Europe is barreling headfirst into a digital police state, and the European Union’s latest power grab is about as sinister as it gets. Ursula von der Leyen, the EU’s unelected bureaucratic overlord, is pushing a “chat control” scheme that would turn private, encrypted conversations into open books for government snoops. This isn’t about protecting the public from criminals — it’s a cynical power play designed to crush dissent and tighten the globalist stranglehold on free speech.
The EU wants messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal to scan every single message before it’s even sent. Allegedly, it’s to root out child exploitation — a cause no one, on the surface, would argue against. But anyone paying attention knows this is just the Trojan horse. Blanket surveillance under the guise of “child protection” will inevitably become a weapon against political opponents, whistleblowers, and anyone who dares to challenge Brussels’ disastrous policies. The digital sanctity of private communication will be dead on arrival.
And don’t be fooled by talk of limited oversight or safeguards. This is classic European overreach paired with bureaucratic deceit. As usual, transparency is absent. Von der Leyen herself refuses to open her own messages to scrutiny even as she demands the entire population surrender theirs. Meanwhile, countless NGOs have been deployed as the regime’s speech police, policing what Europeans can say and think. This is more than Orwellian — it’s the systematic eradication of privacy in the name of control.
Germany, once the last bastion resisting this Orwellian nightmare, might buckle under pressure, just like it’s done on every other disastrous EU policy—from energy to industry regulation. Expect Berlin to claim moral high ground before quietly knuckling under, just as they’ve done repeatedly over the past decade. Behind the scenes, Brussels is scheming to railroad this digital surveillance law with little debate and no meaningful opposition. The endgame is clear: a continent where every word you type can be weaponized against you by a faceless authority.
Americans would do well to watch this quietly brewing disaster unfold. The EU’s march to a mass surveillance state is a grim warning. If you think Big Brother tech censorship and globalist control are only a European problem, think again. Fighting for digital privacy and individual freedom isn’t just a European battle — it’s a global fight. Are we ready to let Brussels’ dystopia seep into our own backyard? Or will we stand strong against the rising tide of tyranny dressed up as “security”? The time to speak out is now.
Source: American Thinker
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