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As of January 2026 the ("Chat Control") has moved from years of political deadlock into the formally scheduled trilogue phase after adopted a negotiating position in late 2025, but the law remains dee...
The proposal known as “Chat Control” or the EU Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse (CSAR) has been in negotiation through 2025 and the Council reached a political agreement on a revise...
The current EU “Chat Control” proposal (the Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse, or CSA Regulation) has been negotiated through 2025 with shifting texts: earlier drafts envisaged mass ...
The Council approved a compromise on the so‑called “Chat Control” (Child Sexual Abuse Regulation) and the file has moved into trilogue negotiations between the European Parliament, Commission and Coun...
Current reporting shows the EU’s so‑called “Chat Control 2.0” debate shifted in late‑2025 from mandatory client‑side scanning toward a softer, council‑level text that removes an explicit duty to break...
The legal basis for the Entry/Exit System (EES) is Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, adopted in November 2017 and in force since December 2017; eu‑LISA is responsible for development and operation . After re...
Available sources show the EU “Chat Control” (CSAM/CSA regulation) proposals have long proposed scanning private communications to detect child sexual abuse material and that recent Council compromise...
The latest available reporting indicates that the EU’s draft Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (the so-called “Chat Control” file) has moved away from breaking end‑to‑end encryption in some versions but s...
If trilogue negotiations finish in April 2026, the EU’s “Chat Control” (CSAR) text could be adopted by the European Parliament and Council immediately thereafter and become law once published in the O...
As of December 2025, the ( / CSAR) file has moved into trilogue negotiations after (via ) approved a revised mandate at the end of November—a close, divisive decision that cleared the way for talks be...
, as an institutional entity, has not placed on an EU terrorist list and EU authorities have repeatedly emphasized that “Antifa” is a loose, decentralized label rather than a single structured group t...
The EU “Chat Control” debate centers on proposals to scan private communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and grooming; critics say the original drafts would have required scanning of en...
U.S. federal law requires online providers who have “actual knowledge” of apparent CSAM to report it to NCMEC and gives NCMEC a conduit to law enforcement; Congress considered the STOP CSAM Act of 202...
Both the EU and the UK regularly list and sanction serving heads of state and former officials as part of targeted measures — the EU adopts restrictive measures via the Council under the Common Foreig...
Codifying “voluntary” scanning into law would shift a currently time‑limited derogation into a permanent legal framework that reshapes technical, commercial and legal choices for messaging services . ...
The most politically contentious elements of the original “Chat Control” proposal — explicit requirements to break end-to-end encryption and mandatory client-side scanning — have largely been removed ...
Adoption is the internal political decision by the institutions that a text is final; signature is the formal joint signing that marks interinstitutional agreement; publication in the Official Journal...
Key elements of the EU “Chat Control” (Child Sexual Abuse Regulation / CSAR) text remain in negotiation; Council members agreed a compromise text on 26 November 2025 that removed a binding, EU‑wide ob...
Matrix ecosystem developers and companies such as Element publicly say they will resist any Chat Control elements that undermine end-to-end encryption and may adapt by promoting modified, federated cl...
The EU‑ agreement includes explicit, legally framed safeguards: quotas/tariff‑rate limits for sensitive products, a bilateral safeguard clause allowing temporary suspension of tariff preferences, enha...