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Who decides what you may say, read and be tracked doing. An independent record of the EU Chat Control law, with the documents behind it. Live tracker of what is in force, and where all 27 governments stand.

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Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 29/09/2026

The sixth round of talks on the permanent Chat Control law is scheduled for today. Nine of 27 EU governments are on record against mandatory scanning, short of the 35 % that could block the final Council vote. Each, with its source: brusselsrecord.com/chat-control...

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 25/09/2026

Correction: the sixth Chat Control trilogue is on Tuesday 29 September, not Monday.

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Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 25/09/2026

Leaked Council note 13158/26 asks EU ambassadors: if no compromise is as effective as today’s voluntary scanning, should private messages be left out of the Chat Control regulation? Three questions before Tuesday’s trilogue: brusselsrecord.com/presidency-q...

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The presidency’s question: leave private messages out of the regulation? - Brussels Record

The presidency’s note for the ambassadors, document 13158/26, puts three questions before the sixth trilogue on 29 September. The third asks whether private messages should be left out of the child se...

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Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 23/09/2026

Sweden holds 2.34 % of the EU population. If its next government switched sides, opponents of Chat Control would have a blocking minority in the Council. The two parties that could lead it would not say how they would vote. brusselsrecord.com/sweden-elect...

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Sweden’s election: what it could change in the Council count on Chat Control - Brussels Record

Sweden holds 2.34 % of the EU population, enough on its own to give the opponents of mandatory scanning a blocking minority. The two parties that could lead its next government are the two that would ...

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Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 23/09/2026

Coreper II meets today ahead of Monday's sixth Chat Control trilogue. Where the file stands going in: what is in force, what the presidency put on the table, and where all 27 governments stand, by name. Live tracker, checked daily: brusselsrecord.com/chat-control-tracker/

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EU Chat Control Tracker - Brussels Record

What is in force, what is being negotiated, and what it means for the apps you use. We check it every day and update it within 24 hours of every development.

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 23/09/2026

Presidency working paper WK 10939/2026 of 24 July did reach the Council's public register: five pages on detection obligations and own-initiative searches, written before the sixth Chat Control trilogue. brusselsrecord.com/the-reflection-paper-of-24-july-what-it-says-about-the-sixth-trilogue/

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WK 10939/26: what it says about the sixth trilogue

The presidency’s July reflection paper sets five questions on detection, a 3 September deadline for replies and the sixth trilogue on 29 September 2026.

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 14/09/2026

The meeting that prepares the 29 September Chat Control trilogue was held today. The Council's convocation note is public: JHA counsellors, 14 September, item 2 the state of play and next steps. The background document 11956/26 is not. brusselsrecord.com/chat-control...

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EU Chat Control Tracker - Brussels Record

What is in force, what is being negotiated, and what it means for the apps you use. We check it every day and update it within 24 hours of every development.

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 11/09/2026

The presidency's compromise on Chat Control detection, Council document 9659/26, is public. What it says: public and non-public content split, orders only against named users on clear indications, encryption outside both. brusselsrecord.com/presidency-detection-compromise-9659-26-what-it-says/

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9659/26: what the presidency’s detection compromise says - Brussels Record

The Chat Control detection compromise, document 9659/26, is public: four components, orders against named users on clear indications, encrypted content outside.

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 10/09/2026

Slovenia moves from Against to Unclear. Its 2025 statement was the previous government's; on 10 June the new one's delegation called its scrutiny reservation on the detection compromise positive. Nine against, 32.9 %, 2.1 points short. brusselsrecord.com/slovenia-against-to-unclear-two-documents/

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Slovenia moved to unclear on Chat Control: the two documents - Brussels Record

Why Slovenia is unclear in the record since 4 June 2026: the 2025 ministry statement, a new government, the Council minutes of 10 June. Nine against, 32.9 %.

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 09/09/2026

The Council's own note on the sixth Chat Control trilogue is in its public register: provisional agreement on everything but detection, Parliament's two conditions, and 29 September at the Council. What document 11501/26 says: brusselsrecord.com/council-note-11501-26-sixth-trilogue-29-september/

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Council note 11501/26: what it says about the 29 September Chat Control trilogue - Brussels Record

The presidency’s note to delegations of 7 July 2026 records agreement on everything but detection, Parliament’s conditions, and the sixth trilogue on 29 September at the Council.

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 09/09/2026

Where do the 27 EU governments stand on Chat Control? Each one now has its own page: what it said, the document behind it, how it voted in the Council, and a dated timeline. Ten are against, 33.3% of the EU population. A blocking minority needs 35%. brusselsrecord.com/chat-control-governments/

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Chat Control: where the 27 EU governments stand

Each EU government's documented position on scanning private messages, with the Council votes of 2025 and 2026 and the document behind every entry.

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 08/09/2026

A blocking minority against mandatory scanning of private messages is 1.7 points short in the Council. Three governments can close the gap on their own: Germany, Belgium and Portugal. The negotiators meet on 29 September. brusselsrecord.com/chat-control-blocking-minority-germany-belgium-portugal/

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Chat Control: the blocking minority is 1.7 points short

Ten EU governments oppose mandatory scanning. They hold 33.3 per cent of the population, and a blocking minority needs 35. Three governments can close the gap.

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 08/09/2026

Who gets to read your messages? The EU is deciding right now. Our Chat Control tracker shows what is in force today, what is still being negotiated, and updates within 24 hours of every development. brusselsrecord.com/chat-control-tracker/

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EU Chat Control Tracker - Brussels Record

What is in force, what is being negotiated, and what it means for the apps you use. We check it every day and update it within 24 hours of every development.

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 08/09/2026

Five rounds of closed-door talks have not settled whether Europe may scan everyone's private messages. The sixth is on 29 September, and almost nobody can tell you who sits in the room. brusselsrecord.com/five-trilogues-no-deal-who-decides-chat-control-2-0/

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Five trilogues, no deal: who decides Chat Control 2.0? - Brussels Record

Five rounds of closed-door negotiation have failed to settle Chat Control 2.0. A sixth is coming. Who sits in the room, what they are allowed to agree, and how you would find out if they did.

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 08/09/2026

The Council's own lawyers said no to scanning everyone's messages. Three times since 2023. So Chat Control went voluntary, and the decision moved from ministers and judges to the companies. brusselsrecord.com/councils-lawyers-said-no-chat-control-went-voluntary/

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The Council's lawyers said no. Chat Control went voluntary - Brussels Record

The Council's own lawyers have said since 2023 that ordering the scanning of everyone's private messages will not survive the EU Charter. So the Council stopped ordering and started permitting.

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 08/09/2026

For four months in 2026 the EU law allowing message scanning had lapsed. Google, Meta, Microsoft and Snap said they would keep scanning anyway. It is back in force until April 2028. brusselsrecord.com/law-expired-scanning-did-not-who-decides-your-messages/

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The law expired. The scanning did not. Who decides what happens to your messages? - Brussels Record

The scanning law lapsed in April. The scanning went on. Who decides what happens to your messages, and what do they owe you?

Brussels Record @brusselsrecord.com · 08/09/2026

Where do the 27 EU governments stand on Chat Control? Ten have declared against mandatory scanning of private messages: 33.3% of the EU population. A blocking minority needs 35%. Germany, Belgium or Portugal can each close that gap alone. brusselsrecord.com/chat-control-governments/

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Chat Control: where the 27 EU governments stand

Each EU government's documented position on scanning private messages, with the Council votes of 2025 and 2026 and the document behind every entry.

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