Data privacy campaigners have warned that any celebration of the news that the European Union (EU) has abandoned its plans to break end-to-end encryption in mobile messaging apps could be short-lived.

EU lawmakers stripped out mandatory client-side message scanning from the latest Chat Control draft, but invasive age checks and voluntary scanning remain. European Union efforts to mandate scanning ...

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Possibly the biggest privacy story of the year for Europeans and, by extension the rest of the world, has been ChatControl. Chatcontrol is a European Union proposal backed by Denmark for a mandatory ...

In fall 2025, posts multiplied on social media expressing privacy concerns over a supposed piece of legislation by the European Union designed to combat the spread of child pornography. People claimed ...

Why oppose plans to protect children from sexual abuse online? The EU's CSAR regulation seems dead in the water for now. Opponents cite privacy concerns. If there's one thing all EU member states ...

The S25 FE is a cheaper edition of Samsung's Galaxy flagship, but several compromises have been made to get that lower price. Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting ...

A European content scanning proposal intended to enhance online child safety stalled after German lawmakers voiced opposition and member states canceled a planned vote on the measure's adoption. The ...

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Europe-wide plans to require technology companies to monitor the contents of encrypted messages and emails have been delayed after diplomats were unable to agree on the proposals last night. A planned ...