Overview

• Signal president Meredith Whittaker told dpa the app would leave Europe rather than weaken end-to-end encryption or implement client-side scanning.
• Reporting points to 14 October for a possible EU Council decision on the proposal, with Germany’s yet-to-be-declared position expected in the coming days.
• Germany’s Interior, Justice and Digital ministries have declined to state a stance, and Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger said he would not weigh in "from the sidelines."
• The draft regulation would compel messaging services to scan content on devices before encryption, a measure the European Parliament opposed while several member states in the Council signaled support under Denmark’s presidency.
• Legal concerns have intensified, with the EU Council Legal Service judging the current draft likely unlawful and a 2024 ECHR ruling stating that weakening encryption for all users would violate human-rights protections.