Comment by kubb

8 hours ago

When is it coming online? I have seen so many of these headlines that I feel it's always about to kick in, but I never get any closure.

Had expired in April. This is a tentative of bringing it back up even though it expired after a number of previous extensions.

This was online already. It is existing law that is being extended rather then expired.

  • Somewhat unsurprisingly too, since the negotiations about a more comprehensive CSAM legislation (the one that now doesn't contain chat control 2.0) isn't done yet.

    • CSAM? You mean the system the Belgian state uses to identify children online?

      (not even joking https://www.csam.be/en/index.html )

      Fantastic quotes for services the Belgian government offers:

      "Make your life easier with CSAM"

      "CSAM ensures that everyone follows the same rules"

      "If you are interested in a service CSAM has to offer, please go straight to our Contact page"

2 August 2021.

It already was in force, and EU states are presumably using it right now despite that being illegal. Only to protect the children, of course.