European Commission's Metsola Overrides MEPs to Force Through Chat Control

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European Commission President Roberta Metsola overrides MEPs to force through a child abuse law that includes chat control provisions, sparking controversy over privacy and surveillance.

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# President vs Parliament: Metsola overrides MEPs in bid to force through child abuse law Source: [https://www.politico.eu/article/president-vs-parliament-roberta-metsola-overrides-meps-bid-force-child-abuse-law/](https://www.politico.eu/article/president-vs-parliament-roberta-metsola-overrides-meps-bid-force-child-abuse-law/) ![EU to take France, Spain to court over cyber law delay](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/08/GettyImages-2205275291.jpg) ## [EU to take France, Spain to court over cyber law delay](https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-take-france-spain-court-cyber-law-delay/) A cornerstone EU cyber law was supposed to be on national lawbooks by October 2024\. Jun 83 mins read ![Anthropic invites EU to access Mythos hacking tech](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/01/Anthropic-scaled.jpg) ## [Anthropic invites EU to access Mythos hacking tech](https://www.politico.eu/article/anthropic-invites-eu-to-access-mythos-hacking-tech/) European authorities for weeks were shut off from accessing the cutting\-edge cybersecurity AI tech\. Jun 12 mins read ![AI supercharging cybercrime, top global law enforcement official warns](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/15/GettyImages-2261227799-scaled.jpg) ## [AI supercharging cybercrime, top global law enforcement official warns](https://www.politico.eu/article/ai-accelerating-cybercrime-top-international-law-enforcement-official-warns/) Tools like AI chatbots allow “beginners” to commit mass\-scale fraud online, said Neal Jetton, director of cybercrime at Interpol\. May 183 mins read ![US firms could face exclusion under new EU cyber bill, lead lawmaker says](https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/06/POLITICO-Ai-Tech-week-2026-395-scaled.jpg) ## [US firms could face exclusion under new EU cyber bill, lead lawmaker says](https://www.politico.eu/article/us-firms-could-face-exclusion-under-new-eu-cyber-bill-lead-lawmaker-says/) “I can see the Cybersecurity Act having an impact on U\.S\. companies if they don’t oblige by the rules,” says Czech Pirate MEP Markéta Gregorová\. May 62 mins read

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