Chat Control 1.0: EU Council forces messenger scans via fast-track
- The dispute over digital letter secrecy in the EU is reaching a new level of escalation shortly before the summer break.
- After negotiations on Chat Control 2.0 – i.e., the mandatory, suspicionless scanning of encrypted communication – stalled due to persistent resistance in the EU Parliament, the Council of Ministers is now pushing forward with a legal maneuver.
- The member states want to reactivate the transitional regulation for voluntary monitoring of messages by technology groups, which expired on April 3, in an expedited procedure.
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- The dispute over digital letter secrecy in the EU is reaching a new level of escalation shortly before the summer break.
- After negotiations on Chat Control 2.0 – i.e., the mandatory, suspicionless scanning of encrypted communication – stalled due to persistent resistance in the EU Parliament, the Council of Ministers is now pushing forward with a legal maneuver.
- The member states want to reactivate the transitional regulation for voluntary monitoring of messages by technology groups, which expired on April 3, in an expedited procedure.
Sources: Heise