Why is Chat Control one of the EU’s biggest digital rights fights?

EU governments have extended their interim chat control rules until April twenty twenty-eight, per Euronews. The framework permits online platforms to voluntarily scan for child sexual abuse material, though the debate over whether scanning should be mandatory continues. The extension maintains the status quo in what's become one of Europe's sharpest digital rights battlegrounds.

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