News “EU Revives Plan to Ban Private Messaging”

[NonNTFailure]

• August 4, 2025, 12:57 PM ET

The European Union is still wrestling with a controversial plan that would turn private messaging services into surveillance tools. For over three years, talks have stalled over whether providers should be forced to scan every user’s messages for possible illegal material and forward anything suspicious to law enforcement.

The European Commission is still pushing for a universal scanning requirement.

In contrast, the European Parliament insists any checks should apply only to unencrypted messages from people already under suspicion. Attempts to strike a deal have repeatedly fallen apart, with Poland the latest presidency to walk away without an agreement.

July brought a change in leadership of the Council of the EU, with Denmark stepping in and putting chat scanning back at the top of the legislative pile. Copenhagen wants this handled as a priority and wasted no time tabling a new draft on its very first day in charge.

Leaked records from a closed door July meeting show the Danish text closely tracks earlier proposals from Belgium and Hungary, with no concessions for encrypted conversations. A softer version from Poland, which would have made scanning voluntary and left encrypted chats alone, has been dropped entirely.

Out of 27 EU countries, 20 spoke during the July debate, each lodging what officials call a “comprehensive audit reservation.” Germany summed up the atmosphere by noting, “the familiar mood was clear.

Italy, Spain, and Hungary have been in favor of mandatory chat scanning from the start. France could tip the balance since blocking the plan requires four countries representing at least 35 percent of the EU’s population. Paris has moved from tentative support to saying it could “basically support the proposal.”

Others remain cautious or opposed. Belgium, despite earlier enthusiasm, admits encrypted scanning is “a difficult topic nationally.” Estonia reports a “national conflict between security authorities and data protection officers regarding encryption and client-side scanning.” Austria is bound by a parliamentary vote against mandatory scanning or undermining encryption, a stance shared by the Netherlands. Luxembourg and Slovenia say they are still “not yet convinced.”

Poland warns the scheme weakens cybersecurity and opens the door to “attacks from abroad,” calling consent requirements meaningless because “it is not voluntary.” Germany has opposed encrypted scanning for two years but has yet to confirm whether the new government will stick to that position.

The Council’s own Legal Service concluded long ago that the plan clashes with fundamental rights. Their view remains: “The core problems of access to communications of potentially all users remain unchanged.” They stress that “client-side scanning is a violation of human rights and does not depend on the type of technology.”

Despite years of warnings from technologists, lawyers, and privacy campaigners, the decision now appears to hinge more on politics than evidence. Denmark has already circulated a lightly revised second draft. The next round of Council negotiations is set for September 12, with advocates hoping for final adoption by October 14.

Patrick Breyer, former MEP for Germany’s Pirate Party, says governments that opposed chat control last year are now wavering “even though the 2025 plan is even more extreme.”

If France and Germany swing behind Denmark’s push, Europe could soon see the largest government-mandated inspection of private communications in its history, conducted directly on people’s devices before encryption can protect them. For many, that would mark the end of truly private messaging in the EU.

TLDR for dnrcels: Basically several countries under the EU just approved of having your private messages monitored. Digital Authoritarianism is spreading across Europe.

EU Revives Plan to Ban Private Messaging

The EU is inching toward the biggest peacetime surveillance experiment in its history, with plans to quietly search every private message before you hit send.

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[Trident]

At first ZOG tests things in PRC then they implements it worldwide

 

[Wrath]

 

[hatepilledandrich]

We need a final plan for these retarded boomers.

 

[PersonalityChad]

We need a final plan for these retarded boomers.

Retarded boomers will be replaced with retarded Gen Xers and retarded millennials

 

[NonNTFailure]

At first ZOG tests things in PRC then they implements it worldwide

Hmm makes one ponder why other countries are following suit with similar Digital “Safety” bills even though the UK left the EU in 2020.. HMMMMM

 

[hatepilledandrich]

Retarded boomers will be replaced with retarded Gen Xers

I might finally move out of this cucked continent.

 

[Ambatukam Alone]

the European Parliament insists any checks should apply only to unencrypted messages from people already under suspicion

Under suspicion of what, brocels?

 

[gluttony]

I already stated this in my thread but yeah, chat control is ASS fortunately our last bastion of freedom Tor shouldn't be affected. However I'll see this getting defeated in courts especially by countries like Germany who endured years of communist rule and the boomers still remember those days of being under Stalin's rule.

