European Commission Takes Aim At End-to-End Encryption and Proposes Europol Become an EU FBI

The European Commission has announced its intention to join the ongoing debate about lawful access to data and end-to-end encryption while unveiling a new internal security strategy aimed to address ongoing threats. From a report: ProtectEU, as the strategy has been named, describes the general areas that the bloc's executive would like to address in the coming years although as a strategy it does not offer any detailed policy proposals. In what the Commission called 'a changed security environment and an evolving geopolitical landscape,' it said Europe needed to 'review its approach to internal security.'

Among its aims is establishing Europol as 'a truly operational police agency to reinforce support to Member States,' something potentially comparable to the U.S. FBI, with a role 'in investigating cross-border, large-scale, and complex cases posing a serious threat to the internal security of the Union.' Alongside the new Europol, the Commission said it would create roadmaps regarding both the 'lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement' and on encryption.

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