If you use WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram or any other similar app to chat, you are interested in knowing that The European Union is debating a proposal called Chat Control 2.0 that could eliminate end -to -end encryption, which, simply, is what guarantees that only who sends and receives can read the messages.
In summary, neither your contacts would have real privacy because the platforms would have to allow the authorities to access your conversations, photos and other private data to detect abuse, especially child sexual content.
Comment that this initiative has been bringing problems with many comings and goings for years. It was presented in May 2022 to better protect minors against online crimes, but the controversy is enormous because it requires the messaging apps to implement mandatory ‘rear doors’ so that everything can be monitored without the user noticed.
Although in 2023 the proposal was rejected, with the rotation of the Presidency of the EU Council, Denmark has put it on the table to vote very soon, specifically in September 2025.
Spain and the rest of Europe: Who is in favor and who opposes?
It is not easy to know who supports or rejects chat control 2.0, but there are clear signs. Only a few countries, such as Germany, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Finland, Netherlands and Poland, oppose at the moment.
On the other hand, Spain seems to be aligned with approval. According to filtered documents, most Spanish representatives in the EU (53 of 60) would be in favor based on the position of the current government, although seven oppose.
The official vote is expected by mid -September 2025 and can change absolutely everything for all messaging users in Europe. Other countries clearly in favor are France, Italy, Denmark, Hungary, Malta or Sweden.
There is already chat control 1.0, in force since 2021
You may not know, but Chat Control 1.0 has been giving war since 2021 and allows platforms to voluntarily review messages to detect harmful content for minorsbut this new proposal would force him to do it without exception and without real encryption.
In addition, it would give power to the judicial authorities to order the direct monitoring of any supplier, and would impose the messaging companies the obligation to analyze their platforms all the time to prevent them from serving as an abuse channel. Come on, simply, zero privacy.
Of course, some experts have already given the alarm, commented that in the end eliminate end -to -end encryption gives rise to a huge risk, since, toBrir a back door for the authorities increases the possibility that this same route be exploited by authoritarian hackers or governments.
In fact, Hob and other specialized portals have warned that apps could leave Europe to avoid complying with these strict rules that completely break with confidentiality.
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Tags: European Union, Spain, Privacy, Telegram, Data, WhatsApp, Cybersecurity