The EU has been quietly negotiating a proposed law that would force messaging services to scan private chats and risk breaking end-to-end encryption.
Privacy defenders and activists have been successful in preventing the worst, at least for now, but EU countries are still pushing the issue forward.

This urgent file has not gotten the attention it deserves, in particular outside of Europe.
That's why we'll hold space for informal discussion with privacy experts and media representatives about the EU "'Chat Control" file and how it risks weakening encryption.
We will take advantage of the international journalists present at the festival to raise awareness about this concerning regulatory proposal in the EU that could have global implications.

We will discuss the technical challenges in this file, the state of play, and how we can advocate and organize together.