@cSchmon profile picture
Christoph Schmon @cSchmon

international policy director @EFF | advocate for a free internet and online privacy | tech | former @beuc | phd | tylium.bsky.social |

Joined May 2016
  • Tweets 4,116
  • Following 716
  • Followers 1,348
209 Photos and videos
After years of debate, "Chat Control", a dangerous law that could mandate mass scanning and weaken encryption, nears its final hurdle. Read here what is really cracking off. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/af…

After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final

After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the

eff.org
8
17
3,699
There's a real danger in pretending that social media bans and age verification will make the internet a safer space for young people. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/ju…

Just Banning Minors From Social Media Is Not Protecting Them

By publishing its guidelines under Article 28 of the Digital Services Act, the European Commission has taken a major step towards social media bans that will undermine privacy, expression, and

eff.org
1
1
577
We support @Wikimedia's challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act. The OSA endangers Wikipedia and the global community of volunteer contributors. It also poses a serious threat to freedom of expression and privacy online, both in the U.K. and globally. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/we…

We Support Wikimedia Foundation’s Challenge to UK’s Online Safety Act

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and ARTICLE 19 strongly support the Wikimedia Foundation’s legal challenge to the categorization regulations of the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act.The

eff.org
3
306
Interested in how @EFF is saving the internet in Europe? Check out this blog post series about: -How EFF works in Europe -Defending Free Expression -Defending Privacy and Fighting Surveillance -Fostering Choice, Competition and the Right to Innovate eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/sa…

Saving the Internet in Europe: How EFF Works in Europe

This is the first instalment in a four-part blog series documenting EFF's work in Europe. You can read additional posts here: Saving the Internet in Europe: Defending Free ExpressionSaving the

eff.org
2
62
🚨 The European Commission's 2025 Work Programme has been published. It sets the priorities and policies shaping the EU’s direction next year. I took a look at EU #techpolicy so you don't have to: /
1
2
6
443
more replies
#Simplification: Cause for concern here: Plans to cut red tape (ok) but hopefully not at the expense of user privacy rights (not ok). The banger is the withdrawal of the E-Privacy Regulation (destiny of the derogation under the EPD to enable voluntary scanning unclear) /
1
2
67
Another example of the “kill-list” is the AI Liability Directive (renders the EP consultation obsolete?) and the EU Public Access Law. Unclear how this agenda, if at all, could apply to recent laws on platform regulation. commission.europa.eu/publica… /FIN

2025 Commission work programme and annexes

2025 Commission work programme

commission.europa.eu
1
67
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts: This is a serious development that UK groups warned about for a long time. These orders undermine the security of users and will lead to indiscriminate surveillance. washingtonpost.com/technolog…

U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts

Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.

washingtonpost.com
47
Christoph Schmon retweeted
Privacy Matters @PrivacyMatters
8 Jan 2025
CJEU: Judgment of the General Court in Case T-354/22 | Bindl v Commission The @ec.europa.eu is ordered to pay damages to a visitor to its ‘Conference on the Future of Europe’ website as a result of the transfer of personal data to the United States. 👀 curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/…
3
9
932
Christoph Schmon retweeted
ECHR CEDH
@ECHR_CEDH
7 Jan 2025
Judgment Patrascu v. Romania - civil judgment against the applicant for publication and hosting of comments on his Facebook page breached his freedom of expression hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conve… #ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress
6
9
5,648
Christoph Schmon retweeted
EFF
@EFF
16 Dec 2024
Want to learn more about what EFF does in Europe? Check out the first post of our new series on saving the internet in Europe eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/sa…

Saving the Internet in Europe: How EFF Works in Europe

This is the first instalment in a four-part blog series documenting EFF's work in Europe. You can read additional posts here: Saving the Internet in Europe: Defending Free ExpressionSaving the

eff.org
1
6
20
5,835
European lawmakers have been highly active in regulating online services and emerging technologies, and we can expect the EU 2024–2029 mandate to continue shaping global tech standards. Check out new @EFF proposals for a user-centered EU digital policy⬇️ eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/fu…

A Fundamental-Rights Centered EU Digital Policy: EFF’s

The European Union (EU) is a hotbed for tech regulation that often has ramifications for users globally. The focus of our work in Europe is to ensure that EU tech policy is made responsibly and lives

eff.org
1
1
1
191
@HennaVirkkunen @EUCssrMcGrath @Teresaribera @magnusbrunner
73
Christoph Schmon retweeted
Christoph Schmon@cSchmon
13 Dec 2024
European lawmakers have been highly active in regulating online services and emerging technologies, and we can expect the EU 2024–2029 mandate to continue shaping global tech standards. Check out new @EFF proposals for a user-centered EU digital policy⬇️ eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/fu…

A Fundamental-Rights Centered EU Digital Policy: EFF’s

The European Union (EU) is a hotbed for tech regulation that often has ramifications for users globally. The focus of our work in Europe is to ensure that EU tech policy is made responsibly and lives

eff.org
1
1
1
191
Christoph Schmon retweeted
EFF
@EFF
11 Dec 2024
No to backdoors, data retention, and weakening encryption! EFF joins more than 50 organizations in calling out a report laundering dangerous policies as new ideas for for EU institutions and Member States to implement edri.org/wp-content/uploads/…

4
76
180
37,232
Yesterday, I attended "The Era of AI: Harnessing AI for Humanity" at the EU Parliament hosted by the @EurLiberalForum. I discussed @EFF advocacy for AI that empowers individual the need for limits on ADM in government decisions affecting our lives. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-era-o…

The Era of AI: harnessing AI for humanity

A session organised for MEPs and APAs interested in learning how to use AI in their work and how AI can be harnessed to improve humanity.

eventbrite.co.uk
109
Load more