🚨 Breaking: The EU has hit the pause button on its controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) vote, scheduled for October 14. Germany joined the resistance, arguing that monitoring private chats is a big no-no. 🚫
🌐 What’s Chat Control all about? The EU wanted to force messaging apps to scan all URLs, pictures, and videos shared by users for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), even if messages are encrypted. 🔒
🔒 Privacy and security experts sound the alarm: Encryption, used by apps like Signal, WhatsApp, and ProtonMail, scrambles messages into an unreadable form. Mandatory scanning could compromise this security. 🛑
🗣️ Critics weigh in: Signal’s VP compared it to “malware on your device,” while over 40 tech companies and 500 cryptography experts warned about privacy, digital sovereignty, and surveillance concerns. 📢
📅 Vote delayed, not dismissed: This isn’t the first time the EU has disagreed on Chat Control. It’s still on the table, with EU governments continuing to work on the proposal. The next meeting is set for December 6-7. 🗓️
💬 “The fight isn’t over!” – X, Meredith Whittaker (Signal Foundation President), and privacy advocates agree. They’re ready for the next round, warning against backdoor loopholes that could compromise cybersecurity. 🛡️
🔗 Stay tuned for more updates on Europe’s privacy battle.
