EU’s Chat Control could put government monitoring inside robots Cybersecurity debates around surveillance usually stay inside screens. A new academic study argues that this boundary no longer holds when communication laws extend into robots that speak, listen, and move among people. Researchers Neziha Akalin and Alberto Giaretta examine the European Union’s proposed Chat Control regulation and its unintended impact on human robot interaction. The continuum of surveillance, from watching public spaces, to listening in private communications, to acting within embodied environments. A brief look at the Chat Control proposal The EU Chat Control proposal aims to combat online child sexual abuse. Early versions allowed authorities to require communication providers to scan messages, including…