Chat Control enriches Europe's surveillance state

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The European Union has proposed a bill known as CSAR (often referred to as Chat Control), which was proposed as a way to protect children online through the use of mandatory client-side scanning of encrypted messages.

Specifically, the bill would:

  • Mandate scanning of all private chats, messages, and emails for suspicious content, including on end-to-end encrypted services
  • Use AI and other technologies to scan content before it is encrypted or transmitted
  • Apply to all communication services, including messaging apps, email providers, and cloud storage services

Despite the fact that protecting children's safety requires end-to-end encryption, regulators have attempted to push Chat Control as the answer.

Lets not sugarcoat it: the chat control proposal is designed to take away freedoms from the average person and enrich governmental surveillance powers. Why else would EU interior ministers want to exempt themselves from the scanning? Or, why would Germany want to reduce sentences for those who posess or distribute illegal material?

Think about the children they say out loud, while exempting themselves from their own proposed regulation. It isn't about the children, it's about control over the collective consciousness of citizens in the European Union.