Ralf Bendrath

Policy adviser Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairs, #EUdataP #dataprotection #privacy

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Job: https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/person/bendrath-ralf
Blog: https://bendrath.blogspot.com/

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2026-09-14 00:24:31 GMT

In der ARD Mediathek gibt es gerade den total liebenswerten Film "Local Hero" zu sehen. Big Oil will schottisches Dorf kaufen, aber Natur gewinnt. Filmmusik von Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits). https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/filme-in-der-ard/local-hero/ard/Y3JpZDovL2FyZC5kZS9wbGFuQVJEX2M1OTQ0OWU4LTBhZWQtNDFmOC1iYzVmLWFhY2Y2OGFkNjE1Nl9nYW56ZVNlbmR1bmc

2026-07-28 16:08:13 GMT

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The new #chatcontrol 1.0 Regulation (EU) 2026/1881 has been published in the Official Journal and will be in force from 31 July 2026 to 3 April 2028. Text here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1881/oj/eng (14/X)

2026-07-23 16:13:06 GMT

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The EU Council today adopted the European Parliament's version of #chatcontrol 1.0. The signing will take place tomorrow, without ceremony. Press release: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/07/23/fighting-child-sexual-abuse-online-interim-measure-protecting-children-now-reinstated/ (13/X)

2026-07-15 16:27:00 GMT

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Update: The EU Commission has accepted the European Parliament's 2nd reading amendments on the #chatcontrol 1.0 file - the ones protecting encrypted communication. So Council can now adopt it with qualified majority. https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/95bce1fc-cd35-40f3-a5f1-93d083192524_en?filename=CSA%20Interim%20Opinion%20on%20EP%20amendments.pdf (12/X)

2026-07-09 17:03:47 GMT

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One detail on the adopted amendments on protecting encrypted communication: They are specifically worded to also exclude client-side scanning, which is scanning of content before the encryption takes place for the transmission: "... interpersonal communications to which end-to-end encryption is, has been or will be applied". (11/X)

2026-07-09 13:40:59 GMT

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If you want to understand the exact voting procedure today, see the voting list here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sedcms/votingList/C10-0178.pdf
And here you can see who voted how (point 2): https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-07-09-RCV_EN.html
(10/X)

2026-07-09 13:35:36 GMT

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So the main fight is now on the limitations on the scanning in the long-term Regulation. The Parliament needs to stick to its very restrictve line to not allow general #chatcontrol, but only look into communications of specific suspects. Negotiations will resume after the summer recess in September. (9/X)

2026-07-09 13:34:32 GMT

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I expect the Council to approve the encryption amendments, because this is language already agreed in the negotiations on the long-term Regulation. (8/X)

2026-07-09 13:32:22 GMT

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So where are we? Parliament amended the Council position from first reading in its second reading (because the encryption amendments were adopted). Now, Council can accept it, and then this is it. If Council does not approve the amendments within three months, we go to Conciliation Committee and 3rd reading. See Article 294 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:12008E294:en:HTML (7/X)

2026-07-09 13:25:06 GMT

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See all amendments here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/infos-details.html?id=1689&type=priorityInfo The one on specific suspects is Greens 5, the one on excluding known material is Greens 4/Renew 31/PfE 26, part one. The one on excluding scanning for solicitation is Greens 4/Renew 31/PfE 26, part 2. (In case you wonder: Patriots copied the Greens' amendment from March, and identical texts are voted together. Greens and Renew did not table them together with Patriots.) (6/X)

2026-07-09 13:21:45 GMT

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It is technically the same amendment, but the three parts were voted separately. (5/X)

2026-07-09 13:15:50 GMT

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Also, two amendments that would exclude the error-prone scanning for unknown material and for solicitation of children ("grooming") got a clear simple majority: 345+/237-/18a and 346+/254-/3a. Edit: To be clear, they were *not* adopted, since they failed to get an absolute majority of 360 votes. (4/X)

2026-07-09 13:13:18 GMT

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A core amendment from Greens, which limits the scanning to specific suspects, got a simple majority of 322 in favour, 255 against, 36 abstentions. This sends a clear signal in view of the on-going negotiations on the long-term Regulations, where this is part of the Parliament's mandate. The Parliament wants to stick to this line, this became clear today. (3/X)

2026-07-09 13:08:58 GMT

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Any amendments, including rejections, need an absolute majority of members (360 out of currently 619). This is always difficult to reach, and even more so in the last voting session before the summer break, when around 100 MEPs were not there anymore. Still, two amendments from Greens and Liberals, on protecting encrypted communications, were adopted. (2/X)

2026-07-09 13:06:09 GMT

The European Parliament today failed to reject a revival of the "#chatcontrol 1.0" Regulation that had expired in April. This is not nice, especially after the Parliament had already voted twice against mass scanning of private communications in March. The new vote was only possible because the Member States revived the law and sent it back to Parliament for second reading. But there is also a bright side. (1/X)

2026-05-28 23:22:21 GMT

I finally also had a look into the actual text of pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical on #AI. I love it already only for the quotation marks around "intelligence" and "learning" in paragraph 99. https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html

2026-04-03 22:03:15 GMT

Yess! Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 on "a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC as regards the use of technologies by providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse" https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02021R1232-20240515, also known as #chatcontrol 1.0, just lapsed. It is illegal again to scan the content of private communications without initial suspicion.

