Opponents of the bill have warned the measure prolongs mass surveillance powers while paving the way for mandatory monitoring of digital communications across the EU.
On 9 July, on the eve of its holidays, the European Parliament adopted as a matter of urgency the reintroduction of "Chat Control", a text which allows the analysis of private couriers to fight against child crime, yet buried in March. A passage in force for some.
General spying versus protecting children from predators. The discussion about the European regulation called Chat Control 1.0, which took place at the July meeting of the European Parliament (EP), reached such extremes. Markéta Gregorová, a representative of the Pirate Party in the EP, has long been among the opponents of this bill.