Overview

• Elon Musk reposted Pavel Durov's statement about a French push within the EU to enable authorities to check users' messages, and he has not added his own comment.
• Durov warned that phones would become a "spy tool" if the measure passes and said Telegram sent an in-app alert to all users in France.
• The proposal, often referred to as Chat Control 2, would require providers to scan private messages, emails, and cloud storage for child sexual abuse material using AI.
• The requirements would cover major services in the EU, including WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal, by mandating client-side detection of prohibited content.
• EUObserver reported the Council of the EU postponed an October vote on the measure, and Russian official Kirill Dmitriev condemned it as censorship worse than the USSR.