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EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules #privacy

The European Parliament has approved an urgent procedure to fast-track legislation that would revive the EU's expired “Chat Control 1.0” rules.

This development sets up a decisive vote on July 9 over whether online platforms may once again be allowed to voluntarily scan private user communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

MEPs voted 331 in favour and 304 against using the urgency procedure, allowing Parliament to bypass the usual committee stage. The procedural vote does not itself reinstate the law but accelerates consideration of a proposal that would effectively restore the temporary legal framework that expired in April.

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Chat Control wants to scan your private messages. Here is how to take back control of your conversations, your data and your tools, step by step, from beginner to whistleblower.

Copy That Floppy! #hardware #software

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All Cars Sold in the EU Now Require a Camera Aimed at Your Face. It’s Still Not Clear Where That Data Goes | All About Cookies #privacy

Starting July 7, 2026, every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera aimed at your face. Glance at your phone, your kids in the back seat, or the radio for too long, and the car will flash a warning light and sound an alert.[1]

Automakers have known this was coming for years. What they, and EU regulators, have never spelled out is what happens to that footage after the alert goes off.

While the intention behind the new system is difficult to dispute, its implementation has raised several concerns. Early real-world testing suggests the distraction warnings can be overly sensitive and potentially distracting.

Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in Portugal | Euronews #copyrights #freespeech

The ‘Levitating’ singer has released a new live album, 'Dua Lipa – Live From Mexico'; her 2017 self-titled debut has reached the impressive milestone of 450 weeks on the UK’s Official Albums chart; she’s still a fan favourite for the next James Bond theme song; she’s spoken out about the discourse surrounding the Epstein Files; and she just tied the knot with her now-husband Callum Turner, who also happens to be a 007 favourite.

Now, she’s opened her very own library.

Not just any library, mind you. The Manifesto Library is a library of banned and censored books. As part of the new international book festival BABELL – City of Books, it will permanently reside inside the famed Livraria Lello bookshop in Porto, Portugal.

In a press release, Lipa called the new library “a dream partnership” and a result of years of pushing her mission forward.

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