“If a user refuses the scanning, they would be blocked from sending or receiving images, photos, videos and links (Article 10).”
The new EU draft calls it “upload moderation” and lets users say no. Saying no means a text-only messenger. Signal and WhatsApp would have to scan before encryption, and the Council’s own lawyers say it still violates fundamental rights. The chats of police and military staff are exempt, so the people pushing the scanning get to skip it.