There is no actual concrete proposal at all yet, so this is very far from passing in my opinion. (I think this is the initiative: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/

There is no actual concrete proposal at all yet, so this is very far from passing in my opinion. (I think this is the initiative: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12726-Fighting-child-sexual-abuse-detection-removal-and-reporting-of-illegal-content-online_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-sa...) The article in your link ("Parliament approves chatcontrol") is also misleading. What was actually passed in July 2021 was a temporary 3-year restoration of pre-Dec-2020 rules that allow service providers to voluntarily scan for child abuse (news release: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210701IPR07503/parliament-adopts-temporary-rules-to-detect-child-sexual-abuse-online https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210701IP... , actual legal text: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32021R1232 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A...). Dec 2020 privacy law changes would have otherwise prohibited voluntary scanning.