The EU Parliament had to vote again on the Commission's desired extension of "voluntary chat control" – and rejected it.

The European Parliament has voted against proposals that would allow social media and tech companies to continue to scan the content of private messages of EU citizens for illegal content. A majority ...

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In an apparent victory for digital privacy, the head of the largest political party in Germany has come out against controversial legislation that would enable mass online state surveillance. German ...

The European Union has a longstanding reputation for strong privacy laws. But a legislative plan to combat child abuse — which the bloc formally presented back in May 2022 — is threatening to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A boy sits at the window and looks at his cell phone. EU proposals aimed at protecting minors from sexual abuse online have ...

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EU lawmakers stripped out mandatory client-side message scanning from the latest Chat Control draft, but invasive age checks and voluntary scanning remain. European Union efforts to mandate scanning ...

Vitalik Buterin has opposed the EU’s proposed Chat Control law, warning it undermines digital privacy and creates surveillance backdoors. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has criticized the ...