Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers(reclaimthenet.org)

113 points by robtherobber 10 months ago | 75 comments

The disguised return of EU Chat Control(reclaimthenet.org)

745 points by egorfine 11 months ago | 276 comments

Reclaim The Net article arguing the EU's Chat Control private message scanning proposal is returning in disguised form via a revised compromise.

LaLiga's Anti-Piracy Crackdown Triggers Widespread Internet Disruptions in Spain(reclaimthenet.org)

331 points by akyuu 1 year ago | 148 comments

Reclaim The Net article reporting that LaLiga's anti-piracy IP blocking in Spain is causing widespread disruptions to legitimate internet services.

House Vote Keeps Federal "Kill Switch" Vehicle Mandate(reclaimthenet.org)

39 points by mikece 9 months ago | 27 comments

UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning(reclaimthenet.org)

38 points by aftergibson 9 months ago | 37 comments

UK Orders Ofcom to Explore Encryption Backdoors(reclaimthenet.org)

88 points by worldofmatthew 9 months ago | 30 comments

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.

EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control(stackdiary.com)

1132 points by skilled 2 years ago | 520 comments

Stackdiary news article reporting that the EU Council withdrew its scheduled vote on the Chat Control message-scanning regulation.

EU Council forces Chat Control via fast-track(heise.de)

365 points by stavros 3 months ago | 201 comments

Heise news article reporting that the EU Council is pushing Chat Control 1.0 messenger scanning rules through a fast-track procedure.

Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament(heise.de)

525 points by miroljub 3 months ago | 234 comments

Heise Online news article on proponents in the EU Parliament using a procedural move to revive Chat Control 1.0, enabling indiscriminate scanning of chat messages.

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Blog post reporting that the EU Council's Chat Control proposal for scanning encrypted messages was withdrawn by the Danish presidency after public opposition.

ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps(metalhearf.fr)

967 points by Metalhearf 1 year ago | 538 comments

Blog post explaining the EU's proposed ChatControl legislation, which would require messaging platforms to scan private messages and images, including in encrypted apps.