{"id":3946,"global_id":"europe-calling.de\/en\/?id=3946","global_id_lineage":["europe-calling.de\/en\/?id=3946"],"author":"2","status":"publish","date":"2025-09-26 14:32:40","date_utc":"2025-09-26 12:32:40","modified":"2025-10-06 11:41:19","modified_utc":"2025-10-06 09:41:19","url":"https:\/\/europe-calling.de\/en\/webinar\/chat-control\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/europe-calling.de\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/3946","title":"Europe Calling Webinar \u201cChat control \u2013 child protection or mass surveillance?\u201d","description":"<p><strong>+++ Write emails to German Members of Parliament now: <a href=\"https:\/\/fightchatcontrol.eu\/#contact-tool\">https:\/\/fightchatcontrol.eu\/#contact-tool<\/a> +++<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recording:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/YH4YLvvEfNQ?si=TDrlFoGE1OvBNCXP\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dear friends!<\/p>\n<p>Aiming to strengthen child protection, some EU governments are currently pushing for the introduction of so-called \u2018chat control\u2019 . 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