News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on End of "Chat Control": EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveillance in Voting Thriller. Parent comment

Re:End of "Chat Control": EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveilla... by WhyNotHugo on Thursday March 26, 2026 @03:59PM (#47534963)
You have “centralised democracy”, a form of democracy where decisions, once debated and adopted, are implemented uniformly throughout an organisation. They are not debated a second time, and there’s no room for dissenting against decisions already made.

It’s a double-edge sword though: if something you dislike gets votes, it’s never going away.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:End of "Chat Control": EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveilla... by gzread on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:27PM (#47535296)
Yes, if I don't like something, I can't just ignore it. That is called democracy, and rule of law. Democracy is often interpreted to mean only things I like get passed, but that is incorrect.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:End of "Chat Control": EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveilla... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:33PM (#47535353)
> They are not debated a second time, and there’s no room for dissenting against decisions already made

Of course they are and of course there is. The "EU passed a temporary derogation" to the ePrivacy Directive in 2021 "called Chat Control 1.0 by critics" [1]. That is now dead [2].

> if something you dislike gets votes, it’s never going away

Weird to be saying precedent is infintely binding in 2026 of all years.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_Control#Legislative_proce...

[2] https://x.com/NoToDigitalID/status/2037213272131203339

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:End of "Chat Control": EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveilla... by Saline9515 on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:57PM (#47535620)
The EU parliament can't retract existing laws if the EC doesn't agree and proposes a law doing it.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:End of "Chat Control": EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveilla... by WhyNotHugo on Saturday March 28, 2026 @05:16AM (#47552942)
The sentence which you are quoting is referencing the concept described in the previous sentence of the same paragraph. It is not describing the EU’s form of democracy.
[ Parent | on HN ]