 

[Divineone]

Keep scrolling goy.just my regular checking for any antisemitic posts

 

[lnceI]

Jfl

 

[NonNTFailure]

I already stated this in my thread but yeah, chat control is ASS fortunately our last bastion of freedom Tor shouldn't be affected. However I'll see this getting defeated in courts especially by countries like Germany who endured years of communist rule and the boomers still remember those days of being under Stalin's rule.

I’ve already got Tor installed on my laptop, glad to know that at least my tranime coping and forum usage will live on in a browser I sort-of use..

 

[gluttony]

I’ve already got Tor installed on my laptop, glad to know that at least my tranime coping and forum usage will live on in a browser I sort-of use..

there are so many ways of getting passed these restrictions and in the UK's OSA there was a similar proposal however it said that they won't use it unless it is "technically feasible" which is very vague.

 

[Sir Waco]

in a few years i am 100% certain i will get arrested because i said bad things on inkwell forums

 

[Shark]

I need to get out of Europe before it's too late

 

[Vilsonicvs]

use tor to avoid internet censorship, spread the word

 

[SilentShadow]

Oy vey

 

[8CbZA-kHFu6pFgE*]

in a few years i am 100% certain i will get arrested because i said bad things on inkwell forums

I dont think Balkan Countries need to worry about such issues, its central, North and West Europa that need to worry

 

[Sir Waco]

I dont think Balkan Countries need to worry about such issues, its central, North and West Europa that need to worry

boyo half of the balkans is in EU, including my territory

 

[Emba]

They should goer on all there traitors

 

[8CbZA-kHFu6pFgE*]

boyo half of the balkans is in EU, including my territory

My point is that Balkan countries tend to be more corrupt and less "serious" than e.g. Central Europe, so there is a good chance they will barely give a shit or enforce new EU laws and policis

 

[St.Greypiller]

• August 4, 2025, 12:57 PM ET

TLDR for dnrcels: Basically several countries under the EU just approved of having your private messages monitored. Digital Authoritarianism is spreading across Europe.

EU Revives Plan to Ban Private Messaging

The EU is inching toward the biggest peacetime surveillance experiment in its history, with plans to quietly search every private message before you hit send.

reclaimthenet.org

Over.

 

[VersoffenerAssi]

I don't write private messages.
But fuck the EU

 

[Sir Waco]

My point is that Balkan countries tend to be more corrupt and less "serious" than e.g. Central Europe, so there is a good chance they will barely give a shit or enforce new EU laws and policis

yea from your german perspective theyre less serious but my countries government is literally full of atlanticist cucks who suck off the EU like nothing else, they always successfully meet the mandatory immigrant quota ordered by the EU, what makes you think they wont ride the authoritarian wave. Also just cuz theyre corrupt doesnt mean theyre incapable, here corruption refers to politicians driving BMWs, putting money in their pockets, getting away with breaking the law etc, they will definitely give a shit since theyre reliant on how the EU views Croatia (its positive for now but they will need to maintain that).

 

[Sir Waco]

yea from your german protective theyre less serious but my countries government is literally full of atlanticist cucks who suck off the EU like nothing else, they always successfully meet the mandatory immigrant quota ordered by the EU, what makes you think they wont ride the authoritarian wave. Also just cuz theyre corrupt doesnt mean theyre incapable, here corruption refers to politicians driving BMWs, putting money in their pockets, getting away with breaking the law etc, they will definitely give a shit since theyre reliant on how the EU views Croatia (its positive for now but they will need to maintain that).

Cancer starts in Germany and spreads out to the rest of the Union

 

[anglocelticcel]

It was NEVER about safety

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

I already stated this in my thread but yeah, chat control is ASS fortunately our last bastion of freedom Tor shouldn't be affected.

Hopefully Tor will be better for using this forum then it used to be, the first few months here I've been using it exclusively and it was very clunky, I ended up doubleposting regularly, had to log in every 20 minutes or so, and so on.

 

[Sir Waco]

yea from your german perspective theyre less serious but my countries government is literally full of atlanticist cucks who suck off the EU like nothing else, they always successfully meet the mandatory immigrant quota ordered by the EU, what makes you think they wont ride the authoritarian wave. Also just cuz theyre corrupt doesnt mean theyre incapable, here corruption refers to politicians driving BMWs, putting money in their pockets, getting away with breaking the law etc, they will definitely give a shit since theyre reliant on how the EU views Croatia (its positive for now but they will need to maintain that).

also look at this boyo

it's like i live in the UK

 

[yeetbender_]

We need a final plan for these retarded boomers.

Genocide is a must atp.

 

[Glassness]

Scorched earth

 

[Misogynist Vegeta]

The EU is slowly becoming a dystopian shithole.

 

[KHVbrowniod]

Eurofag moment