Germany Under Pressure to Oppose EU Chat Control Proposal

Signal and Rights Groups Urge Berlin to Reject CSAM Proposal Ahead of Key EU Vote Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • October 7, 2025

The German federal government is under pressure to withdraw support for a European Union content scanning proposal that critics argue poses large-scale privacy risks.

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The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council is set to vote Oct. 14 on a regulation called Chat Control that's meant to combat child sexual abuse material online. Germany is seen as pivotal to the measure's future, which has provoked stiff resistance from security and privacy advocates since its introduction by the European Commission in 2022 (see: European CSAM Scanning Proposal Runs Into Opposition).

Germany's Federal Ministry of Justice on Tuesday will decide the country's position on the proposal. Previous anti-CSAM measures requiring surveillance of encrypted communications ...