Can't the EU make their own messaging app?
There are things like this: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/
Also, what's that supposed to even solve?
In much the same way that the mere existence of Dropbox doesn't preclude the USA from prosecuting Kim Dotcom.
If Dotcom was in the US he would be in prison for a decade. It's a huge difference.
Not when "the platform" is from outside the EU, as Telegram is.
For any question along the lines of "is Telegram in breach of legal obligations?" there's zero connection to what any other messaging app does.
If I set up a local company for a local messaging app and local government leans on me about it, that government doing so makes zero difference to an outside company such as Telegram.
> If Dotcom was in the US he would be in prison for a decade. It's a huge difference.
His home was raided in 2012 and he's lost his last battle against extradition despite some intermediate wins about the raid itself.
>The European Commission has told its staff to start using Signal, an end-to-end-encrypted messaging app, in a push to increase the security of its communications.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-commission-to-staff-switc...
> Following a referendum held on 23 June 2016, Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET).
With one leg out.
>> @amelius: Can't the EU make their own messaging app?
> @tptackek: Wasn't Matrix in the running for this?
Three points:
1) From https://matrix.org/foundation/about/: The evolution of Matrix is managed through an open governance process, looked after by The Matrix.org Foundation - a non-profit UK Community Interest Company, incorporated to act as the neutral guardian of the standard on behalf of the whole Matrix community.
2) Matrix is a protocol, not a messaging app.
3) UK is no longer EU.
Read it however you like, I'm simply pointing out that private efforts in non-EU member states are difficult to roll under "EU effort to create their own messaging app".