Manipulative EU opinion poll no justification for indiscriminate #ChatControl (July 21, 2023)
The EU Department of the Interior DG Home claims to have proven with a Eurobarometer opinion poll that the vast majority of the EU population…
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#ChatControl survey: Children don’t want to be “protected” by scanning or age-restricting messenger and chat apps (March 7, 2023)
Brussels, 07/03/2023 – A representative survey reveals that 66% of minors oppose internet providers scanning personal messages for suspect content, measures which are…
Protect children from exploitation and mass surveillance online! (November 18, 2022)
Today, 18 November, is European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. Children and young people need special…
UN Human Rights Commissioner warns against chat control (September 19, 2022)
UN Human Rights Commissioner Türk advises against EU plans to search all private messages and photos without suspicion using error-prone algorithms (so-called “chat…
Chat control: fundamental rights terrorism against trust, self-determination and security (May 11, 2022)
Today, the European Commission presented publicly for the first time an EU draft law on mandatory chat control. With the stated intention of fighting against…
“Destruction of digital privacy of correspondence”: lawsuit filed against chat control (May 10, 2022)
Yesterday, Member of the European Parliament and digital freedom fighter Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) filed an action for an injunction against the so-called chat…
Chat control: EU Commission presents mass surveillance plan on May 11 (May 6, 2022)
Next week on Wednesday (May 11), the EU Commission will present an EU draft law on mandatory chat control to the public for…
Chat control: Leaked Commission paper EU mass surveillance plans (March 24, 2022)
(Disclaimer: This text was uploaded on 24 March and updated on 30 March) A newly-revealed Opinion of a European Commission review board about their…
Chat control 2.0: the sequel nobody asked for (December 19, 2021)
In July 2021, the European Commission’s proposal to allow general and indiscriminate scanning of users’ private messages and photos (Chat control) was adopted by the European…
EU interior ministers welcome mandatory chat control for all smartphones (November 12, 2021)
At the meeting of EU interior ministers in Brdo, Slovenia, the government representatives today spoke out in favour of mandatory screening of our…