The EU commission are being heavily lobbied by the big tech, as they already have the sway that they need in the US.

https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/new-analysis-exposes-deep-influence-big-tech-eu-commissions-roll-back-digital-rights

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/europe-big-tech.html

Whether or not that’s the main reason that there has been a change in the wind for many politicians about our privacy and data, or whether or not they have seen other monetary gains from it is unknown. But there are many, many articles covering the lobbying and the push against GDPR etc.

The digital rights movement itself was enormous throughout the campaign, but these were all big players too.

https://www.politico.eu/article/one-man-spam-campaign-ravages-eu-chat-control-bill-fight-chat-control/

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/11/05/new-danish-proposal-for-chat-control-three-fat-problems-remain

https://patrick-breyer.de/

https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/chat-control-the-list-of-countries-opposing-the-law-grows-but-support-remains-strong

https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/what-is-fight-chat-control-viral-campaign-takes-off-over-proposed-eu-laws-3238717/

Have you read the article? Why would they need to rollback to a previous ruling in the first place?

I’ll leave that one with you and expect to hear the loud clang when the penny drops.

• Hint: look up weak spot exploitation.

Pity it took Grok making child porn before they left it.

Lemmy barely scratches the surface. Most people don’t even know it exists.

It’s how they plan to collect our data after the massive pushback so far against chat control. They’re trying to break GDPR and at the moment they are just performing weak spot exploitation.