Chat Control proposal fails again after public opposition(andreafortuna.org)

475 points by speckx 11 months ago | 131 comments

Blog post reporting that the EU Council's Chat Control proposal for scanning encrypted messages was withdrawn by the Danish presidency after public opposition.

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

231 points by tdsone3 2 years ago | 222 comments

Client-Side-Scanning: Chat Control Is Pure Surveillance State(netzpolitik.org)

16 points by janandonly 2 years ago | 2 comments

The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos(fightchatcontrol.eu)

1371 points by MrBruh 7 months ago | 367 comments

Advocacy campaign site opposing the EU "Chat Control" proposal to scan private messages and photos, with action tools and an alert about an EPP push for a new vote.

Fight Chat Control(fightchatcontrol.eu)

1304 points by tokai 1 year ago | 422 comments

Advocacy site opposing the EU "Chat Control" proposal that would mandate scanning of private messages and photos, with member-state info and ways to contact representatives.

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.

Germany is not supporting ChatControl – blocking minority secured(digitalcourage.social)

941 points by xyzal 1 year ago | 302 comments

A Mastodon post by Patrick Breyer reporting that Germany will not support the EU ChatControl proposal, securing a blocking minority.

EU Chat Control: Germany's position has been reverted to undecided(mastodon.social)

350 points by doener 1 year ago | 254 comments

Mastodon post from Fight Chat Control reporting Germany reverted to undecided on the EU Chat Control proposal at the September 12 LEWP meeting.

Chat Control Must Be Stopped(privacyguides.org)

594 points by Improvement 1 year ago | 184 comments

Privacy Guides article urging readers to act against the EU's proposed Chat Control regulation, explaining what it is and why it harms privacy and children.

Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now(threema.ch)

677 points by andrew918277 2 years ago | 210 comments

Threema blog post from June 17, 2024 urging that the EU's proposed Chat Control regulation for scanning private messages be stopped.

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.

European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop(bsky.app)

526 points by lemoncookiechip 7 months ago | 119 comments

Bluesky post by Tuta announcing the European Parliament voted that Chat Control 1.0 must stop, ending Big Tech scanning of private messages in the EU from April 6, 2026.