The EU Council and its participants have decided to withdraw the vote on the contentious Chat Control plan proposed by Belgium, the current EU President.

Moritz Körner, Member of the European Parliament, disclosed the decision on Twitter. Swedish publisher SVG said, “The question was removed at the last moment from Thursday’s ambassadorial meeting in Brussels”.

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    They will keep trying again and again and again. The assault on privacy has been going on for decades and it will never stop.

    • Dasnap@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      You’ve gotta defend for an infinite amount of time, but they’ve only gotta succeed once.

      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Yes. Technically, a similar vote could repeal the law just as easily but there is a history of governments not giving their power away easily; implementing it also sets a precedent and creates technical enforcement options for other governments willing to go through with something similar in the future, or for hackers to exploit because gov-rooted devices will remain in operation for years after the potential repeal.