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Chat control: Politicians, industry raise alarm over EU’s unprecedented messenger surveillance plans

www.patrick-breyer.de Chat control: Politicians, industry raise alarm over EU’s unprecedented messenger surveillance plans

Tomorrow (Thursday) EU governments are to vote on a bill (officially called “child sexual abuse regulation” but known as “chat control”) that would require automated searches in and disclosure of private chats, including end-to-end encrypted chats, that might contain illegal photos or videos.[1] If

Chat control: Politicians, industry raise alarm over EU’s unprecedented messenger surveillance plans
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  • And this isn't even the only similar legislation in the pipeline – although I can't remember what the other one was called and can't find the article I just read about it.

    Considering the meteoric rise of the extreme right, I shudder to think what they'll want to use this bullshit for if (or, rather, when…) one of these legislations gets passed

  • How to contact your MEP. We beat this bill last time, we can beat it again https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home