SOURCE: Kit Knightly at Off Guardian<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday, the European Parliament held a vote on the issue of \u201cchat control\u201d \u2013 the legislation empowering tech giants to monitor private messages, allegedly to counter an \u201cepidemic\u201d of child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From EuroNews<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The legislation has been dubbed \u201cchat control\u201d by its critics, due to its privacy implications, particularly on end-to-end encrypted communications. The European Parliament is set to vote again this week on controversial legislation that would allow technology companies to scan online communications for child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n That vote, technically on extending a temporary measure that expired in early April, was held yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The majority of MEPs voted \u201cno\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The motion was passed anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This was the second vote on this issue, it was previously rejected by a handy majority in March (311 against, 228 for, 92 absent). But the powers-that-be are really desperate to get this law in place, so they pulled out all the stops this time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is Czech MEP Mark\u00e9ta Gregorov\u00e1<\/a> explaining the situation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n