Well, unsurprisingly, the EU has gone even further and now does not want to limit itself to social media; it wants to scan all private messages. They hate privacy; they hate anything that can escape state control.
Except for their own messages, of course. Like those Pfizer SMSes Von der Leyen has been hiding for years.
In theory, it is done to protect children from potential abusers
As I wrote before:
What amazes me most is that it's exclusively used for more surveillance, and not for more border security.
It's obvious it's just an excuse.
So this means that we must also find people who are willing to maintain privacy-enhancing services and then also find other people who are willing to fund them to continue the maintenance of such software.
Because it is the only feasible way to create defenses.