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Council to greenlight Chat Contol on June 19th - Patrick Breyer (MEP Pirate Party) (www.patrick-breyer.de)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Belgian Council presidency seems set to greenlight Chat Control on Wednesday 19 June.
This confirms fears: the proponents of Chat Control want to exploit the situation after the European Elections, in which there is less public attention and the European Parliament is not yet constituted.
If Chat Control makes it through the Council now, there is a risk that the Parliament in its new composition will not fight as fiercely as before and surrender our previous wins.

Timeline

On Thursday, 13 June, ministers were set to debate a progress report. (Find a recording here) The Belgian Council presidency announced that they will present a new compromise proposal afterwards. According to documents leaked by netzpolitik.org, the session to seek an agreement on it will already take place on Wednesday, 19 June.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure which court you're talking about.
But this has been going on for years, they're trying again and again. After the last proposal was deadlocked in the Council they now narrowed the scope slightly by excluding text messages, which seems to work as France is wavering on it's contra-stance.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/illegal-to-break-encryption-the-european-court-of-human-rights-rules

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not illegal when you have to "consent" or basically be unable to use any chat service properly. At least that is what they seem to think. I am no legal expert in that matter but it's still shitty that they are effectively trying to force you to consent to it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Its most likely still absolutely illegal and for that part Abuse of law. The GDPR would fuck them in the ass for this as well. They just keep making these things against a windmill. Let's be real, these authoritarian politicians need to be put to sleep and the pressure on the courts need to increase significantly to never allow such things.