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# Tuta leads European tech industry open letter against EU Chat Control plan
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-10-07-tuta-led-open-letter-chat-control/
- Published: 2025-10-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T12:02:42.000Z
- Description: Tuta, Proton and Mailfence led over 40 European tech companies and the European DIGITAL SME Alliance in an open letter opposing the EU's Chat Control proposal. Tuta chief executive Matthias Pfau said the signatories will never weaken or backdoor their encryption.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #editor-read

Verified Opinion Editor-read [Tuta blog, "Open letter against Chat Control," 7 October 2025](https://tuta.com/blog/open-letter-against-chat-control?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the Council dropped its planned vote, since the letter only argues against the proposal ahead of it.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-13\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)