“In today’s vote, 537 Members of the European Parliament approved Chatcontrol, with 133 voting against and 24 abstentions.”
Email and chat providers can now scan every private message in the EU and forward hits to police. Scanning is voluntary for now. The law making it mandatory is already scheduled for the autumn. Police data says most of the people flagged are innocent, and 72% of Europeans said no. Parliament voted yes by four to one.