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EU lawmakers have again allowed tech firms to scan chats for abuse material, but exempted end-to-end encrypted messages.<\/p>\n
The European Parliament has passed legislation allowing tech firms to scan messages for child sexual abuse material until 2028, a controversial law dubbed \u201cchat control\u201d by critics.<\/p>\n
EU lawmakers on Thursday largely voted against extending the regulation, dubbed \u201cChat Control 1.0,\u201d but stopping it required 361 lawmakers to reject it. Only 314 voted<\/a> to stop the law, and 276 supported it.<\/p>\n The vote advances reviving the \u201cchat control\u201d rules that expired in April, and has been a controversial topic among privacy and cryptography advocates, as the originally designed law breaks the principle behind encrypting messages.<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you want to read more News<\/a> articles, you can visit our General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n