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Posted on 07/09/2026 11:51:23 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The EU Parliament passed Chat Control 1.0 into law Thursday afternoon without a majority of its members ever voting for it. Of the 607 MEPs who cast a vote in Strasbourg, 314 voted to reject the measure — a clear majority of those present.
They fell 47 votes short of the 361-vote absolute majority required to stop it under second-reading procedural rules, and the law passed by default. Voluntary mass scanning of private messages on platforms including Gmail, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, and Skype is now a legal activity in the EU until April 3, 2028.
The result closes a three-month gap created when Parliament voted down the same measure in March — and sets a precedent for how EU legislation that loses a floor vote can be revived without ever winning one.
How Parliament Rejected a Law It Had Already Rejected
The history of Chat Control 1.0 turns on a deceptively simple legal mechanism. The regulation, formally Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, created a temporary exception to the EU's ePrivacy Directive allowing messaging platforms to voluntarily scan private communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). It was first adopted in 2021, when Google, Meta, and Microsoft opted in immediately.
On March 26, 2026, the EU Parliament voted against extending it: 311 MEPs opposed, 228 were in favour, and 92 abstained. The derogation expired April 3. That appeared to be the end. It was not.
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Voted down twice and deemed law. What a fascist way of doing things in the EU.
One word: Europeons
And the EU has the gall to criticize Russia.
This will not help the EU
The 418 who voted to begin deportation a couple weeks ago are NOT going to back down.
Ah! Ye Olde “Euro-peeing democrazy”.
Can’t have the peasants sharing “forbidden thoughts”. Good thing The European Overlords are going digital money, too.
Mandatory rat cages on everyone’s faces, next!
Check your email contract. Google, for example, not only has the right to read your emails, it can also sell that information to whomever it wishes.
I don't see The Putin holding the pee-pees of Paki rape-gang members, like Keir the Steamer in Perfidious Albion, as he assisted the mass-rapes and grooming...
the correct spelling is Your-a-peon....
Remember, these are the same Euro creepozoids that turned off other people’s air conditioning, but kept their AC running 24/7.
They also probably have SUVs and SUV chauffeurs, while insisting that the “low people” use public transit.
Government versus the people.
Again.
Sound right for europistan.
I bet the EU’s chat sniffers won’t scan the Arabic texts.
Orwell was 42 years too early. But absolutely correct nonetheless.
“Deemed law”...hm. Where have I heard THAT before? 🤔
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