Yep, they're at it again!
First proposed in 2022 under the (usual and fake) premise of protecting minors from online criminals, Chat Control is a EU Council proposal that imposes de facto mass surveillance on all EU citizens' private communications - texts, emails and chats; no judge's permit needed!
So what's new this time around? Here's the recent updates:

• October 30 - following public protests and mixed responses from the rest of Council (again), the representatives of Denmark (which first proposed Chat Control and is running the current EU Council Presidency) withdraw the original proposal and begin to work on a revised, softened proposal. A small win for us, except...
• November 11 - Using what digital rights expert and former Member of the European Parliament Dr. Patrick Breyer defined as a “deceptive sleight of hand”, a mandatory and expanded Chat Control is pushed through the back door! The "new and revised" proposal even more intrusive than the originally rejected plan; the same expert comments: “The EU is playing us for fools"
• November 12 - Behind closed doors, the revised Danish Chat Control proposal sees broad support. Due to Article 4 and 6 in the proposal, scanning of all messages, including end-to-end-encrypted content, is reintroduced while anonymous communication is outlawed and age verification becomes universal. The legislation now moves to the Coreper for approval before being formally adopted as the Council position.

Sounds like awful news to me; if you think the same and believe in privacy rights, here's what you can do about it:
1) Check out https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ for further information
2) Share the message with the fellow EU citizens you know! The media aren't talking about the issue enough, if at all!
3) https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ also has all contact links of your EU representatives: call and/or email them, make your voice heard!
4) Search online for petitions stop Chat Control in your country, sign and share them too!

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