Il controllo della chat è in dirittura d’arrivo – Diritti Digitali Europei (EDRi)

So they dropped mandatory message scanning, yay! But now the Commission and Council want mandatory age verification on messaging apps instead. You’d need to scan your face or show a government ID just to use Signal or WhatsApp. Better than scanning your messages, sure, but still a massive privacy concern.

And the “temporary” ePrivacy derogation keeps getting extended. Nothing is more permanent than a temporary EU measure.