BRUSSELS, July 9 : EU lawmakers backed a proposal on Thursday to reinstate temporary rules to allow Google, Meta Platforms and other online platforms to detect and remove online child sexual abuse materials.However, they also voted to exempt end-to-end encrypted communications such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal, underscoring concerns about mass scanning that could lead to privacy breaches.The issue pits advocates ​of online safety ​measures against ⁠privacy activists worried about surveillance.Lawmakers and countries on both sides of the divide failed to agree on permanent rules last month following a dispute on the scope of detection. The temporary rules, in place from 2021 to April this year, exempted online platforms from strict online privacy rules and had aimed to give EU countries