In a sensational turn of events in the fight against Chat Control, a majority in the European Parliament voted today to end the untargeted mass scanning of private communications. In doing so, the Parliament firmly rejected the error-prone and unconstitutional surveillance practices of recent years. Pressure is now mounting on EU governments to respect the MEPs’ vote and bury untargeted mass surveillance in Europe once and for all.
Finally some good fucking news. Now let’s make it so there’s no 2.0 3.0 etc constantly trying to sneak this in - we need to enshrine privacy into real laws.
I wonder what all these anti-EU russian propaganda bots are going to use now to sow discontent against the EU… lol
It was a genuine concern, I am happy with the result
Of course. Nothing is black and white. This was a real issue, but still abused by anti-EU propaganda to weaken us.
Yes, but Denmark gave the opportunity to do so. We know we have enemies that wnt us divided, why bring such a stupid and controversial piece of legislation forward.
There should be blame put at their door for this, we know the trolls will troll that isnt new.
Probably pointing out the imperialism. It’s important to listen to your critics because there can be kernels of truth amongst the bullshit.
russians pointing out imperialism… how ironic
.ml users crying in their commie blocks
Why is it possible to vote for something that is against the constitution?
They’ve probably realized that American corporations which are ran by the Epstein class get to sift through all the data
Now Denmark, don’t you fucking dare doing this again!
Yay for the EU! Hopefully you guys get a law that will permanently enshrine your privacy rights (or rights to encrypted chats at least).
GDPR already exists, but there is no such thing as permanence in politics. Constant struggle
And there have been talks to weaken GDPR to appease Americans. So no rights are never permanent
There is no such thing as permanent laws. And for good reasons.
I mean, yeah, I didn’t necessarily mean forever. And you’re right. But I hope you get some sort of law that is actually enforceable and has a chance of being useful for as long as it lives to defend you right to privacy.
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The commission always got the last word
Good News! I was so afraid for our future in Europe.
Losing freedoms in our modern times will lead to just another authoritarian state, which will eventually lead to shit.
*Officially
Great news!
Europe has pressure to shift the narrative from all systems and institutes have been a part of the parasite class goals, to these concessions. “Noo don’t collapse us, we are less rigged”. But rigged is still rigged
Maybe I’m misreading, but it seems like this only applies in the context of sex crimes. I see no reason based upon the wording that they couldn’t do it for other things even with this in place
No it says they any scanning must be in the context of sex crimes. It’s otherwise prohibited.
Once and for all… until the next vote?
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Why have we been talking about EU chat control for years. How many time have this been voted on? and can people just keep popping up chat control if the previous one fail?
Everything is temporary.
Political participation is a full-time job, keep the pressure on and the change will endure.
What is this? Good news? In this economy? It simply cannot be!
This is democracy manifest!
Euroooopeeeee!!!
(Well the EU but it sounds less cool).
EUUU! (said like a new jersey mafioso says “eyyy”)
