A site developed by a single engineer to send spam to lawmakers and other related parties is circumventing EU chat control laws

The European Commission, the EU's policy enforcement body, is pushing ahead with a proposed child sexual abuse law (Chat Control Act) that would require the scanning of all communications and files in the name of protecting children. This law has been criticized as dangerous and pointless, and various privacy experts and companies are campaigning against it. It has been reported that the Chat Control Act is headed for defeat due to a website developed by a Danish software engineer that sends spam emails to lawmakers and other relevant parties.

One-man spam campaign ravages EU 'chat control' bill – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/one-man-spam-campaign-ravages-eu-chat-control-bill-fight-chat-control/

Chat control legislation has been discussed many times in the EU for the purpose of protecting children, but there are concerns that the scope of censorship could be expanded beyond child pornography to include drug use, anti-government protests, and political criticism, as well as the risk of abuse by criminals and harm from false positives. Furthermore, some have pointed out that chat control legislation is pointless because a significant proportion of child pornography trafficking is consensual between teenage lovers, and much of the child pornography is produced by adults close to children who have offline access to them.

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The Chat Control Act applies not only to messaging apps like Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram, but also to all providers of services that involve interpersonal communication, making virtually all digital services subject to surveillance and disabling encryption.

The EU's 'Chat Regulation Law' is a dangerous bill that disables encryption not only for messaging apps but also for a wide range of digital services under the guise of child sexual abuse content countermeasures - GIGAZINE

The chat control law, which has such widespread problems, is scheduled for a final vote at the Danish-chaired EU Council on October 14, 2025. Meanwhile, political media outlet POLITICO reported that a website called 'Fight Chat Control,' set up by Danish software developer Joachim, is having a major impact.

Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Fight Chat Control explains the issues surrounding chat control laws, presents the positions of governments, and provides a way to send messages directly to members of the European Parliament. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll find a form that allows you to easily send a mass email to government officials and members of the European Parliament expressing your opposition to the chat control law.

'We receive hundreds of emails about Fight Chat Control every day,' said Swedish Social Democrat MEP Evin Insil. Three diplomats working at EU permanent representative offices also testified that they received a large number of emails.

Joachim, who has withheld his last name because his employer does not want him to be associated with the election campaign, said he is self-funding the website. His unconventional approach of sending out mass emails to interested parties has had a major impact, with the Polish government issuing a statement referencing Fight Chat Control and a petition in Denmark garnering over 50,000 signatures .

According to Joachim, as of early October, the website had received approximately 2.5 million visits, the majority of which were from within the EU. Because the emails were sent from visitors' own email clients, it's impossible to know the exact number of emails sent, but estimates put the total at several million. An EU diplomat told POLITICO that the campaign led by Fight Chat Control has made some EU member states hesitant to support chat control legislation.

On October 8, Germany, a major EU country, announced its opposition to chat control legislation after receiving pressure from several activists and major organizations.

Germany slams brakes on EU's Chat Control snoopfest • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/08/germany_chat_control_opposition/

Germany will not support 'Chat Control' message scanning in the EU | The Record from Recorded Future News
https://therecord.media/chat-control-eu-germany-will-not-support-law

The Council of the European Union uses a voting procedure called a ' qualified majority ,' which means that a bill needs to be opposed by at least four countries, and the total number of opposing countries must be at least 35% of the EU population. Germany accounts for 19% of the EU's population, so its opposition to the chat control law is particularly significant.

Additionally, over 40 European companies have submitted an open letter opposing the Chat Control Act, expressing concern over the mandatory backdoor requirement.

An open letter against chat controls: Europe's future depends on it | Tuta
https://tuta.com/ja/blog/open-letter-against-chat-control

Europe's future is at stake: Open letter against Chat Control | CryptPad Blog
https://blog.cryptpad.org/2025/10/07/open-letter-against-chat-control/

Element signs Chat Control open letter
https://element.io/blog/element-signs-chat-control-open-letter/