2026-03-28 16:13:02 GMT

I will be in Hamburg on 31st March and will give a talk on the EU's Digital #Omnibus 'es that threaten our digital rights. Come join me at Nextmedia Space! The event is free, but they ask for registration. And yes, it will be in English. More here: https://nextmedia-hamburg.de/en/events/kalender/omni-who-what-will-happen-to-your-digital-rights-under-the-digital-omnibus-regulatory-changes/

2026-03-11 12:16:11 GMT

In a major win for digital privacy, the European Parliament just (again) limited all scanning of communications for child abuse material to specific suspects. No mass surveillance, no #chatcontrol. Now the negotiations with Member States will be interesting. They are already supposed to start tomorrow morning.

2026-03-02 18:22:47 GMT

The [@europarl_en](https://respublicae.eu/@europarl_en ) LIBE committe just rejected #chatcontrol 1.0, the extension of the temporary derogation from ePrivacy. Yeah!

2025-12-26 23:34:40 GMT

Der @npub1cup…n3sy und ich geben morgen (Tag 1) um 21:45 auf dem #39C3 einen Talk zur EU-Deregulierungsagenda, und wie die unsere Digitalrechte bedroht. Noch können wir etwas dagegen tun. https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/event/detail/throwing-your-rights-under-the-omnibus-how-the-eu-s-reform-agenda-threatens-to-erase-a-decade-of-digital-rights #EUdataP #AIAct #DataAct #OpenData

2025-12-24 18:52:16 GMT

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"Datenschutz" ist ne dumme Ausrede, um nichts zum Einzelfall zu sagen. Vereine und Parteien sind juristische Personen, Datenschutz gilt aber nur bei natürlichen Personen.

2025-12-02 22:21:32 GMT

If you are interested in (and possibly want to fight) the #EU #DigitalOmnibus simplification / deregulation agenda: @npub1cup…n3sy and I will give a talk at the #39C3 on 27th December. https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2025/fahrplan/event/throwing-your-rights-under-the-omnibus-how-the-eu-s-reform-agenda-threatens-to-erase-a-decade-of-digital-rights

2025-09-18 00:18:06 GMT

WTF Ireland? Ex-tech lobbyist named as Ireland’s new Data Protection Commissioner https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/09/17/ex-tech-lobbyist-named-to-data-protection-commission/ #EUdataP

2025-08-08 16:14:14 GMT

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Lies den Drahtbericht. Das EP drängt auf eine Ratsposition, weil sonst kein Trilog stattfinden kann, aber natürlich drängt es nicht auf anlasslose Chatkontrolle. (Ob die Taktik schlau ist, ist ne andere Frage. Aber es untergräbt erstmal nicht die einmütige Position des EP.)

2025-07-28 16:29:26 GMT

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Ich fordere schon länger ein Social-Media-Verbot für alle ab dem Alter, das zur Wahl berechtigt. 😏

2025-07-23 17:01:46 GMT

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Clearview et al sind nach EU AI Act verboten. Ohne Ausnahme.

2025-06-11 18:43:22 GMT

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"websites such as ... Mastodon" Kopf->Tisch

2025-04-02 22:35:47 GMT

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Trumpismus in Berlin, wie bitter.

2025-02-27 12:07:35 GMT

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When I read "does the #GDPR need a new exception", I get nervous, as you know. But having a look at your article, you very quickly jump over Art. 9(2)(g), which is actually the opening clause for such an exception to fight discrimination. "Substantial public interest" is given here since this flows from the Charter, I'd argue. EU or Member State law building on it should of course implement the safeguards you propose. But no need either way to re-open the GDPR. 😎

2024-12-10 19:52:43 GMT

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Belgien sollte nicht rot sein, die enthalten sich.

2024-11-14 23:07:42 GMT

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Danke für alles. Wir vermissen dich jetzt schon. Those were the days... 💚

2024-09-22 22:21:54 GMT

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The film with Kate Winslet is also worth watching.

2024-08-12 20:38:54 GMT

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