The standard defense of ChatControl is always the same: it won’t be mass surveillance, it will be targeted! It won’t break encryption, it will use proportionate measures! it won’t monitor everyone, only “high-risk” services!

Bureaucratic translation: almost anything that enables human communication can be classified as high-risk.

And we're already seen the effect of similar laws such as the Online Safety Act. After a year the government is already asking companies to break their encryption.

And compliance ALWAYS WINS. Why do you think Meta removed encryption from Instagram chats? Because they know they would have to eventually anyway.