1/6📍 #ChatControl: Yesterday, EU lawmakers entered the final stage of negotiations ('trilogues') on the controversial #CSARegulation, aka Chat Control.
📣 EDRi has been advocating for years to make sure that this law tackles the severe crime of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online without resorting to #MassSurveillance, breaking #encryption or compelling people to undergo intrusive age checks, all of which would have harmful consequences for people and communities.
2/6 Some of the most dangerous and techno-solutionist parts of the European Commission's original proposal have thankfully been addressed by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament. But there's still a huge amount to fix in trilogues to make sure that any eventual law is compatible with the EU's #FundamentalRights and freedoms, and an ongoing risk of several major harms…