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EU Cancels Chat Control Vote After Germany's Opposition

EU Cancels Chat Control Vote After Germany's Opposition

EU Cancels Chat Control Vote After Germany's Opposition
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The Spin

The EU's child protection proposal represents historic legislation that could save countless children from sexual abuse online. With a staggering 60006,000% 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.

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, creating security vulnerabilities that criminals and hostile states can exploit. Over 470 researchers warn this system generates false positives and enables function creep, transforming child protection into a tool for authoritarian control that threatens democracy itself.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 50% chance that 49.4 children and adolescents (0-19 years) will commit suicide in 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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