EU Proposal for Chat Control

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The EU still wants to scan your private chats – here's what you can do about it

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Controversial EU proposal to scan citizens' private communications on the lookout for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is back on regulators' agenda.

Hungary , the country that now heads the Council of Europe after Belgium , has resurrected what's been deemed by critics as Chat Control , and MEPs are expected to vote on it at the end of the month .

Popular encrypted messaging apps, including Signal and Threema , have already announced their intention to shut down their operations in the EU .

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