EU pulls procedural dodge to extend snooping on private messages

The European Union has pulled a procedural trick to ram through “Chat Control 1.0” (CC1). CC1 suspends normal EU privacy laws so that tech platforms can ‘mass-scan’ users’ private messages for government. European Parliament members had already rejected the proposal twice because of the dangers it poses to privacy. The proposal is what MEPs term […] By Skwawkbox