The EU (still) wants to scan your private messages and photos.

The "Chat Control" proposal would mandate scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos. This threatens fundamental privacy rights and digital security for all EU citizens.

Every photo, every message, every file you send will be automatically scanned—without your consent or suspicion. This is not about catching criminals. It is mass surveillance imposed on all 450 million citizens of the European Union.

EU politicians exempt themselves from this surveillance under "professional secrecy" rules. They get privacy. You and your family do not. If you're in the EU, please consider contacting Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the info provided on the site below:

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

There is also a change.org petition here if you'd like to sign it.

  • Greetings from George Orwell

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    Greetings from the Stasi who now look like utter amateurs.

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    Greetings from The People's Republic of China.

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    To a time when thought is free..

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  • This would undermine Article 8. You have the right to live your life privately without government interference.

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    Of all the nations, I think United States is the most freedom and individuality oriented one. Precisely because of what you said.

    Not perfect, far from it, but definitely preferable to many alternatives.

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    Apparently, reading is not interference.

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    Unless it's us reading them.
    Then it's still a no-no.

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    But why wouldn't we think of the children instead /s

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    They're not doing this for the kids ..

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  • As far as I know even non EU residents will be affected because if there’s just 1 EU resident in messaging space youre in your messages will be scanned too.

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  • I did my part. My country is agaisnt.

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    I live in Germany on Blue card, can I ask mine to oppose it too?

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    Yes, and email or call never hurts!

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  • I’m not from Europe, but I really appreciate priviouse Europe’s consumer rights have helped our country a lot. so..

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  • Does change.org do anything ever? Honest question.

    The first link and finding out who your European delegates are and emailing their office is more effective.

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    not really actually, its more of a voice platform, most of the time, the wrongful entity does nothing

    im telling you, unless we esculate and RIOT, we have NO power

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  • What you guys mean by address? Where I live?

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    Yeah I was going to ask as well, should I really be adding my address to this?

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    I think that's only if you want to sign the change.org petition listed on the second link, but as far as I can tell that's not needed to just send a email to a representative using the first.

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    That's optional, just sign your name, you don't need to put your address.

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  • In case anyone could use a German translation, here it is (Google translate, only greeting modified, remove the bullet points that are less important to you):

    Betreff: Widerstand gegen den Vorschlag zur Chatkontrolle – Schutz digitaler Privatsphäre und Rechte __ Guten Tag,

    Mit diesem Schreiben möchte ich meine ernsthafte Besorgnis über den Gesetzesentwurf zur Chatkontrolle (CSAM-Verordnung) zum Ausdruck bringen, der derzeit unter der dänischen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft neu geprüft wird.

    Ich bin insbesondere über folgende Punkte besorgt:

    • Dieser Vorschlag wurde von demokratischen Institutionen wiederholt abgelehnt oder blockiert. Das Europäische Parlament stimmte gegen Massenüberwachung, und der Rat konnte seit über zwei Jahren keine Mehrheit dafür finden.

    • Der Gesetzesentwurf zur Chatkontrolle stellt einen beispiellosen Verstoß gegen unser Grundrecht auf Privatsphäre dar. Massenüberwachung privater Kommunikation ist unvereinbar mit Artikel 7 der EU-Grundrechtecharta.

    • Dieses Gesetz würde die digitale Wirtschaft der EU schädigen, Technologieunternehmen vertreiben und unsere Wettbewerbsfähigkeit gegenüber Regionen, die digitale Rechte und Innovationen schützen, untergraben.

    • Das Aufbrechen der Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung würde alle EU-Bürger Cyberkriminellen, autoritären Regimen und ausländischer Einflussnahme aussetzen. Starke Verschlüsselung ist für unsere digitale Sicherheit und wirtschaftliche Wettbewerbsfähigkeit unerlässlich.

    Technische Experten und Kinderschutzorganisationen weisen darauf hin, dass dieser Ansatz Kinder nicht wirksam schützt und gleichzeitig massive Datenschutzverletzungen mit sich bringt. Stattdessen brauchen wir gezielte, evidenzbasierte Lösungen.

    KI-basiertes Content-Scanning führt zu zahlreichen Fehlalarmen und kann so unschuldige Familienfotos und -gespräche kriminalisieren. Die technische Umsetzung ist grundlegend fehlerhaft und unzuverlässig.

    Ich fordere Sie dringend auf: • Stimmen Sie gegen jeden Vorschlag, der eine Massenüberwachung privater Kommunikation vorschreibt. • Schützen Sie Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung und digitale Datenschutzrechte. • Unterstützen Sie gezielte, evidenzbasierte Ansätze zum Kinderschutz. • Sorgen Sie für eine angemessene demokratische Kontrolle dieser Gesetzgebung. • Lehnen Sie die vom Europäischen Parlament beschlossene Verlängerung der vorübergehenden Ausnahmeregelung (mit freiwilligen Scan-Regelungen) von der Verabschiedung des Vorschlags zur obligatorischen Chat-Kontrolle durch den Rat ab.

    Der aktuelle Vorschlag schafft kein Gleichgewicht zwischen Kinderschutz und Grundrechten und würde einen gefährlichen Präzedenzfall für digitale Überwachung in der EU schaffen.

    Vielen Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit für diese wichtige Angelegenheit.

    Mit freundlichen Grüßen [Ihr Name und Ihre Adresse]

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  • Poland can’t do more…

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    Why? It's already a part of the EU, no? What's it doing now?

    I'm genuinely curious.

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    Poland is already opposing. We literally can’t do anything more.

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    Oh, good. Thanks for the explanation!

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  • We are getting that here now in America where people are stopped for being a color other then white and asked for "Papers" someone else in history did that but I forgot his name, he lived in Germany and was way back in the 1940's, had a small mustache, but the person doing it now is orange

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  • I’m in the US can I sign it?

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    I hope so, because once something like this gets implemented somewhere, it doesn't take long before other governments follow suit

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    Same I tried to sign up on the website but I couldn’t find a spot for me to sign

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    Not to mention that your info inevitably gets swept up anyway if you have any communication with someone in the EU or do business with anyone in the EU.

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  • doesn't this also mean if I am outside the EU and am chatting with someone in the EU, my messages too will get scanned?

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    I believe Yes

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  • greetings from the dystopic future

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  • daje

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    Almeno l'Italia è contro, almeno una cosa giusta l'hanno fatta LOL

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  • thought adjoining reach profit growth rock plate boat imagine rich

    This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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  • That's a good news... for all these "small" Trumps in many European governments, with the help of these damn GAFA.

    I read a lot of SF:

    Now i live it.

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  • Why did you use an LLM to write this? Don't be ingenuine. Please write it yourself.

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    I copied it from the website itself. I did not use a LLM.

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  • Use Signal and secure DNS and TLS 1.3+ on a OS without telemetry.. Solved

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