Chat Control: EU Council vote is a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously
Contrary to headlines suggesting the EU has “backed away” from Chat Control, the negotiating mandate endorsed today by EU ambassadors in a close split vote paves the way for a permanent infrastructure of mass surveillance.While the Council removed the obligation for scanning, the agreed text creates a toxic legal framework that incentivizes US tech giants to scan private communications indiscriminately, introduces mandatory age checks for all internet users, and threatens to exclude teenagers from digital life.
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Reality Check: EU Council Chat Control Vote is Not a Retreat, But a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously
Contrary to headlines suggesting the EU has "backed away" from Chat Control, the negotiating mandate endorsed today by EU ambassadors in a close split vote paves the way for a permanent infrastructure of mass surveillance.Patrick Breyer
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varnia
in reply to vas • • •vas
in reply to varnia • • •Personally, I believe there's a chance for stopping this. EU is not an authoritarian state. I wouldn't give up too early -- instead would rather fight and provide public pressure for the direction of the law that supports mine and everybody's freedom.
raspberriesareyummy
in reply to vas • • •...yet. At this point I wish some aliens had mercy on us and nuked certain parliaments & sniped billinaires on this planet simultaneously, giving us a chance to try & start over.
rnercle
in reply to raspberriesareyummy • • •why would we need aliens to do that? people reclaimed their "chance to try & start over" many times before.
raspberriesareyummy
in reply to rnercle • • •pirateKaiser
in reply to raspberriesareyummy • • •4am
in reply to vas • • •This is like the 15th time they’ve tried to implement this. The fact that it came up, they were told his is a bad idea, it was shot down, and they STILL want to keep pushing and keep pushing it; what it really aught to tell you is that it’s time to re-evaluate your diagnosis of the EU and its tendencies.
Authoritarianism is on the rise everywhere, because opportunists see vectors to power available everywhere in technology, now that it has firmly propagated among everyday people. They can spread lies and misinformation, and a huge swath of people just fucking buy it. Consent can be manufactured at the drop of a hat.
They can’t allow dissenting opinions or pesky truth tellers to get in the way of their petrofortunes, of their pedo rings, their yachts, their security blankets.
quick_snail
in reply to varnia • • •aev_software
in reply to vas • • •Remember that the Council is meant to protect and enable trade. They only care about citizens for submitting them to exploitation.
If you discuss "the EU" you have to distinguish between Council and Parliament. The Council has no obligation to act according to the Parliament's wishes. They are not a democracy.
vas
in reply to aev_software • • •Thanks for your comment. I'm still only learning how legislation in the EU works. However, so far I haven't been able to confirm what you're saying. Could you help if you know? (I assume not only me, but possibly other readers, too)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_…
Here it doesn't say (almost) anything about "trade". Admittedly I've only read 2-3 pages and then used Ctrl+F to search on the rest of the page though.. Is it a de-facto split between the legislative powers of the Council and the Parliament? Where to read about it?
institution of the European Union representing the member states' governments bringing together national ministers from each EU country to adopt laws and coordinate policies
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in reply to vas • • •Chat Control: The EU's CSAM scanner proposal
Patrick Breyer