"Hello and thank you for writing to me about this important issue!
As a father, one of my most important concerns is effectively protecting children from dangers on the internet. For this reason, I advocate for various approaches to protecting children and young people, including technical solutions.
The chat control currently being discussed, however, misses this goal. It would be a step toward indiscriminate mass surveillance, which, in wrong hands, could lead to massive restrictions on everyone's fundamental rights.
To combat crime, it is important to take targeted measures, increase personnel, and expand international cooperation. If this does not happen and politicians instead rely on indiscriminate mass surveillance, crime will only escalate, contrary to the original objective.
I will keep a critical eye on further developments regarding chat control and all similar projects and will accordingly orient my parliamentary work toward the preservation of our fundamental rights.
Thank you very much for your commitment,
Sebastian Everding, MEP
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