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.
  • wrinkle2409@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I find this very important to take notice:

    The push for Chat Control is heavily driven by foreign-funded lobby groups and tech vendors. The US-based organization Thorn, which literally sells the exact scanning software in question, spends hundreds of thousands of euros lobbying in Brussels. The tech industry has officially lobbied side-by-side with NGOs for a law that ensures their profits and data access, rather than protecting children.

    The common public never wanted something so unreasonable, it was all the hands of capitalist sociopaths it seems. Let it be a cautionary tale for the masses.