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#ChatControl 1.0 HAS PASSED - despite a majority voting against it (314:276) 🚨
After the EU parliament has rejected it TWICE in the past, it has been pushed as an urgent procedure for a new plenary vote. The EU has simply continued to put the vote on the agenda to get the outcome they've wanted since the start.
This is not democratic‼️
📸 Roberta Metsola (EPP) who revived Chat Control 1.0 shaking hands with Mark Zuckerberg. Taken from EP_President posted May 27, 2026 on X.
A temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Directive that allowed (but did not require) providers to scan private messages of unsuspected users for potential child sexual abuse material.
Is scanning mandatory?
No — voluntary. In practice used mainly by unencrypted US services such as Gmail, Facebook/Instagram Messenger, Skype, Snapchat, iCloud Mail, and Xbox.
Does it touch encrypted messages?
No. End-to-end encrypted communications were never scanned but providers could deploy client-side scanning under this law.
Status today
Back in force. After expiring on 4 April 2026, it was reinstated on 9 July 2026 when Parliament failed to reach the absolute majority of 361 MEPs needed to reject the Council’s fast-tracked “new” law. Only 314 MEPs voted to reject it, so suspicionless mass scanning is permitted to continue until 2028.
In case you don’t know what 1.0 does:
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/chat-control-overview
AKA: it does in fact impact E2EE because it allow a thirdy party to read the messages in plain text which E2EE does not like
Finally, somebody is thinking about the children!
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It’s so outdated that it’s talking specifically about Skype even though it hasn’t been a thing for a couple of years now