Chat Control, Explained: The EU's Fight Over Scanning Your Messages
EU Chat Control explained: what the CSA Regulation proposes, why client-side scanning breaks end-to-end encryption, the 2025-2026 timeline, and its current status.
Meta Won in Court. NSO Allegedly Kept Hacking Anyway.
In June 2026 Meta asked a US court to hold NSO Group in contempt for defying the injunction that bars it from targeting WhatsApp. The case is a stress test of whether courts can stop mercenary spyware — and a reminder that the endpoint, not the encryption, is the battleground.
The EU Just Let Chat Control Expire — For Now
On 26 March 2026 the European Parliament voted 311–228 against extending the law that let platforms scan your private messages. The legal basis lapsed on 3 April. What actually happened, and why the fight isn't over.