The EU still wants to scan your private chats – here's what you can do about it

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The controversial EU proposal to scan citizens' private communications on the lookout for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is back on regulators' agenda.

Hungary, the country that now heads the Council of Europe after Belgium, has resurrected what's been deemed by critics as Chat Control, and MEPs are expected to vote on it at the end of the month. After proposing a new version in June, the Belgian presidency had to take the proposal off the agenda last minute amid harsh backlash.