More than two decades since mobile phones have made texting ubiquitous, the European Union institutions struggle to square their transparency obligations with leader’s wishes to keep their direct exchanges confidential.

The conundrum became evident earlier this year in closed-door negotiations between policy-makers in the European Commission, the Council of member states, the European Parliament and other EU institutions over a common framework on how to deal with text messages.

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    1 year ago

    Privacy for me, client side scanning for thee.