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The End of End-to-end Encryption in Messaging? EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation Takes Form Anti-fraudMessaging Channels

The End of End-to-end Encryption in Messaging? EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation Takes Form

The EU’s proposed “Chat Control 2.0” mandates client-side scanning and age verification to combat online CSAM but risks undermining encryption, privacy, and security. MEF members could face compliance, legal, and trust challenges across mobile services;  MEF Director of Programmes, Nicholas Rossman explains the initiative. The European Union is at a…
Sam Hill
September 9, 2025
Leadership at Mach Speed: Insights from Admiral Mike “Nasty” Manazir for Telecom Innovators Connectivity & WholesaleMEF Webinars & Workshops

Leadership at Mach Speed: Insights from Admiral Mike “Nasty” Manazir for Telecom Innovators

MEF Advisor Paul R. Ruppert is joined by Admiral Mike “Nasty” Manazir, a Top Gun graduate, F14 and Super Hornet pilot, Carrier Strike Group commander, Pentagon strategist, Boeing executive, and author of Learn How to Lead to Win, to examine what defines effective leadership in today’s hyperconnected and high variance…
Sam Hill
September 9, 2025
The Power – and Responsibility – of Personalisation Payments & Commerce

The Power – and Responsibility – of Personalisation

Personalisation is no longer a buzzword but a strategic imperative shaping mobile commerce, identity, and customer engagement. A recent Meta-Deloitte report highlights trust, regulation, AI, and cross-functional collaboration as critical to success. While mobile remains the most personal channel, demanding privacy-first strategies, MEF CEO Dario Betti suggests this is both…
Sam Hill
September 8, 2025
A New Era of Corporate Accountability: Navigating the UK’s ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ Offence Anti-fraudMessaging Channels

A New Era of Corporate Accountability: Navigating the UK’s ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ Offence

The UK’s new “failure to prevent fraud” law, effective September 2025, shifts liability onto large organizations unless they prove “reasonable prevention measures.” With extraterritorial reach, it compels stricter due diligence across the mobile ecosystem. MEF supports members through compliance tools, best practices, and advocacy. MEF Director of Programmes, Nicholas Rossman…
Sam Hill
September 5, 2025
Geolocation in Instagram: 37 USA State Attorneys call for review Content & Advertising

Geolocation in Instagram: 37 USA State Attorneys call for review

State Attorneys General are pressuring Instagram over its new location-sharing feature, citing risks to children and vulnerable users. The issue mirrors TikTok’s forced divestment and fines on U.S. carriers for selling location data. Globally, regulators treat geolocation as highly sensitive. MEF CEO Dario Betti takes a look at how precise…
Sam Hill
September 4, 2025
The FTC draws a Red Line: Don’t Export Foreign Censorship – or Weaken U.S. Security Connectivity & Wholesale

The FTC draws a Red Line: Don’t Export Foreign Censorship – or Weaken U.S. Security

MEF Advisor Paul Ruppert highlights the FTC warning to tech firms not to weaken U.S. security or apply foreign censorship rules to Americans. The agency cites Europe’s DSA and UK laws as pressure points. Companies must separate U.S. operations, substantiate encryption promises, disclose constraints, and prepare governance plans or risk…
Sam Hill
September 4, 2025
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