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   Its official! Germany will not agree to Chat Control  here's everything we   
   know   
      
   Date:   
   Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:53:27 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   EU members are again expected to share their final position on the   
   controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) on October 14.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   It's official  Germany is voting against the controversial Child Sexual Abuse   
   Regulation (CSAR).    
      
    Chat Control seeks to introduce an obligation for all messaging apps   
   operating in Europe to scan all URLs, pictures, and videos shared by their   
   users in the lookout for child sexual abuse material (CSAM).    
      
   Yet, the proposal has been attracting strong criticism for the implications    
   on privacy and security.    
      
   On Wednesday (October 7, 2025), German Federal Justice Minister Stefanie    
   Hubig said that random chat monitoring must remain taboo in a constitutional   
   state. For this reason, "Germany will not agree to such proposals at the EU   
   level," said Hubig.    
      
   The German government nonetheless reiterated the need for progress in the   
   fight against child pornography at the EU level.    
      
   "I am committed to this. But even the worst crimes do not justify the   
   surrender of fundamental civil rights," Hubig added. "A major victory for   
   digital privacy"    
      
   The announcements come after weeks of mixed messages coming from the German   
   government, right ahead of a crucial meeting set for October 14.    
      
   After joining the countries opposing mandatory chat scanning in September,    
   the nation was among the countries that had been shifting their positions   
   ahead of the important day when it went back to the undecided list.    
      
   The country has been thought to be a decisive nation, with the CSU-led    
   Federal Ministry of the Interior reportedly putting pressure on the German   
   Federal Ministry of Justice (SPD) to back up the law.   
      
   The decision to reject Chat Control has been welcomed by many.    
      
   Former MEP for the German Pirate Party and digital rights jurist, Patrick   
   Breyer, sees the move as "a major victory for digital privacy."    
      
    Encryption is indeed the tech that the likes of Signal, WhatsApp, Proton    
   Mail , and even the best VPNs use to scramble the content of our messages    
   into an unreadable form to prevent unauthorized access and keep our   
   communications private and secure.    
      
   "This is a tremendous victory for freedom and proves that protest works,"    
   said Breyer. "But the threat is not gone. The proponents of Chat Control will   
   use every trick in the book and will not give up easily."    
      
   On a similar note, Internet Society's Senior Director for European Government   
   and Regulatory Affairs, David Frautschy, told TechRadar: "The Danish proposal   
   remains on the table, and its core flaw remains unchanged: it would mandate   
   client-side scanning of everyones private messages, analyzing images on the   
   senders device before encryption."    
      
   The EU Council is, in fact, set to meet with the EU Justice Minister on   
   October 14. What was previously thought to be only a formal sign-off would    
   now decide whether or not the proposal will land in the Parliament for the   
   final trilogue negotiations.    
      
   Privacy campaigners, however, said they are ready to keep combat against any   
   plans to weaken encryption.    
      
   "We will keep fighting until this proposal is defeated once and for all, and   
   the privacy of our digital lives is secure for everyone," said Breyer. "Now    
   is the moment to support the civil rights organizations that made this    
   victory possible, so we are prepared for the fight ahead."   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/its-official-germany-will-n   
   ot-agree-to-chat-control-heres-everything-we-know   
      
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