[Europe] voted today to end chat monitoring 1.0. This ends an exception that was used, in particular, by US Big Tech companies to monitor billions of people’s private messages without suspicion

The European Parliament has thus formally concluded the legislative process . The Digital Society Association and many individuals had previously contacted the Members of Parliament, appealing to them to end this indiscriminate mass surveillance

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https://digitalegesellschaft.de/2026/03/pressemitteilung-chatkontrolle-1-0-endet/

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Pressemitteilung: Chatkontrolle 1.0 endet – Digitale Gesellschaft