Vitalik Buterin criticizes the Chat Control law adopted by the EU because it weakens privacy and defends authorities. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin publicly protested against the proposed Chat Control in the European Union. In X, Vitalik said, we all need privacy and security in our private communications, and there should not be any hackable backdoors to it. Hypocrisy and Privacy Risks in EU Chat ControlThe draft law requires the platforms to scan the private messages before encryption to detect illegal content. This law is an example of a collision between the rights to child safety and the rights to digital privacy.