Big tech platforms will once again be allowed to voluntarily scan private messages on social media platforms for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), after the European Parliament last week revived a derogation to e-Privacy rules that it had previously struck down in March.
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Proton CTO Bart Butler sat down with The Verge’s Decoder podcast to discuss the privacy-focused company’s technical architecture and mounting regulatory pressures. The 650-person Swiss company, known for its encrypted email service and expanding productivity suite, now faces existential questions about jurisdiction, government data requests, and AI integration. Butler revealed that Proton allocates nearly 10…