August 7, 2025

This could spell the end of private messaging apps, with client-side scanning of pre-encrypted messages: It's “a bit like if the Post Office came to read all your letters in your living room before you put them in the envelope.” If passed by the EU member states, it could be implemented by October in apps like SIGNAL and WHATSAPP. Americans who become entangled in this will also be affected. Free Speech is rapidly closing down.