EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians

The report covers the EU Council’s pending vote on a proposal to mandate client-side scanning (“upload moderation”) of digital communications to detect CSAM, highlighting strong opposition from security experts, Signal’s CEO, Threema, and multiple MEPs who argue it would break end-to-end encryption and harm privacy, security, and democratic norms. The piece notes similar legislative pressures in the US and UK, the lack of feasible accredited technologies, and the threat of services exiting markets if forced to weaken encryption.