Harris Brakmić

🚨 #ChatControl 1.0 HAS PASSED - despite a majority voting against it (314:276) 🚨 After the EU parliament has rejected #ChatControl TWICE in the past, it has been pushed as an urgent procedure for a new plenary vote. TODAY the EU parliament has voted YES for #ChatControl 1.0😡 The EU has simply continued to put the vote on the agenda to get the outcome they've wanted since the start. This is not democratic‼️ What does #ChatControl 1.0 mean for us now? 🚩 Every photo, every message, every file you send will be scanned by Big Tech automatically 🚩 Mass surveillance of 450 million EU citizen without warrants 🚩 Every citizen is put under general suspicion Here's what you can do to stay private on the internet: ✅ Use end-to-end encrypted messengers & email (like Signal or Tuta Mail) ✅ Use Linux instead of Windows & Apple ✅ Switch to GraphenOS or LineageOS It's a sad day for the privacy of EU citizens but we will not let this stop us from continuing to fight for what is right. At Tuta, we will continue to provide end-to-end encrypted email to everyone, and we will continue to fight for everyone's right to communicate without surveillance. Pictured: Parliament President Roberta Metsola (EPP) who revived Chat Control 1.0 shaking hands with Mark Zuckerberg! Taken from EP_President on Twitter/X.

CHAT CONTROL IS BACK → Today the urgent procedure for Chat Control 1.0 was passed. NEXT UP: The EU Parliament is voting on Thursday. If Chat Control passes: your messages, pictures, videos will all be scanned because the law will require it - this removes privacy and welcomes mass surveillance in the EU. What's happening? If Chat Control is passed, it will force client-side scanning - so companies will have to scan the contents of private communications, including encrypted messages and emails, before they are sent. In March, it was voted against, but it's back and it was pushed through via urgent procedure. This changes the rules of the vote (of course to be in favour of chat control). Shockingly, blocking it now requires absolute  majority 361 out of the Parliament's 720 members, to be rejected. This is hard to reach because: ‼️ People who do not vote are AUTOMATICALLY VOTED AS YES-VOTE in this procedure. ‼️ This was tactfully done: it's the summer break, this makes it even harder to reach 361 no-votes. At Tuta, we have been fighting this from the start and we will not backdoor our end-to-end encryption. 🔐❤️ We believe that breaking encryption for everyone is not a solution: It is a surveillance infrastructure that puts journalists, activists, abuse survivors, and citizens at risk. The main vote is Thursday. Please continue to contact your MEPs & reject to Chat Control: fightchatcontrol.eu/ Share this post, make some noise, and let's fight for our right to privacy. ✊🏻♥️🇪🇺 Pictured: Parliament President Roberta Metsola (EPP) who revived Chat Control 1.0! 😡 #ChatControl #Privacy #DigitalRights #EU #clientsidescanning