PU 6: Chat Control Denied
For now, the EU's Chat Control legislation has been halted by German opposition. What is this new law? And why is it so dangerous?
Series - Punching Upwards
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a EU Commission meeting in May (Omar Havana)
The vote by EU member states on the proposed Chat Control legislation has been put on hold after the German government has said it will not support the current draft of the law. What is Chat Control and why would passing this law be a very bad idea? In this episode of PUNCHING UPWARDS:, I attempt to answer those questions.
Sources:
- Why chat control is so dangerous, Netzpolitik.org, 2021
- Chat Control: The EU Wants to Break Encryption & Germany Is The Deciding Factor, Tuta, 24 September 2025
- RFC 4949: Internet Security Glossary, Version 2, Robert Shirey, IETF Network Working Group, 2007
- Doomed to Repeat History? – Lessons from the Crypto Wars of the 1990s, Danielle Kehl, Andi Wilson, Kevin Bankston, 2015
- Bugs in Our Pockets: The Risks of Client-Side Scanning, Abelson, Anderson, Bellovin et al., 2021
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Laying Down Rules to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse, The European Commission, 2022
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