The European Parliament considered a vote—Amendment 5, proposed by Markéta Gregorová—to limit private chat scanning strictly to cases involving child sexual abuse material, scoring 31 points.

Commenters are split between celebrating this apparent rejection of mass surveillance and deeply mistrusting the outcome. Some, like those citing the vote, treat it as a massive win. Conversely, voices like Bloefz and promitheas predict the cycle will repeat, arguing proponents will just 'rebrand' the surveillance mechanism later. A major theme is the 'Trojan Horse' warning: Patrick Breyer repeatedly stresses that new legal frameworks, even if they skip mandatory scanning, legitimize private sector snooping via 'voluntary' mechanisms.

The consensus among the critical voices is that this legislative defeat is temporary window dressing. The core belief is that regulators will simply find a new angle—be it age verification or a new threat profile—to force the surveillance architecture back online, regardless of the Parliament's current stance.