ChatControl resistance: How a grassroots campaign scuppered the EU’s plan to suffocate online privacy

This past Monday (Oct 13), the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council was set to vote on a bill that would have forced messaging apps in the EU to scan every private message, driving another big nail through online privacy. At least that was the goal. However, the vote was taken off the agenda at the last minute, mainly due to a grassroots campaign launched by an anonymous Danish citizen.