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The post EU triggers criticism as EU Chat Control vote extends surveillance to 2028 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The European Parliament has failed to stop platforms from scanning private messages for child abuse material until 2028 after a motion to reject the rules fell short of the 361 votes required. The EU’s Chat Control message-scanning regime will continue despite the fact that most lawmakers who cast a ballot want the rules gone. No private messaging in the EU Former MEP and Pirate Party privacy campaigner Patrick Breyer, revealed that during the recent European Parliament vote, 314 members voted against the EU’s chat control rules while 276 backed it. There were 17 abstentions, and because rejecting the measure needed an absolute majority of the full chamber rather than a simple majority of those present, the 314 opposing votes were not enough. A separate amendment to limit message scanning to suspects flagged by courts also drew more support than opposition, 322 to 2
Read full articleThe extension of Chat Control 1.0 prolongs privacy concerns and regulatory uncertainty, impacting encrypted messaging platforms and tech markets. The post European Parliament fails to block Chat Control 1 extension, keeping mass message scanning alive until 2028 appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The approval accelerates EU's digital currency integration, potentially reshaping financial systems and challenging private stablecoins. The post European Parliament approves digital euro negotiations after right-wing bloc fails to block vote appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The post Age verification is the surveillance nobody voted for appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. This is the fork worth fighting over, and it is being missed because the debate is stuck on the wrong axis. Legislators frame the choice as safety versus freedom; critics frame it as protection versus privacy. Both accept a false premise, that keeping children out of adult spaces requires identifying the adults. It does not. The real choice is between two ways of verifying age: one that minimizes data and forgets you the instant you pass, and one that maximizes data and remembers everyone forever. Only the second is surveillance, and only the second is currently the path of least resistance. The window to insist on the first is now, while these bills are still moving. The KIDS Act heads to a skeptical Senate. Chat Control 2.0 is targeting political agreement in July. In both cases the principle, that platforms should be able to tell adults from children, has effectively been settled. Wha
The post EU Again Set For Vote on ‘Chat Control’ appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. EU lawmakers are set to vote again on controversial legislation dubbed “chat control” by its critics, which would allow tech firms to scan messages for child sexual abuse material. On Tuesday, the European Parliament voted through a rarely used urgent procedure that will bring lawmakers to a vote Thursday on whether to extend the legal framework, which expired in early April. “Today’s vote violates our own rules of procedure, the European Parliament decided to use an urgent procedure for Chat Control 1.0,” Pirate Party MEP Markéta Gregorová said on Tuesday. “This means that on Thursday, we will once again vote on extending the derogation that allowed online platforms to scan our private communications.” The upcoming vote could revive the so-called “chat control” rules that are controversial among privacy and cryptography advocates, as tech companies must scan end-to-end encrypted messages. Since the l
The European Parliament adopted a digital assets report calling for further assessment of DeFi, staking, crypto lending and NFTs after MiCA’s transition period ended.
EU committee approves digital euro proposal, advancing CBDC legislation toward negotiations. Privacy safeguards include zero-knowledge proofs and limits on ECB access to user data. Digital euro framework adds holding caps and free basic services to protect stability. The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has advanced the digital euro proposal after approving key legislation […] The post EU Lawmakers Advance Digital Euro Plan With Strong Committee Support appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.
The European Parliament has advanced legislation for a digital euro, bringing the EU closer to launching a central bank digital currency, while the U.S. moves to restrict similar efforts. According to a June 23 decision by the European Parliament’s Economic…
The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has approved its position on the digital euro package, advancing legislative work on a proposed central bank digital currency that the European Central Bank wants ready for potential issuance by 2029. The…
