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By virtue of the legistation, all platforms would legally be required to surveil all private digital communications, thus nullifying the efficacy of {{wplink|End-to-end_encryption|end-to-end encryption}} (E2EE) and violating fundamental rights to privacy. | By virtue of the legistation, all platforms would legally be required to surveil all private digital communications, thus nullifying the efficacy of {{wplink|End-to-end_encryption|end-to-end encryption}} (E2EE) and violating fundamental rights to privacy. | ||
On February 26, 2026, the first negotiations of Chat Control begun. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Today, the final negotiations on Chat Control 2.0 begin. |url=https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116137711661598894 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/fahub |archive-date=7 Apr 2026}}</ref> | On February 26, 2026, the first negotiations of Chat Control begun. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Today, the final negotiations on Chat Control 2.0 begin. |url=https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116137711661598894 |url-status=live |date=26 Feb 2026 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/fahub |archive-date=7 Apr 2026}}</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The legislation was proposed by the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on 11 May 2022. | The legislation was proposed by the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on 11 May 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2022%3A209%3AFIN |url-status=live |date=11 May 2022}}</ref> | ||
==Consumer response== | ==Consumer response== | ||
{{ | The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) jointly warned on 29 July 2022 that the proposal may present more risks than benefits. | ||
<blockquote>The EDPB and EDPS consider that the Proposal, in its current form, may present more risks to individuals, and, by extension, to society at large, than to the criminals pursued for CSAM.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Proposal to combat child sexual abuse online presents serious risks for fundamental rights |url=https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2022/proposal-combat-child-sexual-abuse-online-presents-serious-risks-fundamental-rights_en |url-status=live |date=29 July 2022 |website=Europa}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
Numerous digital rights organizations, including European Digital Rights (EDRi), and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), have criticized the legislation as incompatible with secure encryption and proportionality requirements under EU law. | |||
<blockquote>Critics declare this form of preemptive mass surveillance not only a threat to privacy, (cyber)security and the right to freedom of expression but as danger to democracy in general.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why chat control is so dangerous |url=https://edri.org/our-work/why-chat-control-is-so-dangerous/ |url-status=live |date=17 Nov 2021 |website=Edri}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
<blockquote>Chat Control is chat surveillance and functions by having access to everything on a device with indiscriminate monitoring of everything.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chat Control is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/chat-control-back-menu-eu-it-still-must-be-stopped-0 |url-status=live |date=29 Sep 2025 |website=Eff}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
<blockquote>Many proposals earlier this year required the scanning and detection of illicit content on all services, including private messaging apps such as [[WhatsApp]] and [[Signal]]. This requirement would fundamentally break end-to-end encryption.<ref>{{Cite web |title=After Years of Controversy, the EU's Chat Control Nears Its Final Hurdle: What to Know |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/after-years-controversy-eus-chat-control-nears-its-final-hurdle-what-know |url-status=live |date=3 Dec 2025 |website=Eff}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
Academic criticism has also focused on the technical feasibility and constitutional implications of mandatory client-side scanning. | |||
<blockquote>We find that [Client-Side Scanning] CSS is problematic because they can rarely fulfil their purposes, as seen with antivirus software. [...] We also find that CSS in general would likely violate the Right to a Fair Trial, Right to Privacy and Freedom of Expression.<ref>{{Cite web |title=YASM (Yet Another Surveillance Mechanism) |url=https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.14601 |url-status=live |date=29 May 2022 |website=Arxiv, Cornell University}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||