EU Parliament Revives Controversial Chat Control via Urgency Maneuver

Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament

The European Parliament narrowly approved an urgency motion to revive the expired Chat Control transitional regulation just before the summer break. Despite previous rejections and warnings from IT security researchers about AI scan errors, proponents pushed the vote through with support from the EU Commission. This procedural move allows a second vote with a lower threshold, effectively bypassing a committee compromise and reigniting the debate over mass surveillance versus child protection.

"No one wants to weaken child protection, but that should not justify putting all citizens under general suspicion and legitimizing mass surveillance."