Overview

• The German Interior Ministry under Alexander Dobrindt declined to clearly oppose the EU’s proposed “Chatkontrolle” when answering a Green MP’s parliamentary question.
• The measure would mandate automated scanning of all private internet communications to detect child sexual abuse material and effectively ban secure end-to-end encryption.
• Rights activists and opposition lawmakers warn the proposal would undermine fundamental freedoms by subjecting activists, journalists and ordinary users to mass surveillance.
• Denmark, as the current holder of the EU Council presidency, has placed the CSA regulation atop its agenda, but member states remain deadlocked without consensus.
• Experts note that law enforcement agencies already possess ample evidence but lack resources to act, raising doubts over whether broad monitoring would improve child protection.