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We will not stand by while the EU destroys encryption  Tuta Mail ready to sue
the EU over Chat Control

Date:
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:32:52 +0000

Description:
EU members are voting on the controversial child sexual abuse (CSAM) scanning
bill on September 12, with adoption expected as early as October 2025.

FULL STORY

The German encrypted email provider Tuta Mail is ready to drag the EU into
Court if the controversial child sexual abuse (CSAM) scanning bill becomes
law. 

Nicknamed Chat Control , the proposal has attracted strong criticisms among
tech experts and politicians alike for its provisions around encryption. The
bill seeks, in fact, to introduce new obligations for all messaging services
operating in Europe to scan users' chats, even when they're encrypted, in the
lookout for CSAM material. 

"We will not stand by while the EU destroys encryption," says Matthias Pfau,
CEO of Tuta Mail . "If Chat Control passes, we as an encrypted provider have
two options: sue to fight for peoples privacy, or leave the EU. A third
possibility  undermining the end-to-end encryption of Tuta Mail  is not an
option for us. So wed go with option one because everyone deserves privacy." 

Tuta Mail isn't certainly alone in feeling this way. On Tuesday, September 9,
over 500 cryptography experts signed an open letter to warn the EU Council of
the risk of agreeing to the proposal in its current form. 

With the first iteration unveiled in 2022, the Danish version of the proposal
is so far the one with the most chances to pass. Despite the opposition
growing , in fact, support among EU members remains stronger. 

EU Council members are set to share their final positions on Friday, 
September 12, with adoption expected as early as October 2025 if an agreement
is found.

How likely is Chat Control to pass?

 According to the latest data, there are 15 countries supporting the law
(including crucial members like France, Italy, and Spain), six opposing the
law (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, the Netherlands, and
Poland), and six still undecided (Germany, Estonia, Greece, Luxembourg,
Romania, and Slovenia). 

Among the undecided, Germany is certainly the most crucial country, able to
either block or back the bill depending on its position. Yet, according to a
source with knowledge of the matter who talked to TechRadar, Germany may be
considering abstaining from taking a position during the September 12 
meeting. 

This is something that will weaken the Danish mandate, "even if the 
Presidency gets the required votes to pass," explains TechRadar's source. 

Pfau at Tuta still sees Germany's position as worrying, considering that,
unlike the previous administration, the new government no longer clearly
opposes the Chat Control proposal. 

"Given the history of the ruling parties (CDU & SPD), it is much more 
probable that the new government will position itself in favor of Chat 
Control  even though it's highly likely that the law is infringing privacy
rights granted to all citizens by the German Constitution," Pfau told
TechRadar. 

Nonetheless, "To us, it is a paradox that the German government has granted 
us 1.5 million to develop a drive solution with post-quantum encryption , and
now EU politicians want to destroy this high level of security again with 
Chat Control," Pfau added. You can read Tuta's full statement here . 

 Encryption is indeed the technology that the likes of Tuta Mail, Proton Mail
, Signal, and WhatsApp (but also the best VPN services) use to keep our
communications private. A protection that mandatory scanning and detection
technologies are set to dangerously undermine, warn experts.

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/we-will-not-stand-by-while-
the-eu-destroys-encryption-tuta-mail-ready-to-sue-the-eu-over-chat-control

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