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Promote with Leviathan NewsDenmark, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, has withdrawn its push for an EU “Chat Control” law that would have required mandatory scanning of private electronic messages, including those protected by end-to-end encryption on services like Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp. Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard announced that Copenhagen will no longer pursue mandatory detection orders for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) at EU level and will instead support the existing framework of voluntary CSAM detection by tech companies. This effectively removes from the Council’s next compromise text the most controversial element of the draft EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation, which critics said would force client-side scanning and undermine encryption. The decision follows weeks of intense political and public backlash across Europe, led by digital rights groups, privacy advocates, and some EU member states that argued the proposal amounted to mass surveillance and an attack on the right to private communication. Civil society organizations such as European Digital Rights (EDRi) warned that Chat Control would require scanning the private communications of all users—including those on encrypted messengers—using AI-based filters, something they described as “textbook mass surveillance” incompatible with fundamental rights and secure encryption. Germany’s announcement in early October that it would not support Denmark’s line in Council further eroded prospects for agreement, contributing to Copenhagen’s decision to step back. The move is being framed by privacy advocates as a major victory for digital freedom and secure encryption, but it also leaves uncertainty over how the EU will update its CSAM framework once the current voluntary regime expires in April 2026. "entities":["Denmark","European Union (EU)","Council of the European Union","Danish Council Presidency","Chat Control","EU Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Regulation","Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)","Peter Hummelgaard","Telegram","Signal","WhatsApp","Meta (WhatsApp owner)","European Digital Rights (EDRi)","Stop Scanning Me campaign","Germany","Hungary","Ireland","Spain","Luxembourg","Austria","Poland","Netherlands","Slovenia","Finland","Belgium","Czech Republic","Estonia","CoinTelegraph"]}`
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