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To my fellow EU citizens: Beware of CHAT CONTROL!
2 months ago
Not my usual journal I know and sorry if I get political for once but as they say, "If you don't deal with politics, you'll be dealt with by politics".
Despite already trying to push this new law in 2022 and getting no traction, the new and current EU Council Presidency has decided to push Chat Control up on top of the legislative priority list. And yes, it's as bad as it sounds: in order to "protect the children", they just want full access to your emails and chats.
Every photo, every message, every file you send (even via encrypted communications) will be automatically scanned, without your consent and with no suspicion required.
With one notable exception though: EU politicians exempt themselves from this surveillance under "professional secrecy" rules.
They get privacy. You and your family do not.
This is super bad because:
• Undermines your fundamental rights to privacy and data protection, as guaranteed by Articles 7 and 8 of the EU Charter—rights considered core to European democratic values.
• Weakening or breaking end-to-end encryption exposes everyone's communications—including sensitive financial, medical, and private data—to hackers, criminals, and hostile actors.
• Automated scanners routinely misidentify innocent content, such as vacation photos or private jokes, as illegal, putting ordinary people at risk of false accusations and damaging investigations.
• Child protection experts and organisations, including the UN, warn that mass surveillance fails to prevent abuse and actually makes children less safe—by weakening security for everyone and diverting resources from proven protective measures
• Creates a dangerous global precedent enabling authoritarian governments, citing EU policy, to roll out intrusive surveillance at home, undermining privacy and free expression worldwide.
15 out of 27 State Members currently stand IN FAVOUR to the introduction of Chat Control, while only 3 have openly stated they are opposing!
I believe this to be unacceptable, and a call for action.
Firstly, I suggest going to https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ and getting further reading on the matter.
Secondly, I recommend spreading awareness of the issue, especially since the main media outlets (at least here in Italy) are suspiciously quiet about this fact.
And finally, you can make yourself heard by calling or emailing your EU representatives; https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ has a helpful tool that allows you to search them by country and get their contacts (and even provides with an email template to send).
Consider that most of them are probably on vacation during this time of the year, so I suggest to wait until the 25th of August beforeharassing voicing your concerns en masse...
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Despite already trying to push this new law in 2022 and getting no traction, the new and current EU Council Presidency has decided to push Chat Control up on top of the legislative priority list. And yes, it's as bad as it sounds: in order to "protect the children", they just want full access to your emails and chats.
Every photo, every message, every file you send (even via encrypted communications) will be automatically scanned, without your consent and with no suspicion required.
With one notable exception though: EU politicians exempt themselves from this surveillance under "professional secrecy" rules.
They get privacy. You and your family do not.
This is super bad because:
• Undermines your fundamental rights to privacy and data protection, as guaranteed by Articles 7 and 8 of the EU Charter—rights considered core to European democratic values.
• Weakening or breaking end-to-end encryption exposes everyone's communications—including sensitive financial, medical, and private data—to hackers, criminals, and hostile actors.
• Automated scanners routinely misidentify innocent content, such as vacation photos or private jokes, as illegal, putting ordinary people at risk of false accusations and damaging investigations.
• Child protection experts and organisations, including the UN, warn that mass surveillance fails to prevent abuse and actually makes children less safe—by weakening security for everyone and diverting resources from proven protective measures
• Creates a dangerous global precedent enabling authoritarian governments, citing EU policy, to roll out intrusive surveillance at home, undermining privacy and free expression worldwide.
15 out of 27 State Members currently stand IN FAVOUR to the introduction of Chat Control, while only 3 have openly stated they are opposing!
I believe this to be unacceptable, and a call for action.
Firstly, I suggest going to https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ and getting further reading on the matter.
Secondly, I recommend spreading awareness of the issue, especially since the main media outlets (at least here in Italy) are suspiciously quiet about this fact.
And finally, you can make yourself heard by calling or emailing your EU representatives; https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ has a helpful tool that allows you to search them by country and get their contacts (and even provides with an email template to send).
Consider that most of them are probably on vacation during this time of the year, so I suggest to wait until the 25th of August before
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