Balancing act: Europeans' privacy calculus and security concerns in online CSAM detection
This study examines privacy calculus in online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detection across Europe, using Flash Eurobarometer 532 data. Drawing on theories of structuration and risk society, we analyze how individual agency and institutional frameworks interact in shaping privacy attitudes in...
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| author | Răzvan Rughiniş Simona-Nicoleta Vulpe Dinu Ţurcanu Daniel Rosner |
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| description | This study examines privacy calculus in online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detection across Europe, using Flash Eurobarometer 532 data. Drawing on theories of structuration and risk society, we analyze how individual agency and institutional frameworks interact in shaping privacy attitudes in high-stakes digital scenarios. Multinomial regression reveals age as a significant individual-level predictor, with younger individuals prioritizing privacy more. Country-level analysis shows Central and Eastern European nations have higher privacy concerns, reflecting distinct institutional and cultural contexts. Notably, the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) shows a positive association with privacy concerns in regression models when controlling for Augmented Human Development Index (AHDI) components, contrasting its negative bivariate correlation. Life expectancy emerges as the strongest country-level predictor, negatively associated with privacy concerns, suggesting deep institutional mechanisms shape privacy attitudes beyond individual factors. This dual approach reveals that both individual factors and national contexts are shaping privacy calculus in CSAM detection. The study contributes to a better understanding of privacy calculus in high-stakes scenarios, with implications for policy development in online child protection. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a83723dd61a84e4da72510670e0e37002025-01-22T07:11:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Big Data2624-909X2025-01-01810.3389/fdata.2025.14779111477911Balancing act: Europeans' privacy calculus and security concerns in online CSAM detectionRăzvan Rughiniş0Simona-Nicoleta Vulpe1Dinu Ţurcanu2Daniel Rosner3Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, National University for Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest and Academy of Romanian Scientists, Bucharest, RomaniaFaculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest and Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), Bucharest, RomaniaFaculty of Electronics and Telecommunications and National Institute of Innovations in Cybersecurity “CYBERCOR”, Technical University of Moldova, Chișinău, MoldovaFaculty of Automatic Control and Computers, National University for Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, RomaniaThis study examines privacy calculus in online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detection across Europe, using Flash Eurobarometer 532 data. Drawing on theories of structuration and risk society, we analyze how individual agency and institutional frameworks interact in shaping privacy attitudes in high-stakes digital scenarios. Multinomial regression reveals age as a significant individual-level predictor, with younger individuals prioritizing privacy more. Country-level analysis shows Central and Eastern European nations have higher privacy concerns, reflecting distinct institutional and cultural contexts. Notably, the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) shows a positive association with privacy concerns in regression models when controlling for Augmented Human Development Index (AHDI) components, contrasting its negative bivariate correlation. Life expectancy emerges as the strongest country-level predictor, negatively associated with privacy concerns, suggesting deep institutional mechanisms shape privacy attitudes beyond individual factors. This dual approach reveals that both individual factors and national contexts are shaping privacy calculus in CSAM detection. The study contributes to a better understanding of privacy calculus in high-stakes scenarios, with implications for policy development in online child protection.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdata.2025.1477911/fullprivacy calculusprivacy concernsageCSAM detectionEurobarometerregression |
| spellingShingle | Răzvan Rughiniş Simona-Nicoleta Vulpe Dinu Ţurcanu Daniel Rosner Balancing act: Europeans' privacy calculus and security concerns in online CSAM detection Frontiers in Big Data privacy calculus privacy concerns age CSAM detection Eurobarometer regression |
| title | Balancing act: Europeans' privacy calculus and security concerns in online CSAM detection |
| title_full | Balancing act: Europeans' privacy calculus and security concerns in online CSAM detection |
| title_fullStr | Balancing act: Europeans' privacy calculus and security concerns in online CSAM detection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Balancing act: Europeans' privacy calculus and security concerns in online CSAM detection |
| title_short | Balancing act: Europeans' privacy calculus and security concerns in online CSAM detection |
| title_sort | balancing act europeans privacy calculus and security concerns in online csam detection |
| topic | privacy calculus privacy concerns age CSAM detection Eurobarometer regression |
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