Episode Details

A majority of European Members of Parliament have again rejected the EU’s scheme to spy on the private digital communications of its citizens. But a temporary extension to the law was passed anyway.

Punching Upwards, Episode 44 for 12 July 2026

Topics: Privacy / Crypto Wars

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Credits

Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Vlad A Gouf, Fadi Mansour, Bennet Piater, Eric, Sir Galteran and joeydd for supporting this podcast financially and therefore making it possible for me to produce it!

See Also

* Punching Upwards 38: Is Chat Control Finally Dead?

* Punching Upwards 14: Chat Control is Back

* Punching Upwards 6: Chat Control Denied

Sources

* EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0 – Breyer: “Our children lose out”, Patrick Breyer, 9 July 2026

* MEP Sonneborn slams chat control push: “Suspends a fundamental right”, Brussels Signal, 7 July 2026

* Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 July 2021, European Commission, 27 November 2025

* Bundeslagebild Sexualdelikte zum Nachteil von Kindern und Jugendlichen 2024, Bundeskriminalamt, August 2025

* Martin Sonneborn takes apart the fast-track procedure for Chat Control, YouTube short by Mark Friedrich, 9 July 2026

* Martin Sonneborn votes “no” on Chat Control on 9 July 2026, tweet by Martin Sonneborn, 9 July 2026

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