The Hungarian presidency in the Council of the EU has proposed another text for the #ChatControl file.
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The Hungarian presidency in the Council of the EU has proposed another text for the #ChatControl file. It is to be discussed by the law enforcement working party in Council on Monday (23 September).
Experts widely criticise Chat Control e.g. for attacking #E2EE, IT-security and violating (European) fundamental rights.
The #GlobalEncryptionCoalition now warns that the Hungarian proposal fails to resolve the problems of the regulation and calls on governments to reject it:
https://www.globalencryption.org/2024/09/gec-steering-committee-statement-on-9-september-text-of-the-european-csa-regulation/ -
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Meeting notes, leaked to and published by @netzpolitik_feed (German), show that the Council's own legal service warns that the new proposal by Hungary does not solve the previously criticised incompatibility of the #ChatControl file with European law.
https://netzpolitik.org/2024/interne-dokumente-sperrminoritaet-gegen-chatkontrolle-wackelt/#comment-2586225 -
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Last year at #FreedomNotFear, #ChatControl was widely discussed. A session examined the state of the legislative process, @edri shared experiences in discussing the file with policy-makers and activists connected with each other. Some participants then took action together by scheduling meetings and advocating towards MEPs to reject the indiscriminate scanning of everyone's communications. MEPs shortly after positioned themselves against those parts of the proposal and made this the EP position.
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