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Fight Chat Control (https://fightchatcontrol.eu) is a citizen-led initiative created to raise awareness about the European Union's proposed "Chat Control" regulation. We are not affiliated with any political party. Also on Bluesky @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social

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The European Commission continues to push to extend Chat Control 1.0, threatening your fundamental right to privacy. MEPs on the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) need to hear from you directly: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ now allows you to contact them all at once. Speak up today!

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ now allows you to contact all members of the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) with a single click.
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The European Commission is pushing hard to extend Chat Control 1.0 - allowing mass scanning of private messages without court orders for another two years. Contact your MEPs TODAY via https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ to defend your privacy and digital rights!

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Important update Thanks to the sheer volume of citizens raising their voices in opposition, the Danish Presidency has been forced to update its Chat Control compromise text to include the following recital:
 "(17a) Nothing in this Regulation should be understood as imposing any detection obligations on providers." 
 The final proposal 15318/25 containing recital 17a is now heading for Coreper (Committee of Permanent Representations). Once approved, the position formally adopted by Council will thus exclude mandatory scanning. Council is expected to officially adopt its position the 18th or 19th. We should then expect trilogue to commence. Next steps While this presents a “quick fix” in response to public pressure that legally is not a good solution, it is a much better position than before and one that can be worked with. The multiple flaws and inconsistencies that remain (e.g. mandatory age verification effectively outlawing anonymous communication and planned “voluntary” mass scanning) can be amended during trilogue with the European Parliament. While Danish Minister of Justice and Chief Architect of Chat Control Peter Hummelgaard, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, are likely to attempt an expedited process, a deal is unlikely to be reached in December. They will likely try to complete the deal in Q1 of 2026. As negotiations commence, contact your MEPs and let them know how you would like them to vote and protect your codified rights to privacy.
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What happened today? Behind closed doors, the Law Enforcement Working Party group approved the revised Danish Chat Control compromise with broad support. While mandatory scanning had officially been dropped, Article 4 of the new text reframes and reintroduces it by obliging providers of e-mail, chat, and messenger services to take “all appropriate risk mitigation measures”. This effectively forces providers to scan all messages, including private, end-to-end encrypted content. The same article outlaws anonymous communication by requiring every citizen to verify their age before accessing a service, kneecapping whistleblowers, journalists, political activists, and people seeking help who depend on anonymity. Article 6 further imposes a digital house arrest and would ban minors from installing software which comes with a significant risk of grooming, such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and online games like Roblox. What happens next? The legislation now moves to the Coreper (Committee of Permanent Representations) for approval. Without major political objections, the Council will formally adopt its position. At this stage, both the Council and Commission unite in imposing mass surveillance on all 450 million citizens of the European Union and we enter a rushed trilogue. Unfortunately, while the mandate of the European Parliament does not suffer from the same flaws, the Parliament is traditionally known for giving in. What now? We raise our voices. Louder.
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🚨 Denmark is attempting to force 2.0 through the back door TODAY!

Take action now!

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

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🇩🇪 Germany is AGAINST Chat Control:

Jens Spahn: "We as the CDU/CSU parliamentary group are against indiscriminate monitoring of chats. That would be like preemptively opening all letters to check whether there's something illegal in them. That's not acceptable, that won't happen under our watch."

Map of Europe showing opposing countries in green: NL, DE, PL, CZ, AT, SL, SK, EE, FI
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If you are 🇩🇪 German, you can now call many of your Bundestag members directly via https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ by clicking the "Call" button!

Calling Bundestag members now supported via https://fightchatcontrol.eu/.
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Peter Hummelgaard, Danish Minister of Justice, in an interview about Chat Control, remains defiant:

"I indisputably believe that surveillance creates an increased sense of security ... and given that the prerequisite for freedom is security, yes, I believe that more surveillance equates to more freedom"

Disagree? Share your thoughts via https://fightchatcontrol.eu/, or to [email protected] directly.

Danish Minister of Justice, Peter Hummelgaard.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE:

Denmark has scheduled a vote on Chat Control the 14th of October. Despite not wanting to break end-to-end encryption, 🇩🇪 Germany remains both UNDECIDED and critical to defeating the proposal.

If you are German, please take action and contact your Bundestag members today via https://fightchatcontrol.de !

Screenshot of the Fight Chat Control website (https://fightchatcontrol.eu/) in German showing the Bundestag members. It is now possible to contact Bundestag members directly to express your concerns about Chat Control.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@chatcontrol/115241974344102261

Almost there!

48 149 / 50 000 signatures!

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Opposition to Chat Control within Denmark is growing. Fast. If you are a Danish citizen, please consider signing the Chat Control petition: https://www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-forslag/?Id=FT-21156

At 50 000 signatures, it is automatically submitted to the parliament and undergoes the standard legislative process, including potential debates, review, and vote.

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Germany's position has been reverted to UNDECIDED.

Despite expressing concerns about breaking end-to-end encryption, Germany refrained from taking a definitive stance on the Chat Control proposal during the September 12th LEWP meeting. A willingness to negotiate and compromise remains.

This is an unfortunate development as Germany is crucial to defeating Chat Control.

Please make your voices heard! https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Source: https://netzpolitik.org/2025/chatkontrolle-noch-haelt-sich-widerstand/

Overview of current support and opposition for the Chat Control legislation by Patrick Breyer (https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/). Countries opposing include the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Finland, and Estonia. Undecided countries are Germany, Slovenia, Romania, and Greece. All remaining member states supports Chat Control.
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Danish Minister of Justice and chief architect of the current Chat Control proposal, Peter Hummelgaard:

"We must break with the totally erroneous perception that it is everyone's civil liberty to communicate on encrypted messaging services."

Share your thoughts via https://fightchatcontrol.eu/, or to [email protected] directly.

Source: https://www.ft.dk/samling/20231/almdel/REU/spm/1426/index.htm

Danish Minister of Justice, Peter Hummelgaard.
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Germany is AGAINST Chat Control as currently proposed!

This is a critical step, securing the blocking minority required to stop this illegal mass surveillance for now! However, the LEWP meeting is tomorrow: do not stop fighting!

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Source: https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-1108356

Germany announces opposition to the Chat Control as currently proposed by the Danish Presidency. Source: https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-1108356
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Finland announces OPPOSITION to Chat Control.

"Finland cannot support the most recent compromise proposal because it contains a detection order that has been found problematic from a constitutional standpoint."

This leaves six undecided countries:

  • Estonia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Luxembourg
  • Romania
  • Slovenia

Contact your MEPs and Permanent Representation today: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Read the Finnish statement at: https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-european-union-affairs-discusses-proposal-for-eu-regulation-on-combating-sexual-violence-against-children

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IMPORTANT UPDATE:

🇨🇿 Czech Republic is now OPPOSED to Chat Control, as announced by Prime Minister Petr Fiala:

"On behalf of myself and the entire TOTAL coalition, I want to say clearly: we will not allow the monitoring of citizens' private correspondence. We do not agree that any emails or messages on platforms such as WhatsApp or Messenger can be monitored. Protecting our children is important, but we have to do it differently."

This now leaves eight undecided member states.