EU Rejects Chat Control 1.0 — VPN & Privacy Impact
On March 27, the European Parliament voted down Chat Control 1.0 — the controversial proposal that would have required messaging platforms to scan private messages for illegal content. For anyone who uses Signal, WhatsApp, or a VPN, this is a major privacy win in Brussels this year. But here’s the part that most news headlines are missing: the rejection doesn’t mean surveillance stops. So it just means the battle shifts to a different front. ...