Dear (EU) politicians. Please stop saying "We want to protect the children" when you really want to outlaw or circumvent end-to-end encryption. #kthxbai#chatcontrol
Soooo, not only has the Belgian Presidency postponed today's vote on #ChatControl, #EU Commissioner #Jurova for the first time publicly admitted that the proposal would break #encryption:
Great, so #chatcontrol was not moving forward today thanks also to various interventions from folks around the fediverse .... In particular thanks @Mer__edith for the clear take from Signals side. But it's clearly not canceled and Hungary will retry getting it through, and France, having elections soon, might drop out of opposing it? Let's stay vigilant about #chatcontrol and help eg @netzpolitik_feed and @edri and other groups to help us working against authoritarian #chatcontrol fantasies.
The #EU member states could not agree on #ChatControl today. The Council Presidency has removed it from the voting agenda because they do not have a sufficient majority. 🥳
We need to stay vocal and make it clear that we will not accept mass #surveillance. 📢
Looks like the Belgian Presidency failed to get the support it needed for #chatcontrol
As I understand it, the vote scheduled from today has been removed from the agenda due to lack of Member State support and will no longer be pursued under the currently Presidency.
It remains to see how the Hungarian presidency will prioritise this... let's see what happens over the coming months.
Today is an important day. Our #security and #privacy is on the line The #EU is going to vote on something disgusting that could effect every EU citizen and every company negatively. We are on the brink of being completely monitored, surveilled, online.
We have no big farmers vehicles, no hands glued to art. Nobody knows anything about these plans. We just don't know.
There would be outrage but there is none, except in the few who know what is on the line. #Politics#ChatControl#PoliceState
Jutro Rada Unii Europejskiej będzie podejmować decyzję o zatwierdzeniu hasztag #ChatControl — regulacji, która ma wymuszać na dostawcach platform komunikacyjnych skanowanie czatów użytkowników. Polska nie jest skłonna poprzeć tego rozwiązania, ale państw głosujących przeciwko jest za mało, aby zablokować procedowanie tej regulacji.
Udostępniamy materiał, który opisuje wady tego rozwiązania.
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The planned #chatcontrol makes the world less secure and more authoritarian, as it is directed against private and encrypted communication. Proponents are using disinformation, lies, and sleight of hand to push through the project. But chat control can still be stopped. A commentary.
Basically, they want to scan everyone's chat messages for illegal stuff, which is completely disproportionate and a #privacy nightmare.
Chat Control violates fundamental rights (according to the European Data Protection Board), and the German Child Protection Association says it's not suitable to combat child abuse.
Please tell your government to vote against it! I already have.