In a sensational turn of events in the fight against Chat Control, a majority in the European Parliament voted today to end the untargeted mass scanning of private communications. In doing so, the Parliament firmly rejected the error-prone and unconstitutional surveillance practices of recent years. Pressure is now mounting on EU governments to respect the MEPs’ vote and bury untargeted mass surveillance in Europe once and for all.
They’ve probably realized that American corporations which are ran by the Epstein class get to sift through all the data
Now Denmark, don’t you fucking dare doing this again!
I wonder what all these anti-EU russian propaganda bots are going to use now to sow discontent against the EU… lol
It was a genuine concern, I am happy with the result
Of course. Nothing is black and white. This was a real issue, but still abused by anti-EU propaganda to weaken us.
Yes, but Denmark gave the opportunity to do so. We know we have enemies that wnt us divided, why bring such a stupid and controversial piece of legislation forward.
There should be blame put at their door for this, we know the trolls will troll that isnt new.
Probably pointing out the imperialism. It’s important to listen to your critics because there can be kernels of truth amongst the bullshit.
russians pointing out imperialism… how ironic
Nobody said they had to be morally integer…
.ml users crying in their commie blocks
Finally some good fucking news. Now let’s make it so there’s no 2.0 3.0 etc constantly trying to sneak this in - we need to enshrine privacy into real laws.
Once and for all… until the next vote?
This wasn’t just no on chat control, this was also yes on an amendment against future chat control monitoring bills
Everything is temporary.
Political participation is a full-time job, keep the pressure on and the change will endure.
Why have we been talking about EU chat control for years. How many time have this been voted on? and can people just keep popping up chat control if the previous one fail?
Why is it possible to vote for something that is against the constitution?
What is this? Good news? In this economy? It simply cannot be!
This is democracy manifest!
Euroooopeeeee!!!
(Well the EU but it sounds less cool).
EUUU! (said like a new jersey mafioso says “eyyy”)
*Officially
Yay Europe! Genuinely happy for you folks.
Maybe someday we’ll have freedom and privacy in the US :’)
Halt! You have gone below the mandatory threshold for nationally mandated jingoism. An ICE unit has been dispatched to your location to bring you to the RFK Right-To-Labour camp.
The beating will continue until moral improves.
It’s definitely starting to feel like having your rights enshrined on unalterable tablets of stone, but which must be re-interpreted by a half dozen political appointees holding a seance with the founding fathers every few months, may not be the platonic ideal of governance that Americans are constantly telling the world it is.
Do nine men interpret? Nine men, I nod.
Awesome
Can we now put that in some form of European constitution, pretty please with a cherry?
Or we put it on a timer and let it bubble up in some months to reevaluate it over and over again. Wouldn’t that be fun?
Doesn’t mean anything yet. Parliament can get overruled by the Council, whom seem more in favor of untargeted scanning.
The commission always got the last word
Yay for the EU! Hopefully you guys get a law that will permanently enshrine your privacy rights (or rights to encrypted chats at least).
GDPR already exists, but there is no such thing as permanence in politics. Constant struggle
And there have been talks to weaken GDPR to appease Americans. So no rights are never permanent
There is no such thing as permanent laws. And for good reasons.
I mean, yeah, I didn’t necessarily mean forever. And you’re right. But I hope you get some sort of law that is actually enforceable and has a chance of being useful for as long as it lives to defend you right to privacy.
Good News! I was so afraid for our future in Europe.
Losing freedoms in our modern times will lead to just another authoritarian state, which will eventually lead to shit.
In doing so, the Parliament firmly rejected the error-prone and unconstitutional surveillance practices of recent years.
Good news. However shouldn’t that also include online age verification?
No, those things can be done in a completely private way.
