EU 'Chat Control' Snoopfest Returns After Vote to Kill It Falls Short
MEPs fell short of the votes needed to stop an interim rule that lets platforms scan chats for child sexual abuse material.
- On Thursday, the European Parliament failed to block the reintroduction of Chat Control 1.0, an interim rule allowing tech companies to voluntarily scan messages for child sexual abuse material, after opponents fell short of the absolute majority required to reject the Council's position.
- EU ambassadors adopted the interim rule on July 2 after Parliament previously rejected it, forcing opponents to secure an absolute majority of 361 votes during Thursday's session rather than a simple majority.
- Although 314 MEPs voted to scrap the measure and 276 voted to keep it, the proposal passed because the anti-surveillance coalition failed to hit the 361-vote threshold needed to overturn the Council's endorsement.
- Parliament did secure a majority to exclude end-to-end encrypted platforms from scanning provisions, though the amended legislation now returns to the Council, which has three months to approve or reject the changes.
- Former MEP Patrick Breyer characterized the interim rule as a vehicle for "suspicionless mass surveillance," warning that the process threatens democracy while the more restrictive Chat Control 2.0 remains under negotiation.
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