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List of Legislation: Add Chat Control (EU)
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List of Legislation: Substantiate Thorn lobby entanglement claims for EU Chat Control with sources
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|Chat Control
|Chat Control
|EU
|EU
|Messengers have to have a built-in backdoor to allow scanning of messages. If suspicious content is found (likely by means of a proprietary software), the content is sent to an institution which is not under court oversight. Introduced based on lobbying by a U.S. non-profit called Thorn which makes such scanning software. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Fight Chat Control |url=https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ |access-date=2026-06-02 |website=Fight Chat Control}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stop Chat Control |url=https://stopchatcontrol.eu/}}</ref>
|Messengers have to have a built-in backdoor to allow scanning of messages. If suspicious content is found (likely by means of a proprietary software), the content is sent to an institution which is not under court oversight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fight Chat Control |url=https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ |access-date=2026-06-02 |website=Fight Chat Control}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stop Chat Control |url=https://stopchatcontrol.eu/}}</ref> Introduced based on lobbying by a U.S. non-profit called Thorn, a vendor of such scanning software. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Krempl |first=Stefan |date=2023-08-27 |title=Lobbygeflecht bei Chatkontrolle: "Schlimmste Befürchtungen bestätigt" (Lobby entanglements around Chat Control: "Worst Suspicions Sonfirmed") |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Lobbygeflecht-bei-Chatkontrolle-Schlimmste-Befuerchtungen-bestaetigt-9318337.html |access-date=2026-07-03 |website=Heise Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Breyer |first=Patrick |date=2025-02-25 |title=Chat control: EU Ombudsman criticises revolving door between Europol and chat control tech lobbyist Thorn |url=https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-eu-ombudsman-criticises-revolving-door-between-europol-and-chat-control-tech-lobbyist-thorn/ |access-date=2026-07-03 |website=Patrick Breyer - Digitaler Freiheitskämpfer}}</ref>
|Anti-Encryption, Surveillance
|Anti-Encryption, Surveillance
|Rejected by EU parlament on multiple occasions, but keeps getting re-introduced
|Rejected by EU parlament on multiple occasions, but keeps getting re-introduced