Chat Control: EU Parliament said no to Big Tech mass surveillance of your chats — but the battle for privacy isn't done

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UPDATE: On March 16, the EU Parliament and the Council failed to reach an agreement on the interim extension for voluntary CSAM detection. This is likely to leave a legal vacuum from April 4 if an accord cannot be found during the next plenary vote scheduled for March 26.

Untargeted mass scanning of your private chats. That's what Big Tech has been allowed to do since 2021 on a voluntary basis — until now.