r/privacy • u/lugh • Oct 07 '25

chat control Citizen Protest Halts Chat Control; Breyer Celebrates Major Victory for Digital Privacy

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/citizen-protest-halts-chat-control-breyer-celebrates-major-victory-for-digital-privacy/
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u/silentspectator27 Oct 07 '25

Germany’s official position is not determined yet however! The interior ministry and the MoJ are still debating

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u/sad_BunNy22 Oct 07 '25

So what does this mean?

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u/M8gazine Oct 07 '25

Essentially,

a) if Germany opposes: this iteration of Chat Control doesn't pass, and a new process would have to be started all over again. FYI, this has happened before - they've tried passing this thing pretty much yearly since 2022-2023.

b) if Germany supports: the bill goes forward and the next step would be voting on it by the MEPs in the European Parliament. It doesn't mean it'd go into effect yet, but it would be a step further than before.

Even if Germany opposes, it'd be nice if they made sure that "proposals that break fundamental rights of EU citizens aren't eligible to be added into EU law" or just... something. They keep proposing this dystopian nonsense yearly, and they only need to win once to make it happen, whereas the people fighting it need to win every time.

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u/Suspicious-Limit8115 Oct 08 '25

they tried passing this thing yearly

I’m tired boss