Objectively: If it would be mandatory for every service, many more messages would be scanned increasing dramatically the error rate.

The main problem that we will have with the proposal in its current form, will be the mandatory age verification. Even for a common person there is a increased risk of data breach if it have to give its documents or biometric data to open an account for every messaging app.

The idea is good. I think that the biggest obstacle will be having e-government and bankong apps working properly. Its true that a lot of privacy enthusiasts are not going to use them extensively but these are still features that most common people would need on their phone.

We don’t need an app for everything. Humanity have dealt with mesturations for millenniums without them. Even locally stored data can be used as evidence if the device falls in wrong hands.

The best way to protect your information is to keep them in your head.

Yes, actually there is a legal way to do this through the European citizens initiative. If you can organise a campaign across EU countries and obtain enough support, the commission must consider your proposal.

https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/_en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Citizens'_Initiative#Procedure

Unfortunatelty, its difficult to be heard because people does not really know about this posibility and usually understands it like a petition, which is not. Even very organised groups struggles with it, but theoretically is possible.

Same here in Italy, they just never spoke about it. Unfortunately it is very difficult to raise awarness on these issues in the general public. People will generally ignore it until they will not feel directly impacted by it.