r/europrivacy is a subreddit with 24k 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!”"
59 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Are we protesting the reddit api crap?"
6 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!"
5 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!"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/europrivacy
#1
Privacy
: "EU delays 'chat control' law over Privacy concerns"
131 posts
#2
Eu
: "PSA: The Eu will be voting on Chat Control today at 14:30"
131 posts
#3
Chat Control
: "Finland becomes the sixth country to oppose Chat Control!"
53 posts
#4
Data
: "Twitter is in violation of EU law by completely denying access to the twitter.com domain if a user does not accept cookies, as this violates Article 7(4) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Websites cannot force users to accept cookies as a condition for accessing their platform."
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
: "PSA: The EU will be voting on Chat Control today at 14:30"
12 posts
#9
Chatcontrol
: "Before/After - Portugal and Italy are now in favor of Chatcontrol; Finland is now opposing. Remember - politicians are exempt from this surveillance. Send email to your euro-deputees NOW!"
11 posts
#10
Ai
: "The ChatControl vote will be tomorrow. Ai that will monitor everything we write and share on our phone/computer. Politicians are exempt of it. You can change your device OS, but your friends/family won't. We need to act NOW. Send emAils to your Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)."
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""
22 posts
#3
Germany
: "Germany once again opposes chat control"
15 posts
#4
Discussion
: "Can we remove Palantir out of Europe please?!!"
10 posts
#5
Question
: "Can we start an European Citizens' Initiative for encryption privacy?"
8 posts
#6
Announcement
: "Finland becomes the sixth country to oppose chat control!"
4 posts
#7
Survey/Petition
: "Do No Harm: Don't give Big Tech access to our medical records"
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
Netherlands
: "More security cameras threaten public privacy, watchdogs say"
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(13.7%)
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Last updated: June 10, 2026