Re:European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop
by pqtyw on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:34AM
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But the vote failed only because the EPP voted against it? Or did they mix up the buttons or something?
https://howtheyvote.eu/votes/189270
Re:European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop
by nickslaughter02 on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:43AM
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EPP wanted indiscriminate scanning instead, not targeted one.
Re:European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop
by rsynnott on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:08AM
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Note that European parliament parties aren't particularly cohesive; some EPP members voted against it.
Re:European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop
by nickslaughter02 on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:10AM
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> some EPP members voted against it
20 out of 184
Re:European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop
by olex on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:24AM
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Do I understand the voting / results wrong? Looking at this: https://howtheyvote.eu/votes/189270
The measure voted on is "Extension [of Chat Control 1.0]", it was voted 36% "for" and 49% "against" (so result is "against"), and looking at "Political groups", majority of EPP MEPs voted "against" (137 out of 164 votes).
Re:European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop
by rsynnott on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:37AM
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I think the point of confusion is that there was an amendment before the final vote, which was way closer.
Re:European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop
by Sharlin on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:11AM
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EPP is appalling and I'm revolted that many large so-called "moderate, centre-right, liberal-conservative" parties are happily part of it and indeed actively pushing extremely anti-citizen, anti-human agendas with the help of the far right.
(Edit: word choice)
Re:European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop
by Noumenon72 on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:29AM
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Site guidelines: "Please don't fulminate."
Re:European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop
by modo_mario on Thursday March 26, 2026 @11:22AM
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> with the help of the far right.
S&D voted even more for this than the conservatives themselves. ESN the least.
Did it work? One political party (EPP) didn't like the result of the previous vote and so they forced a re-vote.
> After the European Parliament had already rejected the indiscriminate and blanket Chat Control by US tech companies on 13 March, conservative forces attempted a democratically highly questionable maneuver yesterday to force a repeat vote to extend the law anyway.
https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/end-of-chat-control-eu-parl...