

[3] https://www.theverge.com/2014/8/5/5970141/how-google-scans-y...