Chat Control 1.0 has been passed

The EU passed Chat Control 1.0, a voluntary scanning program for unencrypted messages to detect child sexual abuse material, which expires in April 2026. A more invasive Chat Control 2.0 has been proposed that would mandate mass surveillance of end-to-end encrypted communications without warrants, raising serious privacy concerns since government communications would be exempt from the same scanning. Citizens can oppose the measure through fightchatcontrol.eu, which allows them to contact representatives to reject the proposal.