This wasn't a normal loss. The numbers on the board show a majority of MEPs actually voted to reject Chat Control today. It failed anyway, because the EPP used a rarely-invoked procedural maneuver to force a second reading, which flips the threshold from "simple majority to block" to "361 absolute majority to block," meaning every absent or abstaining MEP effectively counts as a yes for reinstating the scanning regime.
Parliament had already rejected this exact measure twice this year, most recently by a wide 311-228 margin in March. Getting it revived required deliberately timing the vote for the last session before summer recess, when attendance is predictably lower, specifically to make the 361 threshold hard to reach even with majority opposition in the room.
It's about a procedural trick engineered to make the popular outcome structurally unreachable regardless of how people actually vote.
Redo the vote until you get the outcome you want.
This is how “DEMOCRACY” works in Europe:
⛔️ 314 vote AGAINST mass surveillance.
✅ 276 vote FOR it.
MASS SURVEILLANCE WINS.
Then the same bureaucratic hypocrites travel the world lecturing everyone about democracy and their so-called “European values.”
WELCOME TO THE EUSSR.
314 MEPs voted against ‘Chat Control’. The EU said ‘close enough’ and brought back the right to scan your PRIVATE DM’s anyway…
THIS IS ORWELL’S 1984 ON STEROIDS…
Te van a imponer el euro digital, ChatControl, conducir con una cámara para ver si pestañeas más de la cuenta,...
Ellos:
- Tienen su dinero fuera del control europeo
- ChatControl no aplica a altos cargos por temas de seguridad
- Llevan chofer o viajan en falcon
Pero no te quejes que es por nuestro bien. Sé un buen ciudadno y acata las órdenes.
What he says is technically false. It’s technically impossible to detect anything inside a message without scanning its content. That’s an oxymoron. It makes no sense.
He mentions ISPs, even though Chat Control is designed for apps, not ISPs. How is it legal for official accounts to spread disinformation?
Everyone, report their tweet and their account for spreading disinformation.
KNOWN FABIAN MEMBERS THAT HAVE INFILTRATED GOVERNMENT IN THE UK & AUSTRALIA
UK
Keir Starmer — UK Prime Minister (former executive).
Clement Attlee, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ramsay MacDonald — Former Prime Ministers.
Angela Rayner, Rachel Reeves, Wes Streeting, Anneliese Dodds, Sadiq Khan, plus many senior Labour MPs/cabinet members (hundreds historically affiliated).
Australia
(Australian Fabian Society, closely tied to Australian Labor Party)
Anthony Albanese — Current Prime Minister (active speaker/contributor).
Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Julia Gillard — Former Prime Ministers (many as active members/patrons).
Tanya Plibersek (Deputy Leader), Penny Wong (frequent speaker), Chris Bowen, Andrew Leigh, Wayne Swan, Bill Shorten, Jenny McAllister, John Faulkner.
State Premiers: Don Dunstan, Neville Wran, John Cain, Geoff Gallop.
Others: Jim Cairns, Frank Crean, Arthur Calwell, Kevin Rudd (speaker), plus numerous federal/state Labor figures.
Notes: Every UK Labour PM has been a Fabian. The Australian branch (formalised 1947, roots earlier) has similarly influenced the ALP through gradualist reform ideas. Lists are not exhaustive, as full membership details aren't always public.
🚨🇩🇪Germans have just launched mass calls to leave the EU!
After the European Parliament passed the mass internet surveillance law known as "Chat Control," Germans have started calling for DEXIT!
"We will not allow our rights and freedoms to be crushed."
It feels increasingly inevitable that Labour will eventually try to ban X.
They're already laying the groundwork by branding it a platform for “disinformation.”
The irony? Labour MPs have repeatedly been hit with Community Notes for spreading misinformation themselves.
Free speech seems to matter less when people can fact check those in power.
Onbeschrijfelijk nepparlement.
Stemming terwijl niemand weet waarover precies, maar uitkomst is dat ze doorgaan met chatcontrol 2.0.
Terwijl daarvoor bleek dat een meerderheid TEGEN is, maar dat ‘telde’ niet.
N-E-P-P-A-R-L-E-M-E-N-T
A Labour MP, Afzal Khan, has just reported me to the parliamentary authorities for my criticisms of Sharia courts, the burqa and halal slaughter.
In addition - he has reported our Rape Gang Inquiry for seeking to 'scapegoat' Muslims and 'sow division' in society.
He has also included in his report, published on his Facebook page, my appearance on Joe Rogan's show.
Appearing on Rogan's podcast itself he says is 'extremely problematic'.
I would like to be abundantly clear in my response.
I will not be apologising. I will not be silenced.
My views are shared by a large majority of the British people, and there is finally a political party willing to stand up for that patriotic majority.
Restore Britain.
Yes, you read that correctly: the majority present voted _against_ chat control.
But due to the absurdly undemocratic, illegal, procedure they're using, it comes into law anyway after being rejected multiple times before in previous votes.
Insane.
The EU Lawmakers are barking again they must be dumb as fuck because they know well enough they can't touch anything out of their boundaries. Have fun with mass surveillance on US Tech Companies hate to say it but we will have you cancelled this is not about child porn.
BREAKING
🇪🇺The EU Parliament voted against Chat Control.
314 to 276.
It passed anyway.
Democracy is when you need a supermajority to say no but a simple trick to say yes.
Even if this doesn't pass where you live, it is still a global problem. The world's governments are taking inspiration from each other with every mass surveillance law they pass.
Make your voices heard. Don't let this happen