After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final Hurdle: What to Know (www.eff.org)
from Babalugats@feddit.uk to privacy@lemmy.ml on 05 Dec 14:12
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After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the Council of the EU, representing EU States. The good news is that the most controversial part, the forced requirement to scan encrypted messages, is out. The bad news is there’s more to it than that.

Chat Control has gone through several iterations since it was first introduced, with the EU Parliament backing a position that protects fundamental rights, while the Council of the EU spent many months pursuing an intrusive law-enforcement-focused approach. 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.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of digital rights groups, including European Digital Rights (EDRi), we won a significant improvement: the Council agreed on its position, which removed the requirement that forces providers to scan messages on their services. It also comes with strong language to protect encryption, which is good news for users.

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eldavi@lemmy.ml on 05 Dec 18:55 next collapse

the europeans finally surpass the americans in fascist control

lionracers@lemmy.zip on 10 Dec 21:03 collapse

Just wait. Laws are wending their way through state and federal legislation processes

sleen@lemmy.zip on 05 Dec 19:32 next collapse

The truth is, the fascists will always relentlessly find another crevice to stick their dirty hands into. A compromise with fascists isn’t a win - it’s a defeat with extra steps. Their so called “risk mitigation” is essentially another way in achieving the exact same thing from another angle.

That being said; the war continues. And while it is good that we avoided this policy - we’ll never actually win until we change something.

lionracers@lemmy.zip on 10 Dec 21:02 collapse

Does Lemmy have the capacity to comply? Since it’s fedeverse based and mastodon already said it can’t, I assume lemmy is in the same situation.