Re:Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now
by isodev on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @05:46AM
(#40715757)
Well, people wanted even more alt-right representation in parliament, MEP support for the entire package of policy "Chat Control" is part of is now higher than ever. There is a lot more "for the children" policy coming up.
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Re:Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now
by gillesjacobs on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @06:17AM
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This isn't necessarily true: the Identity and Democracy faction is explicitly pro-privacy, digital rights and against Chat Control.
- https://id-party.eu/program/ (ID Party Official Site)
- https://idgroup.eu/news/online-censorship-is-a-threat-to-eur... (ID Group News)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_and_Democracy (Wikipedia Overview)
- https://id-party.eu/declaration-of-antwerp/ (ID Party Official Site)
The ID group is opposed to EU-wide surveillance measures, and promises to protecting individual privacy and national sovereignty.
FYI, 84% of ID has voted pro chat-control in 2021.
Re:Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now
by gillesjacobs on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @08:25AM
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I stand corrected. Guess all that posturing about privacy was all empty election promises then.
Seems like only the Greens, the left and within ID the AFD voted against.
Re:Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now
by anonzzzies on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @06:02AM
(#40715853)
Yeah, although really no-one of the 'regular people' (well, I have even educated programmer friends saying it's good to catch criminals) care/know (they glaze over when I talk about 'another tech blah') about this, they did vote the people in who like this kind of stuff (and probably are somewhere making $ with it).