ePrivacy waiver
The European Parliament supported a more limited scope in July 2026, excluding end-to-end encrypted communications from the detection foreseen in the exemption.
Observatory · updated to 25 August 2026
Chat Control: what is decided, what is still under discussion.
The European debate is changing rapidly. This page separates approved texts, negotiating positions and scenarios, without turning uncertainty into fear.
Permanent regulation
The negotiations have advanced on many points, while the takeover remains an unresolved and politically sensitive part.
October 2026
A new escalation is plausible, but is not presented as fact until there is an updated institutional source.
Primary sources
The page changes when the texts change.
Each update distinguishes law, negotiating position and forecast.
It does not remove the channel metadata or protect a compromised device. It can, however, make the channel carry content that was already encrypted on the sender's device before the channel can analyze it.
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