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> Från: "Press Patrick Breyer (PIRATES) via DFRI-intern"
> <[email protected]>
> Ämne: Reality Check: EU Council Chat Control Vote is Not a Retreat, But a
> Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to
> Communicate Anonymously
> Datum: 27 november 2025 15:04:51 CET
> Till: [email protected]
> Svara till: "Press Patrick Breyer (PIRATES)" <[email protected]>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Reality Check: EU Council Chat Control Vote is Not a Retreat, But a Green
> Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to
> Communicate Anonymously
>
> Contrary to headlines suggesting the EU has "backed away" from Chat Control,
> the negotiating mandate endorsed yesterday
> <https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/11/26/child-sexual-abuse-council-reaches-position-on-law-protecting-children-from-online-abuse/>
> by EU ambassadors in a close split vote paves the way for a permanent
> infrastructure of mass surveillance. Patrick Breyer, digital freedom fighter
> and expert on the file, warns journalists and the public not to be deceived
> by the label "voluntary."
>
> While the Council removed the obligation for scanning, the agreed text
> creates a toxic legal framework that incentivizes US tech giants to scan
> private communications indiscriminately, introduces mandatory age checks for
> all internet users, and threatens to exclude teenagers from digital life.
>
> "The headlines are misleading: Chat Control is not dead, it is just being
> privatized," warns Patrick Breyer. "What the Council endorsed yesterday is a
> Trojan Horse. By cementing 'voluntary' mass scanning, they are legitimizing
> the warrantless, error-prone mass surveillance of millions of unsuspected
> Europeans by US corporations, while simultaneously killing the right to
> communicate anonymously online through the backdoor of age checks."
>
> The Three Hidden Dangers of the Council’s "Voluntary" Deal
>
> The Council’s mandate
> <https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-15318-2025-INIT/en/pdf>
> stands in sharp contrast to the European Parliament’s position
> <https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#epmandate>, which
> demands that surveillance be targeted only at suspects and age checks are to
> remain voluntary. The Council’s approach introduces three critical threats
> that have largely gone unreported:
>
> 1. "Voluntary" Means Indiscriminate Mass Scanning (The Chat Control 1.0 Trap)
> The text aims to make the temporary "Chat Control 1.0" regulation permanent.
> This allows providers like Meta or Google to scan all private chats,
> indiscriminately and without a court order.
>
> The Reality: This is not just about finding known illegal images. The mandate
> allows for the scanning of private text messages, unknown images, and
> metadata using unreliable algorithms and AI.
> The Failure: These algorithms are notoriously unreliable. The German Federal
> Police (BKA) has warned that 50% of all reports generated under the current
> voluntary scheme are criminally irrelevant.
> Breyer’s comment: "We are talking about tens of thousands of completely
> legal, private chats being leaked to police annually due to faulty algorithms
> and AI. This is no more reliable than guessing. Calling this ‘voluntary’ does
> not make the violation of the digital secrecy of correspondence any less
> severe."
> 2. The Death of anonymous communications: Age Checks for Everyone
> To comply with the Council’s requirement to "reliably identify minors,"
> (Article 4 (3)) communications service providers will be forced to verify the
> age of every single user. Every communications service comes with an inherent
> risk of being abused for grooming.
>
> The Reality: Mandatory age verification for communications services means
> every citizen will effectively have to upload an ID or undergo a face scan to
> open an email or messenger account, or to chat.
> The Consequence: This creates a de facto ban on anonymous communication—a
> vital lifeline for whistleblowers, journalists, political activists, and
> abuse victims seeking help.
> Unworkable alternative: Experts have warned
> <https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-chat-control-proposal-still-poses-high-risks-despite-removal-of-mandatory-scanning-experts-warn/>
> that other option of "Age assessment cannot be performed in a
> privacy-preserving way with current technology due to reliance on biometric,
> behavioural or contextual information… In fact, it incentivizes (children’s)
> data collection and exploitation. We conclude that age assessment presents an
> inherent disproportionate risk of serious privacy violation and
> discrimination, without guarantees of effectiveness.”
> 3. "Digital House Arrest" for Teenagers
> Under the guise of protection, the Council text proposes barring users under
> 17 from using apps with chat functions—including WhatsApp, Instagram, and
> popular online games— (Article 6).
>
> The Reality: This amounts to a "Digital House Arrest," isolating youth from
> their social circles and digital education.
> Breyer’s comment: "Protection by exclusion is pedagogical nonsense. Instead
> of empowering teenagers, the Council wants to lock them out of the digital
> world entirely."
> A Dangerous Road to 2026
>
> Yesterday’s vote was far from unanimous and lacked support of the Czech
> Republic, the Netherlands, Poland and Italy, reflecting deep concerns within
> the EU about the legality and proportionality of the Council's approach.
>
> Negotiations ("Trilogues") between the Council and the European Parliament
> will soon begin, with the aim of finalizing the text before April 2026.
>
> "We must stop pretending that 'voluntary' mass surveillance is acceptable in
> a democracy," Breyer concludes. "We are facing a future where you need an ID
> card to send a message, and where foreign black-box AI decides if your
> private photos deserve to remain private. This is not a victory for privacy;
> it is a disaster waiting to happen."
>
> Background Information & Contact
>
> About the Vote: The Council mandate
> <https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-15318-2025-INIT/en/pdf> was
> yesterday endorsed by the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER).
> About the Procedure: The text will now be negotiated with the European
> Parliament. The Parliament’s mandate
> <https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#epmandate> (adopted in
> Nov 2023) explicitly rules out indiscriminate scanning and demands targeted
> surveillance based on suspicion.
>
> More information: chatcontrol.eu <https://chatcontrol.eu/>
> --
> Dr. Patrick Breyer
> Ehemaliger Europaabgeordneter der Piratenpartei / Former Member of the
> European Parliament for the German Pirate Party
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