Update: On November 26, 2025 the EU Council, after three years, agreed on a common position on Chat Control.

Chat Control is once again back on the menu. In the Council of the EU (the member states), several countries continue to work on new versions of the bill. The latest draft in November 2025 was presented with different branding and different semantics, but it would result in mass surveillance, AI-scanning of private data, ID requirement to use messaging services and – with vague legislative text – risk of mandatory scanning (even for end-to-end-encrypted services) in the future.

As long as the Council refuses to reject the bill (the way the European Parliament did), the Chat Control proposal could still become law – despite violating EU law and fundamental human rights.

To highlight the effects of mass surveillance and remind people of the corrupt history (full story below) behind the Chat Control proposal, we now present the film "And Then?"