
Brussels Hits Pause—for Now—on Chat Control
The Danish presidency backtracks and drops the obligation to spy on private communications, but leaves the door open to a future EU-wide mandate.

The Danish presidency backtracks and drops the obligation to spy on private communications, but leaves the door open to a future EU-wide mandate.

“Once Chat Control is implemented, it will mean that there is a legal process to mandate that all information be made available to authorities at all times.”

The Merz government is moving forward with proposed legislation to restrict individual rights, without explanation for why that is needed.

Young people who experienced the COVID pandemic in a country with some of the toughest restrictions in Europe were mostly supportive of the measures they lived through.

As multiple civil rights groups are sounding the alarm, Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti tries to allay concerns. The emergence of a surveillance state as described in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, he said, was a “far-off” prospect.