Naturally, the scanning regime won...

Lawmakers seek to restore voluntary scanning powers for tech platforms

Mit einem verfahrenstechnischen Kniff drängen Befürworter im EU-Parlament kurz vor der Sommerpause auf die Reaktivierung anlassloser Scans von Chatnachrichten.

With a procedural trick, proponents in the EU Parliament are pushing for reactivation of indiscriminate scans of chat messages shortly before the summer break.

Die Chatkontrolle schien erledigt. Doch kurz vor der Sommerpause nimmt sie eine überraschende Wendung – und entfacht einen Machtkampf im EU-Parlament.

Il Parlamento europeo aveva già detto due volte no alla scansione volontaria dei messaggi, ma i governi hanno rimesso il testo ai voti. La decisione finale il 9 luglio

Am Donnerstag entscheidet sich, wie es rechtlich weitergeht. Klar ist bereits: Die großen US-Provider scannen die Kommunikation, egal was die EU beschließt.

Erst im März hatte das EU-Parlament die Massenüberwachung von Chats mehrheitlich abgelehnt. Am Donnerstag könnte genau dasselbe Gesetz nun trotzdem beschlossen werden. Kritiker…

EU lawmakers voted through a rare urgent procedure that sets up a vote on Thursday to extend controversial so-called “chat control” rules.

MEPs vote again on temporary rules allowing chat scanning for child abuse content

After a long dispute, the EU Parliament has voted in an expedited procedure to extend the controversial exception rule for the indiscriminate scanning of chats.

A law allowing scanning of online communications to detect child sexual abuse material was amended by MEPs to protect users’ privacy. The new version could create a clash with…

Companies will once again be allowed to scan citizens’ personal texts, emails, and social media messages to find child abuse material online.

The European Parliament has approved an extension of temporary rules allowing online platforms to continue voluntarily scanning unencrypted user communications for known child…

Opponents won the count but missed the 360-seat threshold needed to stop the interim CSAM-scanning rule

The European Parliament advanced a revived CSAM-scanning bill via a rare procedure, with an encryption carve-out that satisfied neither side.

Европарламент 9 июля проголосовал за законопроект, разрешающий технологическим компаниям (Meta, Microsoft, Google и т.д.) сканировать личную переписку в чатах…

Naturally, the scanning regime won...

A loophole in parliamentary procedure allowed MEPs to extend mass scanning of private communications until 2026 — without a direct vote on the substance of the law.

Il controverso provvedimento e il voto all'Europarlamento: le conversazioni protette dalla crittografia end-to-end restano escluse. Il testo torna ora agli Stati membri. Le…

Opponents to the rule suggest the maneuver is unprecedented.