Europe's future is at stake: Open letter against Chat Control
6 hours ago
- #Encryption
- #Privacy
- #DigitalSovereignty
- European SMEs and privacy-focused companies oppose the proposed EU Regulation on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), known as Chat Control, due to its threat to privacy and encryption.
- The regulation would require scanning all messages, including encrypted ones, effectively banning secure communication and creating backdoors.
- Tuta Mail and over 40 European companies, along with the European Digital SME Alliance, urge EU ministers to reject the draft law to protect digital sovereignty.
- The proposed regulation undermines Europe's economic independence and national security by weakening encryption and making European businesses less competitive.
- SMEs would be disproportionately affected by the high costs of implementing client-side scanning, potentially forcing them out of the market.
- The CSA Regulation contradicts Europe's cybersecurity goals, such as those outlined in NIS2, the Cyber Resilience Act, and the Cybersecurity Act.
- The open letter calls for rejecting mass surveillance measures, protecting encryption, and ensuring EU regulation strengthens European SMEs' competitiveness.