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• Post #3691515

  In a few minutes, parliament will vote on chatcontrol. There are a few other votes first. You can see the list of amendments to be voted on here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sedcms/votingList/C10-0178.pdf The actual text for the amendments is here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/infos-details.html?id=1689&type=priorityInfo Livestream: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/streaming/?p=ebs The votes about chatcontrol are only the 4th item in the list of things to be voted on, but yo...

• Post #3560071

  RE: https://chaos.social/@andre_meister/116736167587533987 netzpolitik.org once again leaks documents, this time from the trilogue negotiations. Leaks include the Council presidency compromise texts from may 26th and 29th (https://cdn.netzpolitik.org/wp-upload/2026/06/2026-05-26_Council_Presidency_compromise-texts_9659.pdf and https://cdn.netzpolitik.org/wp-upload/2026/06/2026-05-29_Council_Presidency_compromise-texts_9835.pdf ) as well as cables from the negotations on may 21st and 10th of jun...

• Post #3560070

  RE: https://chaos.social/@andre_meister/116811126943692546 Despite the parliament having voted down extending the interim regulation, the EU Parliament's president Roberta Metsola wants a second reading (=another vote) on the interim regulation. Meanwhile, companies illegally continue scanning and forward the infos to NCMEC, which forwards tips to Germany... of which half (!) are not legally relevant. #chatcontrol #Chatkontrolle #privacy

• Post #3554456

  RE: https://chaos.social/@andre_meister/116850964100466381 netzpolitik.org leaks nine (!) internal documents related to chatcontrol: https://netzpolitik.org/2026/interne-dokumente-eu-staaten-wollen-chatkontrolle-zombie-zurueckbringen/ Noteworthy: The German delegation is in favor of chatcontrol, as instructed by the German federal ministry of the interior, to prevent the regulatory gap that exists. The European Parliament is set to vote on chatcontrol 1.0 on Tuesday (2026-07-07), while the po...

• Post #2493657

  RE: https://chaos.social/@andre_meister/116562502647225086 EU member states have submitted statements on what should be gathered by mass data retention. Three countries explicitly named Signal as a relevant target: https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/WK-13500-2025-INIT/x/pdf #privacy

• Post #1180531

  German news service tagesschau published an interview of Gary Haugen, CEO of the International Justice Mission (which heavily pushed for chatcontrol): https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/online-missbrauch-kinder-100.html The interview is completely uncritical! Haugen proposes banning cameras from being able to record child abuse, claims that it's technically feasible, only politically unwanted He also regrets the lack of progress on chatcontrol #chatcontrol #Chatkontrolle #priv...

• Post #734600

  Chatcontrol 1.0 is back on the agenda! https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document//OJQ-10-2026-03-26_EN.html#TF3 On 2026-03-26 (Thursday), European Parliament will vote again on new amendments (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/report-details.html?reference=A10-0040-2026 ) to the proposal, potentially enabling new Trilogue negotiations. Thanks to netzpolitik.org for the info: https://netzpolitik.org/2026/verlaengerung-der-ausnahmeregelung-rat-liess-chatkontrolle-verhandlungen-sehend...

• Post #642659

  Today at 12:30, European Parliament will vote whether or not to extend the existing temporary derogation which allows voluntary chatcontrol: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agenda/weekly-agenda/2026-11#agenda-day20260311:~:text=Proposal%20for%20a%20regulation%20of%20the%20European%20Parliament%20and%20of%20the%20Council%20amending%20Regulation%20%28EU%29%202021%2F1232%20as%20regards%20the%20extension%20of%20its%20period%20of%20application The LIBE committee decided to reject the proposal...