EU Council advances Chat Control via fast-track procedure

Category: Pulse
Status: discussion
Sources: heise, HN discussion
Summary: A heise report that the EU Council is advancing the Chat Control messaging-scanning proposal through a fast-track procedure reached the top of Hacker News on 2026-07-06 with more than 400 points. The thread is discussion, not a settled legislative outcome.
Why it matters: Client-side scanning mandates bear directly on engineers who build or depend on end-to-end encrypted messaging.