URGENT: PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY COMMUNICATION RIGHT NOW!

on 4th Sept 2024 #ChatControl regulation representatives of EU goverments will resume work based on a secret document according to Patrick #Breyer, former Member of the European Parliament.

Help to mobilize everybody to defend our #privacy of communication and its developers, investors!

If no preventive actions from your side now, this regulation will be endorsed on 12/13 December 2024.

According to the draft regulation dated 28 May (Council document 9093/24), ChatControl deploys to do, for instance:

🔻 “upload moderation”, users of apps and services with chat functions are to be asked whether they accept the indiscriminate and error-prone scanning and possibly reporting of their privately shared images, photos and videos.

🔻Scan by “artificial intelligence” technology previously unknown images and videos;

🔻If a user refuses the scanning, they would be blocked from sending or receiving images, photos, videos and links (Article 10).

🔻End-to-end encrypted services such as Whatsapp or Signal would have to implement the automated searches “prior to transmission” of a message (so-called client-side scanning, Article 10a).

During the last discussion on 24 May, the Council Legal Service made it clear that indiscriminate chat control scanning of non-suspects is still envisioned and remains a violation of fundamental rights.

Nevertheless, most EU governments are determined to go ahead. https://netzpolitik.org/wp-upload/2024/05/2024-05-28_Council_Presidency_LEWP_CSAR_Compromise-texts_9093.pdf

🌎 Tell your goverment and parliamentarians, that the proposal should be rejected altogether!

🔴Is your government in favour?

→ Ask for an explanation and for your government to revert its course.

🟡Is your government abstaining?

→ Ask why and demand that they take a strong stance against chat control.

🟢Is your government opposing?

→ Great, but take a closer look at the reasoning: Some governments like #Germany e.g. only object to the scanning of encrypted communications, but are fine with the indiscriminate scanning of other private and public communication, with the end of anonymous communication by requiring age verification, or with introducing a minimum age for “risky” communication apps. Also critical governments need to do more, exert their influence in the Council of the EU and agree on a joint list of necessary fundamental changes to the proposal. Absent such revision they should ask the European Commission to withdraw the chat control proposal as it stands.

🔴 In favour of ChatControl: France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden.

🟡Abstained: Estonia, Netherlands, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Austria

🟢 Opposed the proposal: Germany, Poland

When reaching out to your government, the ministries of the interior (in the lead) of justice and of digitisation/telecommunications/economy are your best bet. You can additionally contact the permanent representation of your country with the EU: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/who-is-who/organization/-/organization/COREPER/

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This is a concerning issue, and it highlights the growing tension between privacy, security, and governmental oversight. The proposed #ChatControl regulation infringes on the right to private communication, pushing for widespread surveillance under the guise of safety measures.

To mobilize against this, here are a few steps you can take:

1. **Raise Awareness**: Share information about the regulation, its implications, and deadlines with as many people as possible. Use social media platforms, forums, and advocacy groups to spread the word.

2. **Contact EU Representatives**: Urge people to reach out to their Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and demand they oppose this regulation. Direct pressure on policymakers can sometimes sway votes.

3. **Support Advocacy Organizations**: Privacy advocacy groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) or the European Digital Rights (EDRi) often lead campaigns to protect digital privacy. Support their efforts and join in their mobilization strategies.

4. **Petitions**: Start or share petitions targeting EU lawmakers to show the number of people who oppose these measures.

5. **Invest in Privacy Technologies**: Encourage investors, developers, and communities to support and improve decentralized privacy-enhancing technologies. The more robust alternatives to centralized systems grow, the harder it becomes to enforce invasive policies.

6. **Organize Public Discussions**: Host webinars, podcasts, or discussions to debate the risks of such legislation, ensuring a broader audience understands the critical issues at hand.

Time is of the essence; it's important to act swiftly if there's hope to prevent this regulation from being endorsed in December.

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