Vitalik Buterin Warns EU Surveillance Plan Threatens Digital Privacy

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has criticized the EU’s proposed Chat Control regulation, warning that mandatory scanning of private messages would create significant security vulnerabilities. Known as the Chat Control regulation, the proposal would compel messaging platforms — even encrypted ones — to scan all user content for potential signs of child exploitation. EU Chat Control Regulation Sparks Backlash Buterin warned that such measures, while framed as child protection, would erode the foundation of digital privacy. He argued that any policy claiming to make society safer by weakening individual security achieves the opposite outcome source: https://beincrypto.com/vitalik-buterin-warns-about-eu-chat-rules/