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Denmark withdraws the mandatory scanning of private chats in the EU A new compromise could make chat monitoring voluntary instead Known as Chat Control, it comes as a way to halt child sexual abuse ...

Around 40 organizations and 40+ individuals are urging EU lawmakers not to undermine encryption. In an open letter published on May 5, 2025, the experts are asking to have a key role in defining the ...

In fall 2025, posts multiplied on social media expressing privacy concerns over a supposed piece of legislation by the European Union designed to combat the spread of child pornography. People claimed ...

EU’s Chat Control law would force apps to scan every message, photo and video pre-encryption. Supporters say it fights child abuse material, while critics warn of mass surveillance. Weakening ...

As I write, European Union (E.U.) officials are debating the details of a proposal to either require or pressure tech companies to scan all private messages for child sexual abuse material. Dubbed ...

European lawmakers have been implementing a way to circumvent end-to-end encryption to address child sexual abuse material ("CSAM") - what some activists term the "Chat Control" law. End-to-end ...

European tech companies have written to ministers across the European Union (EU) urging them not to support a proposed regulation on child sexual abuse that could undermine the security of internet ...

The Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union has dropped plans to scan messaging apps, including WhatsApp and Signal. The Chat Control 2 proposal to mass surveil user messages would see ...

A controversial proposal to scan encrypted chats threatens Europeans' privacy in a way that is never seen before. At the time European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson first proposed the ...

No Right to Private Messages? As the E.U.'s discussion over chat control heated up over the summer, Danish Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard, a proponent of surveillance, commented, "We must break ...