r/europrivacy is a subreddit with 25k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses privacy, eu, chat control, data, and gdpr.
Privacy news and discussion related to European countries and the European Union (EU). We think of /r/Europrivacy as /r/privacy's Eurocentric little brother.
Popular Themes in r/europrivacy
#1
News
: "CHAT CONTROL 2.0 THROUGH THE BACK DOOR – Breyer warns: “The EU is playing us for fools – now they’re scanning our texts and banning teens!”"
40 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "What in the actual am I reading about this chat thing?"
4 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "We’re EFF and we’re fighting to defend your privacy from the global onslaught of invasive age verification mandates. We’ll be in r/privacy from Monday 12/15 to Wednesday 12/17—come ask us anything!"
3 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "I created a guide to specifically help people switch to privacy-focused companies based in the EU. Hopefully this can help you, or someone you know, find the right tool for you!"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/europrivacy
#1
Privacy
: "EU delays 'chat control' law over Privacy concerns"
131 posts
#2
Eu
: "CHAT CONTROL 2.0 THROUGH THE BACK DOOR – Breyer warns: “The Eu is playing us for fools – now they’re scanning our texts and banning teens!”"
131 posts
#3
Chat Control
: "Finland becomes the sixth country to oppose Chat Control!"
53 posts
#4
Data
: "EU Revives Plan for Year-Long Data Retention Across Digital Services, Including Encrypted Apps"
38 posts
#5
Gdpr
: "Right to be Forgotten is fiction: Biometric search recovered data explicitly deleted under Gdpr."
32 posts
#6
Surveillance
: "Have you contacted your government representatives and your EU parliament MEPs and told them to oppose chatcontrol today? Do it as soon as you can and spread the word, we can stop mass-Surveillance together!"
24 posts
#7
Encryption
: "Can we start an European Citizens' Initiative for Encryption privacy?"
23 posts
#8
Chat
: "What in the actual am I reading about this Chat thing?"
12 posts
#9
Chatcontrol
: "Have you contacted your government representatives and your EU parliament MEPs and told them to oppose Chatcontrol today? Do it as soon as you can and spread the word, we can stop mass-surveillance together!"
11 posts
#10
Ai
: "European Commission accused of ‘massive rollback’ of digital protections | Proposed changes to Ai Act would make it easier for tech firms to use personal data to trAin models without consent"
10 posts
Flair Used in r/europrivacy
#1
European Union
: "Germany is not supporting ChatControl – blocking minority secured"
114 posts
#2
Europe
: "Proton CEO warns global age verification push will mean "the death of anonymity online""
24 posts
#3
Germany
: "Germany once again opposes chat control"
18 posts
#4
Discussion
: "r/europe perma-banning for Chat Control posts"
13 posts
#5
United Kingdom
: "UK nudity blockers are a looming privacy disaster, we must be able to see the source code"
6 posts
#6
Question
: "Can we start an European Citizens' Initiative for encryption privacy?"
5 posts
#7
Announcement
: "Finland becomes the sixth country to oppose chat control!"
3 posts
#8
Italy
: "Italy Fines Cloudflare €14 Million for Refusing to Filter Pirate Sites on Public 1.1.1.1 DNS"
3 posts
#9
France
: "France's Top Court Strikes Down Under-15 Social Media Ban as Unconstitutional"
3 posts
#10
Sweden
: "Sweden’s Digital ID System Hacked, Public’s Data Sold on Dark Web"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/europrivacy
Yearly
+3k members(13.6%)
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Last updated: August 31, 2026