EU privacy chief says child abuse bill will upend internet

The European Commission's bill to curb online child sex abuse will fundamentally change the internet, says the EU's data protection chief, Wojciech Wiewiórowski.

The bill, known as the child sexual abuse materials or CSAM, has come under intense criticism from privacy rights advocates.

They say it would erode encryption, inadvertently put children at greater risk of exploitation, and create a mass surveillance state where everyo...