Meredith Whittaker
mer__edith_at_mastodon.world@momostr.pink
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President of [@signalapp](https://mastodon.world/@signalapp )
📣Official statement: the new EU chat controls proposal for mass scanning is the same old surveillance with new branding.
Whether you call it a backdoor, a front door, or “upload moderation” it undermines encryption & creates significant vulnerabilities
https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/upload-moderation.pdf


Signal strongly opposes the newest #ChatControl proposal in Europe.
Let there be no doubt: we will leave the EU market rather than undermine our privacy guarantees.
This proposal--if passed and enforced against us--would require us to make this choice.
It's surveillance wine in safety bottles.
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@Patrick Breyer

Patrick Breyer
Majority for chat control possible – Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharing photos and links
The highly controversial indiscriminate child sexual abuse regulation (so-called chat control) could still be endorsed by EU governments after all,...
