Euronews: On Wednesday, EU ambassadors approved the written procedure for the temporary framework, derogating from the bloc’s rules on the privacy of electronic communications to combat the spread of the illegal content.
Written procedures are normally employed for relatively non-controversial files and allow member states to give their voting preference without a formal meeting.
…In other words, the member states confirmed the text as it passed in the European Parliament earlier this month, including a last-minute amendment removing end-to-end encrypted messaging services such as WhatsApp and Signal from its scope…