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EU states push to legalise mass scanning of private messages

Original: Chat control: EU states want to legalize comprehensive mass scans indirectly > on Tuesday, internal documents from the C

Leaked internal documents from the Council of Ministers show EU member states are pursuing a new tactic to enforce comprehensive surveillance of private communications, reviving the controversial chat control debate. Critics say the plan would legalise mass scans of citizens' messages indirectly, bypassing earlier opposition to blanket monitoring of encrypted communications.

Why now: Newly leaked Council documents reveal a revived strategy for the EU's contested chat control surveillance plans.

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