Hello,
I have been recently reading about the "Chat Control" EU project.
For those interested, Tuta has a nice summary:
https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism
Reading the project, I have been surprised to see it could have deep consequences, not only for big messaging players, but for any chat hosting providers.
The idea is that all providers should be able to monitor and report traffic defined as prohibited by the state Coordinating Authority. Providers list include hosting service, interpersonal communications services, for example. I did not see any exemption in terms of platform sizes so I assume it could have a serious impact on XMPP server hosting.
I do not even see how it can be applied to an open protocol, given that you can connect to a server with any compliant client, we would have no way to enforce a backdoor for message scanning.
Have there been some discussion on that topic at the XSF ?
Is it really as catastrophic as it looks ? And if so, what should we do as members or as XSF ?
Thanks !
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Mickaël Rémond
Hello,
another year went by and we have to get prepared to elect the 2025-2026
XSF Board and Council soon.
When you are interested in running for Board (business stuff) or Council
(technical stuff) for the upcoming term, please create an appropriate
Wiki page by November 2nd, 2025, 00:00 UTC and link it from here:
https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Board_and_Council_Elections_2025
When you need to learn more about those roles, feel free to ask
questions on the list, our XSF chatroom, or contact people directly
which have been in those roles before.
Proxy voting is scheduled to start on November 3rd, and we will hold our
annual meeting to elect the next XSF Board and Council on November 20.
The meeting particulars are:
Date: 2025-11-20
Time: 19:00 UTC
Location: xmpp:xsf@muc.xmpp.org?join
Thanks,
Alex
I have created the XSF membership application page for Q4 2025 at:
https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_Applications_Q4_2025
The following XSF members have to reapply:
* Kim Alvefur
* Adrien Bourmault
* Dan Caseley
* Joachim Lindborg
* Georg Lukas
* Thilo Molitor
* Axel Reimer
* Peter Waher
* Stephen Paul Weber
* Yvo Meeres
Thanks,
Alex
Hello,
you can find our meeting minutes here:
https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Meeting-Minutes-2025-09-04
A warm welcome to our new member Gonzalo Raúl. Feel free to introduce
yourself to the list and volunteer for one of our teams. You can find
some info on the XSF teams here:
https://xmpp.org/community/membership/
Also our annual board & council elections are upcoming. I will work on a
Wiki page and will start the process soon.
Thanks,
Alex
