#chatcontrol is a giant legal-technical quagmire and would erode privacy in times where we most need it. But let's talk about protecting children ... what chatcontrol claims to be about:

First, it's unproven that chatcontrol would help lower actual abuses.

Second, why not spend the many EU millions that go into busying politicians, developers, lawyers and orgs into hiring social workers? They could directly act on the huge backlog of _reported known_ child abuse cases. That definitely helps.

The problem with #chatcontrol is deep and extremely significant. It would be a paradigm shift that implies state and corporate control of app developers and users, i.e. what you can install on "your" devices. It would empower Google, Apple and Microsoft to increase enclosure even more.

Just as with the p2p wealth of good tools two decades ago, e2e tooling would remain available only to small specialist circles.

Given authoritarian threats everywhere, #chatcontrol is an exceptionally bad idea.

#Chatcontrol is OFF the table for now. 💪

But it will be back.

Danish Minister of Justice and chief architect of the current Chat Control proposal, Peter Hummelgaard:
"𝗪𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲'𝘀 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀."

We have to keep fighting for #encryption and our right to #privacy 🔒

The clock is still ticking: tuta.com/blog/chat-control-cri…

a #ChatControl update (shared on the ISOC "Global Encryption Coalition" mailing list):

"The good news is that the blocking minority held. Members states raised concerns about privacy and cybersecurity as reasons for their opposition. Even countries that are officially in support of the proposal asked questions along these lines for the first time – showing that they are facing increased pressure back home.

The bad news is that #Denmark is moving forward even though they did not receive full support. They are keeping their plan to take this proposal to the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on October 14th.

After discussing with partners, we understand this as a strategy from Denmark. They are not making progress at the working level (the meeting today) and therefore will try directly at the political level (justice and home affairs). During these coming four weeks they will try to convince some of the blocking member states to reconsider their position.

What this means for us is that we need to keep up the pressure. We should be thanking the blocking countries for their position and encouraging the undecided or supportive countries to reconsider. We should keep up pressure in the media at the same time."

de jure #ChatControl was not presented as breking encryption so I am not sure if German's gov workers will not join chat contril iniciative..

But I dont have full information

🇩🇪 Germany is against breaking encryption!

Source: bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzme…

#Chatcontrol

Same procedure as last year?
Same procedure as every year,. James!

In case "#chatcontrol" will, when in place, help to suppress opposition or critics in case ever forces like AfD or other anti-democratic folks come to power.

🇪🇺YES: Germany is not supporting the EU's #ChatControl bill as proposed!
The blocking minority needed to stop this illegal mass surveillance plan seems secured (for now). ✅

Opposition now also from LU🇱🇺 & SK🇸🇰!

#KeepUpTheFight fightchatcontrol.eu

Dagsfärsk Chat Control 2.0-debattartikel från mig, Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder, Patrik Fältström, Fredrik Lindeberg, Ulrika Vincent, Samuel Skånberg och Henrik Alexandersson (representanter för partipolitiskt oberoende teknikorganisationer). Vi skriver på SvD Debatt om varför våra politiker måste förstå konsekvenserna av massövervakningsförslaget – innan det är för sent!

svd.se/a/3MvM39/politiker-mast…

#ChatControl

Politiker måste förstå säkerhetsriskerna med Chat control 2.0, skriver debattörer

DEBATT. Sverige fortsätter att stötta ett förslag som kräver att allmänhetens kommunikation kan avlyssnas. Vi kan inte låta mänskliga rättigheter och samhällets säkerhet offras av okunskap, skriver debattörer.

^{Svenska Dagbladet}

@EUCommission Understand this: people do not want this and will do whatever it takes to stop it. Here's an example - Tuta is making it clear. And I'm telling you myself: if force has to be used - so be it. Privacy is not something we will give up without a fight.

#ChatControl #FightChatControl #StopChatControl #Privacy

New Privacy Guides article ⛔
by me:

Chat Control is one of the
most terrifying proposal for dystopian authoritarianism the Western world has seen in years.

We need your help to fight it ✊🇪🇺

For democracy,
For privacy,
And for all other human rights,
We cannot afford to lose this battle.

📩 If you are European (EU):

Contact your MEPs this week before Friday, September 12th, to tell them to oppose Chat Control (more information in the linked article).

