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For months now, whispers have turned into a roar :neocat_scream_angry: about a certain EU proposal. At first, it sounds like a noble cause - protecting children from harm online 👶🛡️ Who could argue with that?

But this is no ordinary mission. This is the turning point 🔄 A moment where the digital realm risks falling into a shadow :ghosty: A plan that demands all our private conversations be scanned :eyes_happy: No suspicion. No crime. No reason. Just everyone. All the time ⏰

Imagine a system powerful enough to scan every message, every image, every whisper - on every device, for every person 📱💻 It doesn't need physical access or a noisy presence. It runs silently in the background, all the time :ghosty:

It was created to protect 🛡️ But its effectiveness is uncertain, and privacy is seriously compromised 🔓 Instead of focusing on real threats, it treats everyone the same - as if risk came from simply being online 🌐

A digital weapon built before anyone can understand its consequences ⚠️ Like a Death Star - not made of kyber, but of code :empire: Created in the name of safety, but capable of something far more dangerous ☠️

Officially, this proposal is called CSAR (Child Sexual Abuse Regulation) 📜, but most of us know it as ChatControl :mail_smirk: And that's no accident - the latter name more accurately reflects what this system really is and the consequences it brings :eyes_happy:

If passed, it will mark the end of private digital communication in the EU 🚫:signal: And if it happens here, it can happen anywhere 🌍 Because what is accepted in one democracy can quickly become the norm in others. Europe often sets the standards others follow 🇪🇺 And the world is watching 👁️

This proposal changes the rules ⚖️ It weakens encryption 🔐, the very foundation of secure communication. When encryption is weakened, every message becomes vulnerable to interception :hacked:, and privacy is no longer guaranteed. When privacy disappears, democracy crumbles with it 🏛️⚠️ The consequences do not end there - surveillance will become part of daily life :signal: :eyes_happy:, and control over our digital world will only grow stronger.

I was born into a free internet 🌐 I want to die in one too 🗽

This proposal breaks fundamental rights 🚨:
- the right to private communication (Article 7) :signal:
- the right to data protection (Article 8) 🔒
- the presumption of innocence ⚖️
- the principle of proportionality ⚖️

This is not a debate over ideology 🚫🗯️ This is a matter of principle 🔥

To the @EUCommission: I know your intentions are good 🙏 But history does not judge intentions. It judges consequences :blobcatgrimacing: You want to protect people 🛡️ But you may end up building something that will be used to control them :neocat_devil:

Don't build a machine you yourselves would fear :neocat_scream_scared: You will not be remembered for good intentions - but for what you leave behind 👣 Think about how it will affect us all. Choose security, not surveillance. 🚫:eyes_happy: This is your moment ⏳ Don't waste it.

To everyone else: You don't have to be from Europe 🇪🇺 to care :neocat_heart: When harmful laws pass without resistance - the impact is felt everywhere 🌎 We are citizens of one digital world 🌐 And in that world, staying silent comes at the highest cost 🤐

Freedom does not die loudly. It disappears - quietly :ghosty: - unless we stop it :fist_paw:

Visit fightchatcontrol.eu. Learn. Message your MEP. Take action! :rebel:

@chatcontrol #chatcontrol #fightchatcontrol #csar #eu #europeanunion #europe #encryption #privacy #security #cybersecurity #freedom #digitalfreedom #democracy #humanrights #surveillance #stopsurveillance #stopscanningme #resistance #policy

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