Totalitaire EU wil chatberichten controleren
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De Europese Commissie wil vanaf volgend jaar dat elke tekst of afbeelding in een chatbericht wordt gescand. Dat om de strijd tegen kinderporno aan te gaan. “De EU maskeert haar totalitaire agenda achter zogenaamd nobele doestellingen”, zegt Vlaams Belang-fractieleider in het Europees Parlement Gerolf Annemans. “Privé-chatberichten van burgers worden ingelezen door bureaucraten. Niemand gelooft dat dit beperkt zal blijven tot kinderpornografische beelden.”
De Europese Commissie wil vanaf volgend jaar kindermisbruik tegengaan door berichtapplicaties zoals WhatsApp en Signal op te leggen alle berichten door te lichten voor ze verstuurd worden. Ze zegt niet op welke wijze dat moet gebeuren. Beide applicaties gebruiken de zogeheten end-to-end encryption, waarbij geen derde partij toegang heeft tot die data. Om die berichten te kunnen inlezen moet ze of de encryptie verbieden, of de toestellen zelf gaan inlezen. “Berichten moeten kunnen opgevraagd worden bij verdenking van ernstige misdrijven, volgens de keten van het strafrecht”, aldus Annemans. “Onschuldige burgers moeten niet preventief verdacht gemaakt worden en gecontroleerd door EU-bureaucraten.”
“Bedoeling is dissidenten te controleren”
Om alle berichten te scannen, zou de Commissie dus toegang moeten krijgen tot alle berichten en afbeeldingen die verstuurd worden. Die beelden zouden dan veel vatbaarder worden voor hackers en buitenlandse overheden, aangezien de data beschikbaar zijn voor een derde partij. “Een inbreuk op de privacy en bovendien een hellend vlak. Bij verschillende Europese initiatieven zien we steeds sterker de eis om de burger totaal te controleren”, besluit Annemans. “Eens dit kader er is, zal het uitgebreid worden naar andere toepassingen om uiteindelijk dissidenten te controleren.”
Het ontwerpvoorstel werd reeds in de LIBE-commissie opgemaakt en de Raad buigt zich over een compromisvoorstel. De stemming wordt volgend jaar verwacht.