🗣️ If you are outside of the EU:

Spread the word! Tell your friends and family in the EU about it! Make noise on social media! This will affect you too.

privacyguides.org/articles/202…

#PrivacyGuides #ChatControl #StopScanningMe #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #EUpol

Chat Control Must Be Stopped, Act Now!

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!

^{Privacy Guides}

🇫🇷 La Belgique 🇧🇪, la Finlande 🇫🇮 et la Tchéquie 🇨🇿 diront NON à la surveillance de masse #ChatControl. Mais d'autres gouvernements clés hésitent. Exigez qu'ils protègent notre vie privée et le chiffrement !

Agissez maintenant :
patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/cha…

Ve zkratce: pod vedením Dánska mnoho členských států EU prosazuje, aby služby typu WhatsApp, Signal a pod. byly nuceny zkoumat všechny naše fotografie a odkazy s pomocí AI. Pokud AI nabude jakýchkoli “pochybností” že by mohlo jít o dětskou pornografii, vaše fotka, poloha, telefonní číslo a jiné údaje budou nahlášeny Europolu a místní policii.

berthub.eu/articles/posts/chat… #chatcontrol #StopChatcontrol

Chatcontrol vzor 2025 v kostce - Bert Hubert's writings

^{Bert Hubert's writings}

While I'm generally very pro-EU, this #ChatControl initiative they keep pushing - despite experts persistently debunking the rationale behind it - is indefensible.

Instead, this initiative will create an extremely invasive surveillance state where everything you type, view and receive is automatically scanned & potentially (falsely) flagged for human review.

This would mean the end of privacy.

If you are an EU-citizen, please consider writing to your MEPs.

fightchatcontrol.eu/

This is so insane and completely out of the question on so many levels, the mere fact that one can push for this without immediately losing one's political credibility and influence and becoming a laughing-stock (and subject to parliamentary investigation) is still frightening to me, after all those years of fighting this.

#ChatControl must die, once and for all.

The "most criticized law of all time" is back: Chat Control.

And we're back fighting against it! 💪

Here's everything that's wrong with #ChatControl: tuta.com/blog/chat-control-cri…

: it was already installed on my Google Pixel 6 Pro - without anybody asking whether I agree with this shit.

Just uninstalled it.

#CameraInYourBathroom #ClientSideScanning #AndroidSystemSafetyCore #CSS #ChatControl #Privacy #BigBrother #BigTechIsEvil #GoogleIsEvil #WhatAreTheySmoking

Here it is: the Finnish Parliament has sided against #ChatControl !

I am overjoyed that in their statement, they have outlined exactly what this proposal would entail: mass surveillance in Europe.

From their statement (translation by me):

"..the suggested model would, in fact, lead to the mass surveillance of communication and would weaken the integrity of communication in the EU."

eduskunta.fi/FI/vaski/Lausunto…

#privacy #encryption #Finland #Europe #EU #surveillance

Hungary keeps pushing for Chat Control. Here’s why they must be stopped:

👉 tuta.com/blog/opposition-again…

#chatcontrol #Fight4privacy #encryption #security

🇬🇧🚨Orban moving fast: Endorsement of #ChatControl on the agenda for Wednesday (ambassadors) and Thursday (EU interior ministers) parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXVII… +++ Politicians, before you destroy secure #encryption understand that China spied on the US on a large scale using backdoors set up for lawful interception wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s… +++ Finland to take a stance on Wednesday eduskunta.fi/FI/tiedotteet/Siv… +++

Information and how you can lobby your government: chatcontrol.eu

As much as we fight the EU Commission's push for #chatcontrol, we applaud the EU for protecting users' #privacy with the #GDPR.

It's about time the #EU Commission reflects on European values and increases data protection, not undermining it. ✊

Read here what Tuta does to achieve GDPR-compliance: 👉 tuta.com/blog/gdpr-compliant-e…

#DSGVO #RGPD

🇬🇧Leak on latest #ChatControl attempt (in German): netzpolitik.org/2024/interne-d… +++ Only AUT, DEU, EST, LUX, POL, SVN were critical – no blocking minority! +++ BEL, CZE, FIN, ITA, NLD, PRT, SWE undecided +++ EU legal experts confirm violation of our fundamental rights +++ Only 5 days to next discussion +++

Help pressure our governments into defending our #privacy of correspondence and secure #encryption now: patrick-breyer.de/en/take-acti…