Homo Digitalis today submitted an Open Letter to the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, regarding the proposed Regulation on Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSA Regulation).
In our letter — which we have also shared with the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Citizen Protection — we call on the Hellenic Republic to reject the Danish Presidency’s text in the upcoming vote at the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on October 14, 2025.
The objective of the Regulation — to curb the distribution of child sexual abuse material — is right and necessary. However, the text proposed by the Danish Presidency would achieve the opposite effect, undermining security and trust in the digital space.
Specifically, 787 leading experts in communication security and encryption — including professors from top academic institutions in Greece — have emphasized that:
The technology for detecting child sexual abuse material is inaccurate and ineffective.
Mandatory scanning undermines end-to-end encryption and opens the door to mass surveillance.
The proposed technical measures can be easily bypassed by malicious users and threaten anonymity and freedom of information.
Real child protection comes through education and support for victims, not through mass monitoring.
On October 14, Greece’s position must be guided by knowledge, technical expertise, and the fundamental principles and values upheld by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Constitution of Greece.
You can read the full text of our open letter here.
You can also read a related article recently published on our website by our member Stergios Konstantinou here.
Learn more about Homo Digitalis’s work on this issue, including past meetings between our members — Haris Kyritsis, Haris Daftsios, Niki Georgakopoulou, Giorgos Sarris, and Angelina Barla — and Greek Members of the European Parliament, in cooperation with European Digital Rights (EDRi), here.