EU governments lost the fight over mass surveillance of private chats and now they want a rematch on their own terms. Ambassadors pushed Friday to revive temporary scanning of WhatsApp, Messenger, and more for "CSAM." This is after Parliament voted it down 311 against in March and the legal basis already expired. The Council wants to override Parliament and scan 450 million people's messages, treating everyone as suspects. Error rates hit 13-50%. This clears the path for next week's big "Chat Control" push into end-to-end encryption.

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Brussels Could Reopen the Fight to Scan Your Private Chats

Lawmakers killed this in March but Brussels is back four months later asking for a do-over.