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Thanks for clarifying this!

Indeed, reusing "Chat Control" and giving it a new meaning is a surefire way to cause confusion.

And the underhanded way of trying to get something as controversial as this to pass, says a lot about the politicians pushing this agenda.

Chat Control is about allowing mass surveillance and removing privacy, no should be the obvious answer here.

I think you're misunderstanding something here. "Chat Control" is a term invented and popularized by privacy groups who oppose any scanning of private chats for any purpose; any confusion caused by having the same term refer to different things has to be laid at their feet, although they argue it's appropriate because any kind of scanning is abusable in basically the same ways. The people who support scanning private chats don't use the term "Chat Control".

Well, of course politicians will try and hide what the law is about, so I find it necessary to clearly communicate what this legislation is about.

CSAM hides behind an acronym and seems benign at first, but taking away the citizens right to private chats is anything but that.

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