The European Union Council has fast-tracked Chat Control 1.0, allowing messaging platforms to scan user communications for illegal content by overriding a recently expired temporary exemption. Although the measure enables widespread chat scanning, the EU Parliament successfully blocked the more severe Chat Control 2.0, which would have compromised end-to-end encryption. Privacy advocates criticize the Council's maneuver, arguing that national governments are forcefully pushing for increased digital surveillance and outsourcing policing to tech companies.