Dear EDRi friend,

We bear great news! Yesterday, the European Parliament (EP) voted to improve the Commission’s proposal for another extension of the ePrivacy derogation (often referred to as "Chat Control 1.0").

This result is a direct impact of EDRi’s actions and that of our community – that you are part of!

On February 23, EDRi and 39 organisations demanded Members of the European Parliament to reject any extension of the the temporary ePrivacy derogration, also known as “Chat Control 1.0”, and to protect the rights that keep us safe from arbitrary snooping in our lives.

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With this new development, a large majority of EP Members agreed that:

✅ Mass surveillance of private communications by Big Tech companies is not allowed, and any intrusion into people’s right to confidential communications needs to be based on reasonable suspicion;
✅ End-to-end encrypted communications cannot be weakened or undermined.

Thank you for your continued support, 

The EDRi team 

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