The EU Council and its participants have decided to withdraw the vote on the contentious Chat Control plan proposed by Belgium, the current EU President.

Moritz Körner, Member of the European Parliament, disclosed the decision on Twitter. Swedish publisher SVG said, “The question was removed at the last moment from Thursday’s ambassadorial meeting in Brussels”.

    • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
      3·
      5 months ago

      I believe all parties in EU are not really understanding technology in general. So I think it’s a very bad decision to give these people power over these kinds of rules. They just have no idea what they are doing frankly.

      • dactylotheca@suppo.fiEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Yep, no disagreement there. This sort of mass surveillance is a fucking terrible idea no matter who’s behind the wheel