Document 123 - Written interpellation of M. Moricová to L. Metnar regarding action against the surveillance proposal Chat Control

Moricová’s question concerns the government’s position on the EU’s proposed “Chat Control” regulation aimed at combating online child sexual abuse and its impact on privacy and encrypted communications. The Minister of the Interior states that the Czech Republic did not support the original proposal containing mandatory screening of communications, but at the same time supported the extension of the temporary exemption allowing voluntary scanning of content until 2028 so as not to create a legal vacuum. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the current compromise version of the Regulation no longer contains mandatory blanket scanning and does not contravene the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights or the Czech Charter. The document emphasises the desire to balance child protection and the right to privacy and describes the practical experience of the Police of the Czech Republic with child pornography reports.