On December 12, 2024, after a intense campaign supported by European civil society, we managed to block the draft European regulation on the automated monitoring of intimate conversations of European citizens, known as Chat Control. A coalition of governments was achieved that prevented a qualified majority from being achieved. Spain was not one of them, since from the beginning it stood out with one of the most extreme positions in favor. A document that was leaked in 2023 brought to light the following statements from the Ministry of the Interior: "Ideally, in our view, it would be desirable to legislatively prevent EU-based service providers from implementing end-to-end encryption. […] Automatic content detection in interpersonal communications is key."