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   Mike Powell to All   
   Chat Control: Germany, Be   
   02 Oct 25 09:36:27   
   
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   Chat Control: Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Sweden shift their positions ahead   
   of the October 14 meeting   
      
   Date:   
   Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:19:35 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Pressure within the EU Council, and domestically, has led to some nations   
   changing their position on the controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation   
   (CSAR). Yet, support remains stronger.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Less than two weeks away from another crucial meeting, EU nations are    
   shifting their position on the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR).    
      
   Germany previously made headlines for joining the countries opposing    
   mandatory chat scanning . Yet, according to the latest data , the nation is   
   now back among the undecided countries  and so is Belgium. On a more positive   
   note, the likes of Italy, Sweden, and Latvia went from backing the bill to   
   being undecided.    
      
   Support for the controversial proposal to scan all European citizens' chat   
   remains stronger, though, with 12 countries backing the bill at the time of   
   writing.    
      
   What's been nicknamed Chat Control seeks to introduce new obligations for all   
   messaging services operating in Europe to scan users' chats  even if they're   
   encrypted  in the search for both known and unknown CSAM material. A measure   
   that has attracted strong criticism among political ranks and the tech   
   industry alike.    
      
   Now, pressure from within the EU Council and domestically has led to some   
   changes among member representatives. That's something that could seriously   
   affect the outcome of the meeting with the EU Justice Minister set for    
   October 14.   
      
   "A disinformation campaign"    
      
   EU Council members were called to share their final positions on the Danish   
   proposal of Chat Control on September 12, 2025. The bill failed to attract    
   the necessary support yet again, but the Danish presidency decided to move   
   forward nevertheless.    
      
   As a source with knowledge of the matter told TechRadar back then, Danes were   
   expected to use the time left before October 14 to try to convince some of    
   the member states to reconsider their position.    
      
   In this regard, the German jurist and former Member of the European   
   Parliament, Patrick Breyer, reported that during the September 12 meeting,   
   Denmark claimed that the European Parliament would refuse to extend the   
   voluntary scanning law if the Council didn't find an agreement.    
      
   That's something that Breyer previously deemed as a " political backmail "   
   and, now, called out as a "blatant lie."   
      
   "There is no such decision by the European Parliament. There has not even    
   been a discussion on this issue," Breyer said. "We are witnessing a shameless   
   disinformation campaign to force an unprecedented mass scanning law upon 450   
   million Europeans."    
      
   Lobbying is clearly working on the likes of Germany, which is thought to be a   
   decisive factor in the Chat Control saga.    
      
   Breyer is now calling all EU governments, but especially Germany, "not to    
   fall for this blatant manipulation."    
      
   He said: "To sacrifice the fundamental right to digital privacy and secure   
   encryption based on a fabrication would be a catastrophic failure of    
   political and moral leadership."   
      
   What's next?    
      
   The EU Council is now set to meet with the EU Justice Minister on October 14.   
   What was previously thought to be only a formal sign-off is now deciding   
   whether or not the proposal will land in the Parliament for the final    
   trilogue negotiations.    
      
   If Chat Control manages to survive the next step, "our only chance is that    
   the Parliament defends encryption in the trilogue negotiations," Director of   
   Government Affairs and Advocacy at the Internet Society, Callum Voge, told   
   TechRadar.    
      
   Experts have long argued against the privacy and security dangers of    
   so-called client-side scanning and the risks of undermining encryption. A   
   concern that has pushed over 500 scientists to sign an open letter for the   
   third time since 2022. Something that some of the best VPN providers slam as    
   " a major step backwards for privacy ," too.    
      
   Chat Control is far from being the only proposal that could endanger   
   encryption protections for Europeans  and VPNs may also become a target next   
   time, as some EU experts explicitly mentioned them as "key challenges" to   
   investigative work.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/chat-control-germany-belgiu   
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