Europe’s new chat police: Chat Control legislation nudges forward in the EU

cointelegraph.com

Posted by sovereign in Privacy

EU governments agree to push forward with child sexual abuse Chat Control rules, but a compromise keeps voluntary scanning alive, leaving privacy advocates fuming.

The existing CSAM framework is set to expire on April 3, 2026, and is on track to be replaced by the new legislation, pending detailed negotiations with European Parliament lawmakers.

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov pointed out that EU officials were exempt from having their messages monitored. He commented in a post on X, “The EU weaponizes people’s strong emotions about child protection to push mass surveillance and censorship. Their surveillance law proposals conveniently exempted EU officials from having their own messages scanned.”

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https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-chat-control-regulation-advances-encryption-privacy-debate

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Yolli wrote

What effects will this have on i2p?

Imo at first they will ignore i2p, because of its small size. Once the regulations grip the clear-web/ open internet, I estimate in a decade or two, they will give attention to banning/blocking or changing i2p.

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sovereign OP wrote (edited )

I would expect that some European countries will join the Strict Countries list.

Relevant conversation

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paw_slut wrote

Due to the way I2P works, it's harder to block than Tor. It even works in China. We even had a Chinese "chan" board for a while, but it's gone now. R.I.P. Walled City...

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paw_slut wrote

Telegram was always a honeypot too, this was evident by the fact that they required a phone number for signup.

Peer-to-Peer and Dark-Web chat apps with algorithmically generated user IDs that are not tied to an email, phone number, or anything else, are the way.

SimpleX, Session, Briar, and Tox are some good ones. (Careful with tox, it's true peer-to-peer, so it reveals your IP to people you chat with)

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