Now, the german government spoke out officially against chatcontrol. And because of germany's power in the eu, this time the chatcontrol will not arrive. But the proponents will try it again and again and again...
A part of a commentary on netzpolitik.org (netzpolitik reported on the topic from the very beginning):
"Just one game in a long season
The battle for chat control is far from over. But at least it is clear that Germany will not agree to the standard, unwarranted screening of our private communications in the EU in the long term. It's not a done deal yet: The matter will only be settled once we get the federal government to categorically rule out any form of backdoors or client-side scanning.
Nevertheless, what has been achieved is a great success for a civil society that has pulled together against an attack on fundamental rights and democracy. We have put on quite a lot of pressure!
In the EU, chat control is therefore far from being off the table. Currently, there is only a blocking minority of a few countries in the EU Council that oppose chat control. So we will need to think much more European and convince our European neighbors in France, Italy, and Sweden to also vote against chat control. Politics and joint protests – we need to think much bigger in the EU than in the otherwise small German debates." translated with deepl.com)
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/protest-gegen-die-chatkontrolle-so-geht-demokratie/