I wonder what their motivation is. Just a good old change of heart, giving everyone a 2nd chance or possibly something else?

There is also this from the EDRi - “Sign the petition of the Stop Scanning Me campaign and join thousands of people opposing the attack on our secure communication. As soon as our petition reaches a critical threshold, we will deliver it to decision lawmakers as we did in the past.”

https://crm.edri.org/stop-scanning-me

And so it continues… Google trying to shoehorn themselves into a position of authority of the internet. Imagine they get as much sway as the banks now have? Private entities controlling the masses for massive profits. Fuck off Google.

Have a look at who owns the other big names (this article doesn’t include all VPNs under their umbrellas)

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/3-companies-control-many-big-name-vpns-what-you-need-to-know/

Search ‘ziff Davis Israel’

Search ‘Tesonet Israel’

https://vpnpro.com/blog/hidden-vpn-owners-unveiled-97-vpns-23-companies/

Considering the largest paedophile rings that we hear about (eventually) all seem to have connections to politics and power, I would say that they have a lot to hide. Not even accounting for the one currently ongoing in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_paedophile_dossier

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/14/green-party-germany-paedophiles-80s

https://www.france24.com/en/20140228-focus-germany-mp-edathy-photography-naked-children-grey-zone-law-suspected-pedophile-merkel-coalition

https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/n0607frenchschool

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/world/europe/france-literary-prizes-matzneff.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/nov/01/worlddispatch.rorycarroll

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italian-politicians-obstructing-inquiry-into-child-porn-on-net-635183.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Galván_scandal

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-21-mn-56209-story.html

There are undoubtedly tons more, pick a country.

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/

It’s also worth pointing out that the politicians voting on this are also exempting themselves from being monitored. Their chats, emails, photos etc… will remain private and will not be scanned. Literally not holding themselves to the same level of accountability. This could get very dirty.