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Will the Eu Scan All Citizens' Chats for Prohibited Content? Danes Present New, Clean-Cut Proposal

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The controversial proposal to scan the private communications of all 450 million Europeans for prohibited content, dubbed ChatControl, is back on the table...

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The controversial proposal to scan the private communications of all 450 million Europeans for prohibited content, dubbed ChatControl, is back on the table...

·Antwerp, Belgium
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The EU is considering introducing censorship of online communications. Under the guise of combating child sexual abuse material, a working group of EU experts has agreed to monitor online communications. Since the idea is highly controversial, many indications are that it will be implemented piecemeal. At first glance, chat control will be for those who want it. On Wednesday, a working group in the Council of the European Union accepted Denmark'…

Poland will not agree to the introduction of mandatory scanning of instant messaging messages, Krzysztof Gawkowski, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs, declared in an interview with the Polish Press Agency. This is a response to Denmark's proposal, which calls for voluntary content scanning by service providers under the EU's Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) regulation. Although the proposal is a compromise, it raises concer…

Until recently, it seemed that the controversial proposal for monitoring people called Chat Control had been definitively swept off the table in the European Union. However, on Wednesday this week, a new proposal on monitoring and controlling internet communications was submitted to the EU Council working group. According to some experts on internet communications and digital law, this is essentially a compromise compared to the previous proposa…

The "ChatControl" provision has been removed from the new version of the draft European regulation aimed at protecting minors online. But for former German MEP Patrick Breyer, a new article, introduced by Denmark, would have the same objective: to impose yet another obligation on encrypted messaging services to detect our conversations.

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De Morgen broke the news in Antwerp, Belgium on Sunday, November 16, 2025.
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