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Contents
Executive summary
Introduction
Methodology
1. Encryption: A brief history
1.2 Where that leaves us today
2. Understanding encryption and its place in the digital environment
2.1 Encryption and the Internet
2.2 Encryption in children’s everyday lives
2.3 Scanning unencrypted content to match known images
2.4 Workarounds for encryption and exploits in security in the context of child protection
3. Frictions and faultlines: The search for consensus
3.1 The pressing need to address online child sexual abuse and exploitation
3.3 Encryption and the voices of survivors of child sexual abuse
3.4 The role, possibilities and limitations of technology
3.6 Beyond Europe and North America
4. The impact of encryption on children's rights
4.1 The international human rights framework
4.2 Beyond the “privacy versus protection” paradigm: some scenarios
