Chat Control 1.0 passed despite a majority voting against it (314:276), ushering in suspicionless mass scanning of your private communications until 2028.

[chatcontrol@mastodon.social]

Chat Control 1.0 passed despite a majority voting against it (314:276), ushering in suspicionless mass scanning of your private communications until 2028. Regrettably, Roberta Metsola's brazen and undemocratic actions jeopardise the legitimacy of the EU.

The battle against Chat Control 2.0 begins!

[chatcontrol@mastodon.social]

Votes: https://howtheyvote.eu/votes/195775
Analysis: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-parliament-greenlights-chat-control-1-0-breyer-our-children-lose-out/

[zotho@mastodon.social]

@chatcontrol I don't understand how a large number of politicians simply ignore the consequences of their decisions once they live out their power fantasies. Nobody understands that it's not about the children.

[tezoatlipoca@mas.to]

@zotho @chatcontrol

Wait, how did this not pass despite a majority? Do EU votes like this require a 2/3 majority or something?

(asking in Canadian)

[gurre@mastodon.nu]

@tezoatlipoca @zotho @chatcontrol

iirc it's out of total MEPs, not out of voting MEPs. And a higher threshold due to something I don't remember at all?

[varx@defcon.social]

@chatcontrol Well shit. So what's the take away from 1.0. Are messaging systems forced to add scanning systems? What does this mean for e2e solutions like signal? On device scan or they exempt? Is there a a summary of the new requirements at a high level?