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To break encryption, or not to break encryption, that is the question. Across the continent, tech-native Europeans are spinning up new large language models (LLMs) and artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Secure encrypted messaging app Signal said that the EU proposal to scan all citizens' private messages would work as targeted spyware. What's been nicknamed by its critics, Chat Control, is the ...

This article first appeared in EU Tech Loop and has been published as part of a partnership with Euronews. Any opinions expressed do not reflect Euronews. On September 12, European Member States will ...

A European content scanning proposal intended to enhance online child safety stalled after German lawmakers voiced opposition and member states canceled a planned vote on the measure's adoption. The ...

European lawmakers have been implementing a way to circumvent end-to-end encryption to address child sexual abuse material ("CSAM") - what some activists term the "Chat Control" law. End-to-end ...

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A proposed European law that could require communications companies, including WhatsApp, Signal and Facebook Messenger, to scan the contents of private and encrypted messages for child abuse material ...

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In fall 2025, posts multiplied on social media expressing privacy concerns over a supposed piece of legislation by the European Union designed to combat the spread of child pornography. People claimed ...

European tech companies have written to ministers across the European Union (EU) urging them not to support a proposed regulation on child sexual abuse that could undermine the security of internet ...

EU’s Chat Control law would force apps to scan every message, photo and video pre-encryption. Supporters say it fights child abuse material, while critics warn of mass surveillance. Weakening ...