1/ 🪅 Great news!
Today, the #EuropeanParliament voted to improve the Commission’s proposal for another extension of the ePrivacy derogation (often called "Chat Control1.0").
A large majority agreed that:
✅ Mass surveillance of private communications by Big Tech companies is not allowed, and any intrusion into people’s right to confidential communications needs to be based on reasonable suspicion;
✅ End-to-end encrypted communications cannot be weakened or undermined.
2/ 🤔 This law was only ever meant to be temporary because of the serious limitation it puts on the right to privacy in Europe - but it's now well into its fifth year. The Parliament has at least reduced this new extension by 8 months compared to the Commission’s proposal.
Final negotiations are starting this week, the Council did not amend the Commission’s text in their position.
We are waiting to see what the final law will look like.
Read our recommendations ⤵️ https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-we-say-no-to-big-tech-mass-snooping-on-our-messages/
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