“Belgium’s draft law, which was supposed to be adopted as the Council’s negotiating position, was instead postponed indefinitely.”
Belgium’s version made users consent to client-side scanning or lose the ability to send photos, videos and URLs. It called this “upload moderation.” The vote was timed for the lull after the European elections, while Parliament changed over. It failed for lack of a majority, not lack of intent. Hungary takes the Council presidency in July and has already put chat control on its work program.