The EU council of ministers has failed to pass a very controversial new regulation known as Chat Control. It would require apps like Whatsapp, Signal and Telegram to scan private messages before they are sent to the receiver in an attempt to combat the spread of unlawful content on these apps. The proposal by Swedish commissioner Ylva Johansson would allow all pictures and videos sent on these apps to be scanned and it would put an end to fully private and encrypted communication in the EU. In the council, the vote failed (but barely) due to the resistance of Germany and some other member states that argue that this is a huge and non-proportional violation of the basic right to privacy in the European Union.
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