Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig said on Thursday that while officials must “make progress in the fight against child pornography,” including at the EU level, “even the worst crimes do not justify the surrender of fundamental civil rights.”
Massenhaftes Scannen privater Nachrichten muss in einem Rechtsstaat tabu sein. "Solchen Vorschlägen wird Deutschland auf EU-Ebene nicht zustimmen", betont Bundesjustizministerin Stefanie Hubig. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/74cWYOy9TX
CDU MP Ronja Kemmer agreed that “we must do more in the fight against child abuse online, but suspicionless monitoring of encrypted communication … is completely disproportionate and cannot be an instrument!”
The fight against child pornography is often touted as a phoney ‘justification’ for handing Brussels the ability to read every piece of digital communication sent by an EU citizen. The proposal has likewise been criticised by conservative MEPs and communication companies—such as Swiss email provider Proton Mail, which describes itself as “the world’s largest secure email service,” and the Signal messaging app—that use end-to-end encryption.
Reports this week also say that while Chat Control was scheduled to be voted on at the next meeting of EU interior ministers, it has now been removed from the agenda. But campaigners warn that while the proposals have been knocked back, they are not yet completely gone.
Sebastián Lukomski, from the campaign group CitizensGO, stressed on Wednesday that “the EU will still try to ram this through, however they can.”
Let’s keep the pressure on. It’s not over until it’s over!
Activists in Poland are also keeping up the pressure and this week delivered well over 200,000 signatures “from outraged citizens opposing the European Union’s scandalous plans to introduce the so-called ‘Chat Control’” to Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek.
Dziś razem z @lukomski_sebito przekazaliśmy Ministrowi @w_zurek 212 063 podpisów oburzonych obywateli przeciwnych skandalicznym planom Unii Europejskiej wprowadzenia tzw. „Chat Control”. 🇪🇺❗️
Na ten moment Polska zapowiada, że zagłosuje przeciw, ale chyba nikt z nas nie wierzy… pic.twitter.com/eyICIAHDgR
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
