--- title: EU Parliament revives child-abuse scanning bill | daily.dev description: The European Parliament voted to advance a temporary bill allowing tech platforms to voluntarily scan for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), despite having... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/eu-parliament-revives-child-abuse-scanning-bill-u7hcjjbst twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: EU Parliament revives child-abuse scanning bill | daily.dev og:description: The European Parliament voted to advance a temporary bill allowing tech platforms to voluntarily scan for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), despite having... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/eu-parliament-revives-child-abuse-scanning-bill-u7hcjjbst og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/U7HCjjBst.png og:image:alt: EU Parliament revives child-abuse scanning bill og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # EU Parliament revives child-abuse scanning bill **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The European Parliament voted to advance a temporary bill allowing tech platforms to voluntarily scan for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), despite having rejected the same bill in March. The bill was revived via a rarely-used procedural mechanism pushed by the centre-right EPP. An amendment was added to exempt end-to-end encrypted services like WhatsApp and Signal from scanning requirements. The vote satisfied neither side: child-safety advocates wanted stronger measures, while privacy advocates opposed any scanning regime. The result was chaotic, with some lawmakers reportedly unsure what they were voting on. The temporary measure now heads to EU member states, while the more contentious permanent 'Chat Control' regulation remains stalled in negotiations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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