Belgium’s EU presidency postponed a vote on a controversial law relating to child sex abuse on Thursday amid concerns from some member states that it would violate people’s privacy, Politico has reported.
EU diplomats told the outlet that the vote to amend a draft law that would require highly secure apps like WhatsApp and Signal to scan users’ encrypted messages for potential child sex abuse material had been removed from the agenda.
Ambassadors in the EU Council were scheduled to decide whether to back a joint position on the regulation. However, “in the last hours, it appeared…
