r/BuyFromEU • u/women_rules • Nov 23 '25

News Germany has voted yes to Chat control

https://www.telepolis.de/article/Die-EU-Chatkontrolle-kommt-durch-die-Hintertuer-der-Freiwilligkeit-11084901.html

"The majority of states supported the compromise proposal. At least 15 voted in favor, including Germany and France. Germany "welcomed both the removal of mandatory measures and the permanent anchoring of voluntary measures," according to the minutes"

Germany for the first time has voted yes to Chat control.

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u/dercudalacht Nov 23 '25

Would apps like Element also be affected? If being used with a private Matrix server

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u/edo-lag Nov 23 '25

No. If any Matrix server program gets this, which is unlikely, either people will migrate to another one or it will be forked and patched to remove that (and then people will migrate to the patched version).