Original title (too long): Chat control: EU Ombudsman criticises revolving door between Europol and chat control tech lobbyist Thorn<p>> Breyer welcomes the outcome: “When a former Europol employee sells their internal knowledge and contacts for the purpose of lobbying personally known EU Commission staff, this is exactly what must be prevented. Since the revelation of ‘Chatcontrol-Gate,’ we know that the EU’s chat control proposal is ultimately a product of lobbying by an international surveillance-industrial complex. To ensure this never happens again, the surveillance lobbying swamp must be drained.”<p>> The complainant emphasised that although Thorn describes itself as a non-profit organisation, it generates significant income through software sales, and heavily invests in lobbying and public representation.