EU Cancels Chat Control Vote After Germany's Opposition
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
The EU's child protection proposal represents historic legislation that could save countless children from sexual abuse online. With a staggering 6,000% increase in reported child sexual abuse cases and over 62% of global abuse material hosted on EU servers, voluntary measures have clearly failed. This comprehensive framework includes vital safeguards and independent oversight to protect fundamental rights while finally giving authorities the tools needed to combat this horrific crime at scale.
Establishment-critical narrative
Chat Control would create an unprecedented mass surveillance system that destroys privacy and press freedom for everyone. The proposal mandates scanning all private communications and weakening encryption, targeting ordinary citizens and creating security vulnerabilities that criminals and hostile states can exploit. Over 470 researchers warn that this system generates false positives and enables function creep, transforming child protection into a tool for authoritarian control that could threaten democracy itself.
Metaculus Prediction
There's a 6% chance that any country will trigger Article 50 to leave the EU before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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