# European Parliament Approves Message-Scanning Measure Known as Chat Control

The vote clears a framework to monitor private messages, sharpening the case privacy projects make for encrypted and confidential systems.

- Published: 2026-07-10T05:23:55.075Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-10/european-parliament-approves-message-scanning-measure-known
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: world
- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [Patrick Breyer](https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-parliament-greenlights-chat-control-1-0-breyer-our-children-lose-out/)

The European Parliament passed a proposal, commonly called Chat Control, that permits the monitoring of private messages. Supporters present the measure as a tool against the distribution of child-abuse material. Patrick Breyer, a former me…

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