In the end, Fidias Panayiotou was the only Cypriot MEP who voted to reject the temporary reinstatement of ‘Chat Control’ legislation, which nevertheless passed with what can only be described as Byzantine-like procedures . With the law now in effect until April 2028, it marks a setback for privacy advocates.
Chat Control is the informal term for the EU’s Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (Csar).
Under the guise of combating child
