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You can read the entire plan here. It is more dystopian than Chat Control This plan is called ”Roadmap for lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement” or ”ProtectEU” for short. EU has already endorsed that plan, originally devised by anonymous law enforcement lobbyists. When German MEP Patrick Breyer requested the names of the individuals involved in the high level group, the group that wrote this proposal, the EU Commission replied with a list with all names blacked out They are so proud of the plan, it is all over their website, such as here and here and here too By the way, about the data retention aspect of this law, the previous data retention law was declared illegal in 2014 by CJEU (EU’s highest court) for being mass surveillance and violating human rights. Since most EU states refused to follow the court order and the EU commission refused to enforce it, CJEU recently caved in to political pressure and changed their stance on data retention, making it legal. We shall see if the Commission refuses to enforce court decisions this time when it is about invading privacy rather than protecting it. The Europol chief said that in a digital environment, the police needed to be able to decode these messages to fight crime. “You will not be able to enforce democracy without it,” she added.
