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Re:EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass... by rdm_blackhole on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @08:51AM (#44169450)
You forgot to mention the best part, LEOs and MEPs and all militarily personnel would be exempt from this proposal thereby creating a two tier society where if you end up in the wrong tier, all your conversations will be watched by the government and in the other where you are free to say what you want.

This stuff is straight up out of 1984.

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Re:EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass... by nickslaughter02 on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @09:02AM (#44169556)
Naturally. They know the agents will make mistakes and send your image or video to some underpaid cop somewhere along with all your details. It will be extortion galore.
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