Fast forward to July 2025, Denmark reintroduced Chat Control as a top legislative priority on its first day of Presidency. While keeping the Belgian approach of limiting scanning to URLs and multimedia files, many experts feel that the text goes back to where it started – it reintroduces the indiscriminate scanning of unknown CSAM material, too.
The Danish proposal introduces new obligations for all messaging services operating in Europe to scan users’ chats – even if they’re encrypted – in the search for both known and unknown CSAM material.
Crucially, the mandatory scanning is expected to occur directly on the device before messages get encrypted, targeting shared URLs, pictures, and videos. Only governments and military accounts are excluded from the scope of the bill.
First day and that’s their most pressing concern, scanning everyones communications. This is EU, but after the Snowden leaks I knew it would all just be made legal since it was public knowledge then. Now trending towards making it all indiscriminate and mandatory. For a long time now I’ve come to always expect surveillance powers to eventually be abused. Damn near anyone paying attention knows this isn’t about child porn
Damn near anyone paying attention knows this isn’t about child porn
The fact that these politicians exclude themselves from being spied on is an indicator it might actually be about child porn
Everyone should probably just assume that even if this fails this go around, it will succeed eventually and keep building and adopting tools to circumvent these rules
Germany and luxemberg alrrady opposes it btw.
The countries that oppose Chat Control are:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Finland
- Germany
- Luxemburg
- Netherlands
- Poland
Supporters are:
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- France
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Portugal
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Sweden
All other countries are currently undecided
Source: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
Contact your representatives and tell them they should oppose Chat Control. The link above lists who they are and provides some templates for emails you could send them
It’s so crazy to see so much of the Eastern Bloc line up in favor of a new Stasi. Bulgaria? Latvia? Slovakia? Croatia? You really want a powerful state government breathing down your neck?
Hell, even Ireland? After decades of oppressive British rule, you should fucking know better.
I would be very surprised if Germany continues to oppose. Our new government is made up of conservatives who believe as long as they do the spying everything is good and nothing can go wrong - and famously spineless social democrats.
For much EU legislation it only gets implemented if there is consensus. Often one country can block quite a lot, see Hungary.
Why is this different?
The more you tighten your grip, the more folks will slip through your fingers.
Being in one of the opposing country’s, is it still useful to contact a representative? Or any thing else I can do?
