tl;dr: The EU Council is fast-tracking a "new" regulation to revive the expired Chat Control 1.0 rules, which allow tech providers to voluntarily scan encrypted communications for CSAM using AI and hash matching. By reframing it as fresh legislation rather than an extension, and pushing it to a 2nd-reading vote right before Parliament's summer break, the Council makes it nearly impossible to block—an absolute majority would be required to amend or reject it. Critics argue this maneuver deliberately circumvents democratic scrutiny while the broader Chat Control 2.0 mandatory scanning proposal remains stalled.