The European Parliament extends a temporary regime allowing tech companies to scan unencrypted private messages for child sexual abuse material while barring scanning of end-to-end encrypted services.The vote follows an urgency procedure led by Roberta Metsola and narrow amendments carried by liberals, the radical left and the far right against opposition from the European People’s Party and the Socialists and Democrats.Civil rights advocates including
Patrick Breyer and
Fabio De Masi call the renewal mass surveillance, official data show no clear drop in reports since the transitional law expired, and talks on a permanent
Chat Control law remain stalled.