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If you are wondering why Chat Control
is being brought back so relentlessly,
despite a clear and strong opposition from citizens, human rights advocates, and child protection organizations alike,
I recommend you read this enlightening article from 2023 (alas still relevant):
Spoiler: It's lobbyists who want lots of your tax money, and don't care about the children.
"'Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content"
balkaninsight.com/2023/09/25/w…
- ❓More on Chat Control by Privacy Guides
- 🚨 Recent news of where Chat Control is at this week by Patrick Breyer
- 🇪🇺 Europeans: keep contacting your representatives (yes, again, I'm sorry)
#ChatControl #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #MassSurveillance #EUpol
‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content | Balkan Insight
An investigation uncovers a web of influence in the powerful coalition aligned behind the European Commission’s proposal to scan for child sexual abuse material online, a proposal leading experts say puts rights at risk and will introduce new vulnera…Luděk Stavinoha (BIRN)
I hate that I can basically recycle my posts about Chat Control every month or so. These lobbyists are extremely motivated.
Let's show them that we are
even more motivated than them to protect privacy rights, human rights, and democracy! ✊🔒
You know what you have to do:
👉 fightchatcontrol.eu/
• Recent news:
"Just before a decisive meeting in Brussels, digital rights expert and former Member of the European Parliament Dr. Patrick Breyer is sounding the alarm. Using a “deceptive sleight of hand,” a mandatory and expanded Chat Control is being pushed through the back door, in a form even more intrusive than the originally rejected plan. The legislative package could be greenlit tomorrow in a closed-door EU working group session."
#ChatControl #Privacy #HumanRights #DigitalRights #Democracy #EUpol
I just had a damn good idea 😀
We'll get the guy from the photo back and feed him all the evil people who only hurt others.
Okay, okay, it's a really malicious idea and so inhumane.
But I'm allowed to be like that sometimes....🙄 🤭 😂
Oh oh, another related idea!
We can vote on who gets fed...
okay, it's still a malicious idea, but much more democratic.... 😂
1/2
#mastodon #fediverse #justice #democracy #minotaur #laugh #fun #joke
Today is the *#DayOfDestinyForTheGermans*
On @Wikipedia, there are many historic events listed for today, #9November.
I will highlight 4 that are relevant to #democracy:
1. 1918: #FakeNews leads 2 proclamation of 1st #GermanRepublic
2. 1923: Bloody suppression of the #Hitler's #BeerHallPutschPutsch
3. 1938: #NS-#NightOfBrokenGlass with #deportation of #Jews from 11/10
4. 1989: Fall of the #BerlinWall: beginning of the collapse of the #GDR's unjust regime
The Authoritarian Stack.
This is brilliant – if you’re interested in human rights, democracy, and tech, and want to understand technofascism/corporatocracy bookmark and read this.👇
#AuthoritarianStack #tech #democracy #humanRights #capitalism #billionaires #corporatocracy mato.social/@josemurilo/115502…
All It Took for #Trump to Dismantle the #Justice Dept.
by Carol Leonnig
The #DOJ under Trump is still standing. But inside, he & his lieutenants have taken a wrecking ball to this core pillar of our nation’s #governing system.
#law #democracy #Constitution #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
nytimes.com/2025/10/30/opinion…
#VandanaShiva
#EarthDemocracy\
#MoreFromThom
¿:https:// hartmannreport .com/p/solution-bring-back-the-corporate __
hartmannreport.com/p/solution-… #democracy // #Amoreperfectunion || #TimothySnyder
#BelieveInTruth #BewareTheOnepartyState
Solution: Bring Back the Corporate Death Penalty
Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream"Thom Hartmann (The Hartmann Report)
#Pentagon announces a new #FarRight #press corps after mass walkout
A new crop of *conservative* #media & influencers — including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events & the National Pulse — signed an agreement with the #Defense Department.
#law #democracy #Constitution #FreePress #fascism #StateMedia #propaganda
washingtonpost.com/business/20…
For you activist folk that still use Google services, get your shit off google and do it now. Don't store your files there and move your email to @Tutanota
If you can't make that effort you're not to be trusted. Look at the last item on the list in the linked article. Given the current fascist admin, it's clear your files are not safe, secure or private if stored on Google. Likely other US services too.
#privacy #security #google #fascism #democracy #resist
inverse.com/input/tech/google-…
Heads up, Google is monitoring everything you do in Docs and Drive
It might be time to move any sensitive information to your hard drive.Matt Wille (Input)
No Kings was a historic success. Here's a roundup for you!
The Guardian gives a fantastic roundup of the record-breaking No Kings 2 protests. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o…
The AP says No Kings had a Street Party vibe. Yes, despite all the lies of Mike Johnson and the anti-American Republicans, people saw who we are. Who you are. apnews.com/article/no-kings-ra…
The NYT(!) says it - No Kings shows how vulnerable Trump and the failing GOP are. nytimes.com/2025/10/18/opinion…
The Guardian rounds up protest photos and signs. Go take a look at your fellow citizens in action. theguardian.com/us-news/galler…
#politics #democracy #USPol #nokings
Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump
Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianismRachel Leingang (The Guardian)
Wishing my USA friends a safe and joyous No Kings Day.
If you’ve not seen it yet, please feel free to use this art for your protest.
I have color, coloring book style, and B&W versions for you.
mastodon.social/@JoBlakely/115…
#NoKings #protest #resistance #democracy #art #protestArt #antifascist #usa
When Nazi Germany invaded Denmark in 1940, 17-year-old Arne Sejr secretly distributed a short pamphlet called "Ten Commandments for Danes." It inspired countless acts of defiance and led thousands of ordinary people to save 99% of their Jewish friends and neighbors by helping them to safety in Sweden.
Given the modern parallels to the past and inspired by Arne Sejr, a group of artists and organizers created "Ten Commandments of Defiance."
HuffPost:
The conservative justices appear ready to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The only question is how.
Such a decision could have monumental consequences for the future of Black political representation across the South, and potentially enable Republican legislatures to redraw maps in a way that helps bring to fruition...Trump’s goal of one-party rule in Washington.
huffpost.com/entry/supreme-cou…
