Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU

Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by ecmascript on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:44AM (#34627152)

I don't understand how this is an argument for staying though, even if so many brings it up.

It feels more or less impossible to influence EU-politicians. I don't know who they are, what they do or barely how the EU system works. It is too complicated for laymen to get into in general.

If a local politician proposes a stupid law as this one, I can call them up on my phone while when EU does it you don't even know it's happening.

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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by tokai on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:47AM (#34627188)

>I don't know who they are, what they do

It is extremely easy to find out. You even had an election where you voted for one of them (if you showed up for the vote). Here you go [0]. Start sending them emails about this.

[0] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search/advanced?count...

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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by ecmascript on Monday February 06, 2023 @09:58AM (#34678194)

Sorry for the late reply but HN didn't allow me posting it before.

I did send them an email. Only one replied.

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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by tokai on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @07:43AM (#34707264)

Great

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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by stinos on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:35PM (#34630106)

I don't understand how this is an argument for staying though, even if so many brings it up.

I did not intend to use this as such argument.

Wrt not being able to even reach EU-politicians: that's a bit far fetched, no? Maybe you don't know who they are but it's easy enough to look that up, for my country the first hit is spot on and the second one is a Wikipedia entry saying the same. Likewise for questions like 'how does EU parliament work'.

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