Europe is going to talk again about the possibility of checking all chat messages of citizens for child abuse. On September 4, a (secret) consultation will take place, says Patrick Breyer , former MEP for the Pirate Party.
A few years ago, the European Commission came up with the plan to monitor all chat messages of citizens. The European Parliament did not like the proposal of the European Commission and came up with its own proposal, which excludes monitoring of end-to-end encrypted services.
At the end of June, EU President Belgium came up with its own version of the proposal. Namely that only the uploading of photos, video and references to them would be checked. This proposal did not get enough votes.
Germany and Poland are the biggest opponents within the EU anyway. The Netherlands, Estonia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Austria would abstain from voting, according to Breyer.
A coalition of almost fifty civil society organisations, including the Dutch Offlimits, Bits of Freedom, Vrijschrift.org and ECNL, called on the European Commission in July to withdraw the chat control proposal and focus on measures that really protect children.
Source: Proposal to control chat messages back on European political agenda – Emerce
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