Peter Hummelgaard is the Minister of Justice of Denmark and has become one of the greatest defenders of Chat Control. The measure, which is part of the regulation to fight child abuse on the network, would mean a Hard blow to the privacy of European citizens to the end the end -to -end encryptionbut for Humelgaard this should not be a right.
Hard statements. While other European countries are discussed on whether the end (fighting child abuse) justifies the media (that everyone’s conversations cease to be private), Danish justice has a very hard position about it. In Danish television statementsHummelgaard said that: “We must break with the totally wrong perception that communicating through encrypted messaging services is a civil freedom of all.”
Maximum priority. Last week we collected the news of the Chat Control Return. The measure, which has been rejected aboveis being promoted again by Denmark, which since July occupies the presidency of the EU Council. Denmark was always in favor of this measure, and now They are treating it with the highest priority.
What is chat control. It is the name with which the CSAM regulation (Child sex abuse material) is known. What Denmark wants and countries in favor of this measure is that the authorities can force the messaging services to give access to the content to scan it in real time, including those who are encrypted from extreme to the end, such as WhatsApp or Signal. Although it is presented with a very specific purpose, in practice it would be open the door to mass surveillance.
Positions. On September 12 there was a meeting in which the countries made their position in front of this measure, whose final vote will occur next October 14. The positions of the countries have moved these days and, according to the Fight Chat Control informationthere are currently 14 states in favor, 10 against and 3 undecided states. If the undecided choose to reject it, there would be a draw.
A lot of at stake. And on both sides. Germany has been one of the countries that has recently opposed the measure and Point out the problem From the Danish proposal: “Private and confidential communications must remain private. At the same time, there is an obligation to combat child abuse on the Internet (…) Danish posture cannot be backed 100 %.” Luxembourg, Slovakia And Estonia also recently opposed.
Spain wants chat control. In 2023, before Chat Control was first rejected, A filtration revealed that The Government of Spain was in favor of ending end -to -end encryption. In a debate on the subject and while other countries defended the possibility of scanning in search of sensitive material without ending the encrypted, Minister Grande Marlaska said that “it is essential that we have access to the data (encrypted).”
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