The EU still wants to scan your private chats – here's what you can do about it
The controversial EU proposal to scan citizens' private communications on the lookout for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is back on regulators' agenda.
Hungary, the country that now heads the Council of Europe after Belgium, has resurrected what's been deemed by critics as Chat Control, and MEPs are expected to vote on it at the end of the month. After proposing a new version in June, the Belgian presidency had to take the proposal off the agenda last minute amid harsh backlash.
Popular encrypted messaging apps, including Signal and Threema, have already announced their intention to rather shut down their operations in the EU instead of undermining users' privacy. Keep reading as I walk you through what we know so far, and how one of the best VPN apps could help in case the proposal becomes law.
As per the new version of Chat Control leaked by Politico on Monday, September 9, communications providers would be free to decide whether or not to use artificial intelligence to flag images and text chats as suspicious.
