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Chiara Castro

The EU could be scanning your chats by October 2025 – here's everything we know

EU.
  • Denmark has reintroduced the disputed child sexual abuse (CSAM) scanning bill on the first day of its EU Presidency
  • The so-called Chat Control proposal could be adopted as early as October 14, 2025
  • The proposal has been failing to attract the needed majority since May 2022

Denmark kicked off its EU Presidency on July 1, 2025, and, among its first actions, lawmakers swiftly reintroduced the controversial child sexual abuse (CSAM) scanning bill to the top of the agenda.

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