Overview

• A recent leak reveals MEPs threatened to block an extension of the current voluntary CSAM scanning regime to force adoption of mandatory client-side scanning.
• Reports indicate 19 of 27 EU member states support the Chat Control proposal, with Germany still undecided ahead of the October 14 Council vote.
• The EU Council Legal Service warns the Danish-drafted text continues to violate fundamental privacy rights protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.
• Signal, Telegram and other privacy-focused platforms have threatened to withdraw European services rather than implement backdoors for automated AI scanning.
• If approved, Chat Control would embed pre-encryption AI checks into private messages as part of the wider ProtectEU security strategy, reshaping Europe’s encryption standards.