With a procedural trick, proponents in the EU Parliament are pushing for reactivation of indiscriminate scans of chat messages shortly before the summer break.

New update: The expedited procedure has been approved, and a subsequent vote on Chat Control 1.0 is scheduled for this Thursday.

The vote tallies were as follows:

For: 331

Against: 304

Abstentions: 11

Credits: UnLocoPoco@lemmy.world

  • Victor@lemmy.world
    9·
    15 days ago

    Well this is disheartening. How many chances do they get? Bet you people will vote yes just to have it stop bothering them.

    That’s the worst part about these things. They get infinite attempts, but it just takes 1 time to pass all the gates and we all lose.

    • hoohoohoot@fedinsfw.appOPEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      Look at the brighter side

      For those who reject this, some will be serious anti-evil rebels, and humanity always needs that

      • Victor@lemmy.world
        3·
        15 days ago

        There’s just so much other shit to deal with in life, this doesn’t need to be yet another thing. And this is big.

          • Victor@lemmy.world
            3·
            15 days ago

            I hope you’re right. But the population needs to start caring about this first, and I don’t think they do. Majority of people aren’t concerned with privacy, is my feeling. They might become upset if you tell them their privacy is taken away, but they are easily fooled by saying it’s for the children’s safety, etc.

            And people easily forget. Because of that very reason as well — that there’s just so much other shit to deal with on a daily basis in life. 😮‍💨