1/3 🎉 Today, Members of the European Parliament held strong in their rejection of #MassSurveillance in the ePrivacy derogation (sometimes called #ChatControl 1.0)!
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Today, Members of the European Parliament held strong in their rejection of #MassSurveillance in the ePrivacy derogation (sometimes called #ChatControl 1.0)!
In case you missed it, the Parliament took an unprecedented do-over vote on their position on the ePrivacy derogation today after days of shocking developments... 🧵
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Today, Members of the European Parliament held strong in their rejection of #MassSurveillance in the ePrivacy derogation (sometimes called #ChatControl 1.0)!
In case you missed it, the Parliament took an unprecedented do-over vote on their position on the ePrivacy derogation today after days of shocking developments... 🧵2/3
Conservatives in the Parliament pushed for a second vote after being unhappy with the original vote's outcome. Their solution: ignore democratic agreement, just vote again till they get a favourable outcome!
Earlier negotiations fell apart because EU Member States (Council) would not make any meaningful concessions to the Parliament's balanced and proportionate position. Instead, they chose to pretend it's the Parliament's fault. Read more about this: https://netzpolitik.org/2026/verlaengerung-der-ausnahmeregelung-rat-liess-chatkontrolle-verhandlungen-sehenden-auges-scheitern/ -
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Conservatives in the Parliament pushed for a second vote after being unhappy with the original vote's outcome. Their solution: ignore democratic agreement, just vote again till they get a favourable outcome!
Earlier negotiations fell apart because EU Member States (Council) would not make any meaningful concessions to the Parliament's balanced and proportionate position. Instead, they chose to pretend it's the Parliament's fault. Read more about this: https://netzpolitik.org/2026/verlaengerung-der-ausnahmeregelung-rat-liess-chatkontrolle-verhandlungen-sehenden-auges-scheitern/3/3
With the Parliament still unconvinced, four EU Commissioners decided to interfere, trying to pressure MEPs to support their mass surveillance proposal, even promoting the interests of #BigTech companies like Google, Meta and Snapchat!
Despite this blatant attempt to cow the Parliament into abandoning their position, MEPs held strong and continued to reject the mass scanning of our private communications
This is the democratic accountability we expect and deserve from our lawmakers!
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Conservatives in the Parliament pushed for a second vote after being unhappy with the original vote's outcome. Their solution: ignore democratic agreement, just vote again till they get a favourable outcome!
Earlier negotiations fell apart because EU Member States (Council) would not make any meaningful concessions to the Parliament's balanced and proportionate position. Instead, they chose to pretend it's the Parliament's fault. Read more about this: https://netzpolitik.org/2026/verlaengerung-der-ausnahmeregelung-rat-liess-chatkontrolle-verhandlungen-sehenden-auges-scheitern/@edri reason #6482549 why "democracy" isn't.
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