Summary:
- Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has criticized the proposed "chat control" legislation in the European Union (EU).
- The legislation aims to monitor private online communications to detect potential child sexual abuse material, but Buterin argues that this could lead to widespread surveillance and undermine privacy.
- Buterin emphasizes the importance of protecting individual privacy and freedom of expression, and suggests that the legislation could have unintended consequences that outweigh its intended benefits.