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this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2025
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Chat control mandates a piece of software on your device that spies on what you do and sends that to the government and their partners.
Chat control does not protect children.
Chat control is a way for governments to stay in front of any dissent and organizing efforts from it's citizens. This makes it safer and easier to take away rights and ultimately gives a path away from democracy.
This is what the article says:
What's been nicknamed by its critics, Chat Control, is the European Commission's response to online child safety. As per the latest iteration of the text, all messaging platforms operating in the EU would be obliged to scan all URLs, pictures, and videos shared by their users in the lookout for child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
I feel like the execution is going to be on this level:
Ying Jang’s Seefood app