"If you oppose Digital ID, take the Pledge and get it in the post" – Rob
Take the Pledge. Post it. Scrap Digital ID.
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The EU now wants to be able to read your private chats directly
Not because you're suspected of a crime
Not because there's a warrant with your name on it
But because the proposal would require private messages, images, and files to be scanned for illegal content before privacy can truly exist
That's the part that should concern everyone reading this
The issue isn't just what the system is looking for today. It's the precedent it creates. Once the infrastructure exists to inspect private communications, the scope of what gets scanned can always be expanded by future legislation
History has shown that surveillance powers rarely become narrower over time, they tend to grow and become wider
End-to-end encryption has always been built on a simple promise: your conversation belongs to you and the person you're talking to. If every message must first be analyzed by software before it's allowed to remain private, then privacy is no longer the starting point, Inspection becomes the new starting point
This is much bigger than one piece of legislation
It's about redefining what private communication means in the digital age. Once governments normalize the idea that every private conversation should be subject to automated inspection, it becomes much harder to argue that any conversation is truly private at all
Bruhhhhhhhhhhh
The current version of Chat Control is not only bad for privacy, it is also a sovereignty risk giving US big-tech the power to syphon data to US NCMEC.
NCMEC acts as central hub that checks vast amounts of data, accessible by US intelligence services.
@EPPGroup, shame on you.
To be clear: the KIDS Act does not "empower parents." It will require every user to provide verified identity data to access the internet. Tech companies will be incentivized to collect massive amounts of behavioral data on children to ensure compliance with the law.
The bill also creates a new government agency to create the rules on age verification.
Parents need tools, not government mandates that are effectively a digital ID.
everyone who voted for chat control should not be in the EU parliament
realistically though, what are they gonna do? force all ISPs to install DPI nodes and block all e2ee messaging platforms that don't comply with scanning? just like china and russia? for real?
The EU is trying to revive 'chat control,' a legislative proposal that allows tech companies to scan your messages, images, and files for illegal content
To my EU friends: The European Parliament are attempting, for the sixth time time - after five rejected attempts! - to force through Chat Control, a measure that will fundamentally undermine your right to privacy online. Don't let them!
https://t.co/WXE9KKNNzc
You don't need mass surveillance to protect kids.
Something anyone can post for any of these propaganda accounts that are arguing practical parental controls do not currently exist.
Detailed checklist in the replies.