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EU to greenlight Chat Control tomorrow


The Belgian EU Council presidency seems set to have bulk Chat Control searches of our private communications greenlighted by EU governments on Wednesday 19 June. This confirms concerns that the proponents of Chat Control intend to exploit the period shortly after the European Elections during which

If Chat Control is endorsed by Council now, experience shows there is a great risk it will be adopted at the end of the political process. The good news is that many EU governments have not yet decided whether to go along with this final Belgian push for Chat Control mass surveillance, among them Tell your government that the current draft on Chat Control (officially called “Regulation … to prevent and combat child sexual abuse”) is unacceptable.

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