Chat Control: Why is Slovenia just abstaining?
Ljubljana 29/09/2025 - Even though 72% of Europeans oppose chat control, the EU Commission's initiative risks passing in the October 14th member state vote. Considering it is the 3rd attempt to introduce mass surveillance of private digital communications, Volt Slovenia asks why Slovenia only wants to abstain and not vote against the proposal?
Passing the law would be similar to episodes of Black Mirror or George Orwell's 1984. Every citizen's most private conversations will be scanned in real time against CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material): holiday photos, messages between grandparents and grandkids, every email and file stored online. It will not be done in the EU. The most intimate data will flow to US companies like Palantir to feed, train and be evaluated by AI systems.
Why not also abolish paper envelopes? If we are assumed guilty by default, letters must also be read before sending. Chat Control will violate the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 7 Protection of private and family life, and Art. 8 Protection of personal data. But like with the Data Privacy Framework that allows US companies to siphon off private data to the US, it needs to be fought in court which will take years. Should citizens be monitored in the meantime? We think not.
Tilen Drager, founding member of Volt Slovenia
Slovenia is currently gaining a lot of respect in the international community for its position and consequential steps with regards to the conflict in the Middle East. We stand up for human rights abroad. Why not at home? We want Slovenia to vote against Chat Control and, since three is a charm, Slovenia should also make sure that blanket mass surveillance will not be proposed again in the European Union.
Borja Ranzinger, founding member of Volt Slovenia
Members of Volt Slovenia will participate in the protest organised by the Pirate Party on October 2nd at 11h30 in front of the Ministry of interior.
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Volt Slovenia
Volt Slovenia is the local section of Volt, a paneuropean movement with 40.000 members in 30 EU European member states, 5 MEPs in the European Parliament and deputies in the Netherlands and Cyprus. Volt works for a more united Europe, that is not only economically integrated, but also includes a democratic and social dimension. Volt Slovenia is currently collecting signatures to register as a political party ahead of next year’s national elections. The party defined three priorities: benefiting from more European integration, decentralisation to reduce the cost of living and create opportunities throughout Slovenia and trust and transparency in politics.