From the law enforcement side, that is the system working as it should - the police investigated and cleared him of any wrongdoing.
That Google can close someone's account for any reason and without any recourse is a wider issue, and one separate to this EU regulation.
Is that the world you want to live in?
Why should everyone suddenly have to trust the discretion of complete strangers?
If we cast aside the hyperbole and look at the actual details of what is being proposed in this regulation, it's clear they're taking a decent and reasonable approach here.
You'd be okay with forcing this onto people who don't want this, and the majority who won't even know that this is happening?
If it detects something and alerts the relevant authorities, there will then be a proportional reduction of privacy while they investigate, but this is true of any criminal investigation.
Doing it this way strikes a reasonable balance. Other alternatives include doing nothing at all, or sending a copy of all private communications to a third party - neither of which are desirable.
Why trust the executive without judicial oversight? What if they use their powers illegally, or misuse the files they receive? What if they are hacked? You will never know what happens in the black box.
Should we trust authorities with unlimited power because... you said so? (no snark intended)
The last 2000 years of history show it's not a good idea. Prove me wrong.
Now go ahead and send a SWAT team to my house, because I have a real photo of a naked baby in an album in one of my coffers, lets ignore for a moment that it was taken by my mother when I was a baby, and I guess by your standards, it's called "CSAM" or something equally retarded.
no, not separated at all
laws have to take the implicit effects they have into account they could have added a clause to require providers to not close the account until the police investigation finishes. They didn't. Which means they are implicitly partial responsible for such abuse.
But adding a clause to this regulation would not solve that wider problem.