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Chat Control Must Be Stopped


Chat Control is back to undermine everyone's privacy. There's an important deadline this Friday on September 12th. We must act now to stop it!

Supporting (15)Undecided (6) Bulgaria Latvia Estonia Croatia Lithuania Germany Cyprus Malta Greece Denmark Portugal Luxembourg France Slovakia Romania Hungary Spain Slovenia Ireland Sweden ItalyImage: Patrick Breyer / chatcontrol.eu Mission creep: Once this mass surveillance system is in place, authorities can decide to add more criteria such as searching all communications for references to drug use, protest attendances, political dissidence, or even negative comments about a leader. Even if everyone with legitimate access to this data is miraculously 100% exemplary and incorruptible citizens, the databases and scanning systems will still be vulnerable to attacks from criminals and hostile governments alike.

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