The European Parliament has backed a limited extension of temporary rules that let online platforms voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material in private communications, while keeping end‑to‑end encrypted messages outside the scope as lawmakers wrangle over permanent EU rules.
The vote preserves an interim exemption from the bloc's ePrivacy rules, allowing providers to continue voluntary detection efforts while the EU negotiates a permanent child sexual abuse regulation, known as 'Chat Control 2'. The long-term framework has become politically contentious over questions about detection requirements, encryption and the role of technology companies in monitoring online communications.
