🛠️💡🧐 - trying this building in public thing Given the tough time for the tech sector I've decided how I can help is with an Open Google Doc (thanks Marco Pancini for the push) with open jobs and talent pool for Public Policy in EMEA docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… (please share) 🧵

Today, we're sharing an update on how Meta protects young people and seeks to create safe, age-appropriate experiences for teens on @Facebook and @Instagram today.com/parents/teens/…

We’ve learned over many years that if you run a social media operation at scale, you have to create rules and processes that are as transparent and evenly applied as possible. /1

Today we’re announcing a €2.4 million investment to support independent academic research across Europe to study issues and opportunities in the metaverse. 1/2

An excellent speech by Matthew Green about the numerous technical issues involved in content scanning encrypted messaging systems. blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2023/03/23/rem…

Thank you to all the participants of our expert roundtable on #privacy and #encryption for the insightful conversation on the fight of child sexual abuse material online. Find a summary of the panel contributions and read our position paper here: bit.ly/3lRWP1l

EuroISPA and other Internet industry associations joined forces and today publish a joint statement on the proposed #CSAM Regulation. Visit our website for the full statement, where we put forward recommendations to improve key aspects of the proposal: euroispa.org/2023/04/eurois…

Very glad to see the EU Parliament’s position. Focusing on how to keep children safe without undermining people’s fundamental rights is the right approach, and being clear that end-to-end encrypted services should not be forced to scan everyone’s private messages is critical.

The tech industry needs to work together to fight predatory adults online. That’s why Meta is a founding member of the Tech Coalition’s new Lantern programme, which will allow companies to share signals about predatory behaviour & take action on their respective platforms.

We’re starting to roll out default end-to-end encryption for personal calls and messages on Messenger. This isn’t a routine security update: we rebuilt the app from the ground up, in close consultation with privacy and safety experts. We added some new features too: you can now

Excited for this event on #WomenInPublicLife hosted by VP Věra Jourová on Wednesday. Meta will be represented by our Global Head of Women Safety Cindy Southworth, who will share how the company supports women in politics who use our platforms and promotes their safety

Massive milestone for women's rights from 🇫🇷

Several people have suggested that the EU’s mandatory chat scanning proposal was dead. In fact it seems that Belgium has resurrected it in a “compromise” and many EU member states are positive. There’s a real chance this becomes law. dropbox.com/scl/fi/9w611f2…

The Belgian presidency has drafted yet another tweaked #chatcontrol proposal. In summary, the proposal remains completely unacceptable. TLDR: All the problems pointed our in our open letters are still there nce.mpi-sp.org/index.php/s/eq… & docs.google.com/document/d/13A… 🧵1/6

The EU proposal to scan people’s private messages is back. This time the proposal is to force everyone to consent to having their photos be scanned and block anyone who does not agree. This is still surveillance and it breaks encryption. We want the internet to be more secure,

netzpolitik.org reports that Belgium proposed that messaging services should be obligated to scan images, videos and URLs for “child sexual abuse” (CSA), including “new” material and “grooming.” It appears that they are effectively calling for undermining end-to-end encryption.

It's great to see countries in the EU taking a stand against a proposal that would mandate the scanning of everyone's personal messages.  Scanning everyone's messages would weaken the security billions of people rely on to keep them safe online. And, as 350+ technical experts