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Re:EU launches government satcom program in sovereignty push by Fnoord on Monday February 02, 2026 @11:29AM (#46857919)
> Interesting how this is the second time [0] in the past few weeks where an HN comment I wrote that was optimistic about the EU's capacity was downvoted.

Nothing new there, but I wouldn't assume Chinese bot army being behind it. The Russians, American MAGA, European alt-right each have an interest in such suppression (and RU and USA also conduct industrial espionage on EU). You may assume each of these parties is present in a thread about European sovereignty, but either way the mods discourage any discussion about moderation. You're best off emailing one of them.

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Re:EU launches government satcom program in sovereignty push by alephnerd on Monday February 02, 2026 @11:38AM (#46858011)
Absolutely, but negating and distracting from the fact that EU governments have been publicly calling out Chinese disinfo ops [0][1] over the past 2-3 years to a degree not seen since Russia began hybrid warfare against the EU in the 2010s is unneccesary.

[0] - https://www.defense.gouv.fr/desinformation/nos-analyses-froi...

[1] - https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2024/10/nederlandse...

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