WhatsApp, iMessage and Snapchat messages to be scanned by EU under new child protection laws

WhatsApp photos, iMessage texts and Snapchat videos could all be scanned by the EU, under new proposed child protection laws.

In 2023, more than 29-thousand recorded incidents of child sexual abuse were recorded in Ireland.

It also comes as the UK is set to become the first country to make AI-generated child abuse material a crime.

Ciara O’Brien, Irish Times Business and Technology Correspondent, says end-to-end encryption can protect children:

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