{"id":173761,"date":"2026-07-09T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=173761"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:22:27","slug":"demokratin-kastades-at-sidan-eu-tvingade-igenom-chat-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/democracy-was-cast-aside-the-eu-forced-through-chat-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy was cast aside\u2014the EU forced through \"Chat Control\""},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A majority of the voting members of the European Parliament wanted to stop Chat Control. Yet the proposal passed. An expedited procedure and an unusual voting requirement led to the \u201cno\u201d side losing\u2014despite receiving more votes. Now, sharp criticism is being directed at how the vote was conducted.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, the European Parliament voted on an extension of the temporary law commonly known as Chat Control 1. The law allows online platforms to scan private messages for child abuse material. The extension is valid through April 3, 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, this is seen as a pretext to justify extensive surveillance and an infringement on the digital privacy of ordinary, law-abiding citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the vote, a motion was introduced to block the extension. It was supported by 314 members, while 276 voted against it and 17 abstained. However, since the matter was pushed through under an expedited procedure, an absolute majority of the entire Parliament\u2014at least 361 votes\u2014was required to block the bill. Therefore, it was not enough for a majority of those voting to say no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Here's how the Swedish political parties voted<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the Swedish political parties, the Sweden Democrats and the Christian Democrats voted to block the extension. The Liberals voted against it. The Social Democrats, the Moderates, and the Left Party did not participate in the vote, while the Center Party abstained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Critics: \u201dYou keep voting until the result is right\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German Member of the European Parliament <strong>Tomasz Froelich<\/strong> wrote on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomaszFroelich\/status\/2075167421359395134\">X<\/a><\/strong> Following the decision:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dScandal: A majority in the European Parliament voted in favor of Chat Control! Mass scanning of private messages. A threat to end-to-end encryption. Total surveillance enshrined in law. Shortly before the summer recess, this was pushed through using an expedited procedure\u2014even though Parliament had previously rejected Chat Control twice. They simply keep voting until the result suits them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd75\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Scandal: Majority of the European Parliament Votes in Favor of Chat Monitoring!<br><br>\u2705 Mass scanning of private messages<br><br>\u2705 The Looming End of End-to-End Encryption<br><br>\u2705 Total Surveillance by Law<br><br>Pushed through via an expedited motion shortly before the summer recess\u2014even though Parliament had rejected the chat monitoring\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NZchvH4diz\">pic.twitter.com\/NZchvH4diz<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Tomasz Froelich (@TomaszFroelich) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomaszFroelich\/status\/2075167421359395134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several other critics also reacted to the way the vote was conducted. On <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sdeuparlamentet\/status\/2075169923718869426\">X<\/a><\/strong> credits the account <strong>The Sweden Democrats in the European Parliament <\/strong>(which is the Sweden Democrats\u2019 official channel for the party\u2019s activities in the European Parliament) reported that a majority voted to reject the proposal, but that the law was nevertheless passed because the fast-track procedure meant that absent members were, in practice, counted as supporting the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">The EU is killing democracy: a majority just voted \u201cyes\u201d to rejecting Chat Control, but the law will still go into effect due to parliamentary maneuvering involving an expedited procedure that counts absent, non-voting members as a \u201cyes.\u201d (Image: vote on the motion to reject; \u201cyes\u201d = \u201cno\u201d) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yzci4l3FaO\">pic.twitter.com\/Yzci4l3FaO<\/a><\/p>\u2014 SD in the European Parliament (@sdeuparlamentet) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sdeuparlamentet\/status\/2075169923718869426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chat Control 2 is still under negotiation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday's decision applies only to the temporary law, Chat Control 1. The permanent Chat Control law, often referred to as Chat Control 2, is still under negotiation and is not covered by Thursday's decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Members of the European Parliament voted to block Chat Control\u2014yet the law was passed following a controversial fast-track procedure and an unusual voting requirement<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":124113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[207,1520,205],"tags":[4391,148,156],"class_list":["post-173761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-utrikes","category-stor","category-nyheter","tag-chat-control","tag-eu","tag-sverigedemokraterna"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}