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Screenshot of patrick-breyer.de: EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0

EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0 (patrick-breyer.de)

1562 points by rapnie 3 months ago | 788 comments

Patrick Breyer's blog post reporting that the European Parliament approved the Chat Control 1.0 regulation on message scanning, and criticizing the decision.

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Screenshot of patrick-breyer.de: EU to legislate about Chat Control behind closed doors

EU to legislate about Chat Control behind closed doors (patrick-breyer.de)

580 points by NeutralForest 4 months ago | 328 comments

Blog post by Patrick Breyer warning of closed-door EU Chat Control negotiations and concessions, announcing the relaunch of fightchatcontrol.eu.

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Screenshot of patrick-breyer.de: End of "Chat Control": EU parliament stops mass surveillance

End of "Chat Control": EU parliament stops mass surveillance (patrick-breyer.de)

537 points by amarcheschi 7 months ago | 261 comments

Patrick Breyer's blog post announcing that the European Parliament voted to stop the "Chat Control" mass message-scanning proposal, dated March 2026.

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Screenshot of patrick-breyer.de: EU Council to Vote on Chat Scanning Proposal on Thursday

EU Council to Vote on Chat Scanning Proposal on Thursday (patrick-breyer.de)

231 points by tdsone3 2 years ago | 222 comments

Screenshot of patrick-breyer.de: EU to greenlight Chat Control tomorrow

EU to greenlight Chat Control tomorrow (patrick-breyer.de)

300 points by FionnMc 2 years ago | 169 comments

Screenshot of patrick-breyer.de: EU: Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharing photos and links

EU: Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharing photos and links (patrick-breyer.de)

208 points by doener 2 years ago | 182 comments

Screenshot of patrick-breyer.de: EU doubles down on penalising privacy-friendly and encrypted messaging services

EU doubles down on penalising privacy-friendly and encrypted messaging services (patrick-breyer.de)

116 points by belter 2 years ago | 26 comments

Screenshot of patrick-breyer.de: Let yourself be monitored: EU governments to agree on Chat Control

Let yourself be monitored: EU governments to agree on Chat Control (patrick-breyer.de)

87 points by rdm_blackhole 2 years ago | 38 comments

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Conviction of Tornado Cash programmer: Privacy is not a crime (patrick-breyer.de)

21 points by gajnadsgjoas 2 years ago | 30 comments

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Full EU chat control proposal attack on digital privacy and encryption (patrick-breyer.de)

45 points by walterbell 2 years ago | 10 comments

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EU Parliament commitee approves cash cap and ban on anonymous crypto payments (patrick-breyer.de)

69 points by ruiseal 2 years ago | 27 comments

Screenshot of patrick-breyer.de: EU parliament agreement to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption

EU parliament agreement to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption (patrick-breyer.de)

165 points by teichmann 3 years ago | 21 comments

Screenshot of patrick-breyer.de: EU Commissioner as double agent of foreign interference

EU Commissioner as double agent of foreign interference (patrick-breyer.de)

306 points by deutschepost 3 years ago | 146 comments