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Bad news, The European Parliament has approved the extension of the EU’s temporary ChatControl 1.0 rules until April 2028, but the way it passed sparked backlash. In today’s vote, MEPs voted on a proposal to reject the Council’s position on the extension: > 314 MEPs voted to reject it. > 276 MEPs voted against rejecting it, meaning they supported the extension. >17 MEPs abstained. Even though more MEPs voted to reject the extension than to support it, the motion still failed. This happened because the vote followed the EU’s second-reading procedure, which requires an absolute majority of all Members of the European Parliament(at least 361 votes) to reject the Council’s position. A simple majority of the votes cast was not enough. As a result, the Council’s position was automatically approved, and the ChatControl 1.0 extension was adopted. The extension keeps the temporary rules that let online platforms voluntarily detect and report child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while the EU continues working on the permanent ChatControl 2.0 proposal.