Historic Chat Control Vote in the EU Parliament: MEPs Vote to End Untargeted Mass Scanning of Private Chats

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Rheinish

lemmy.world

Great news! It's good to see that they actually seem to care about people's opinions once in a while.

So, does anyone want to play a game of over/under on how long it will take before it's proposed again? I'm guessing under three months.

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fedia.io

gotta collect names of those pushing for it and vote to get rid of them from eu (and local) positions

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piefed.social

The Danish parliamentary election is coming up in a couple of weeks. I'm definitely doing my part in electing new leaders, who won't bring this shit up again.

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feddit.org

4 weeks.

huppakee reply

piefed.social

I'm also pessimistic enough to expect it to come back, but it will likely have assume a new form (not necessarily a better one):

Amendment 5, tabled by Pirate Party MEP Markéta Gregorová (Greens/EFA group) and adopted by a narrow margin, demands that any scanning of private communications must be strictly limited to individual users or groups of users suspected by a competent judicial authority of being linked to child sexual abuse. This aligns with the European Parliament’s 2023 mandate on the permanent Chat Control regulation (CSAR).

wrinkle2409

lemmy.cafe

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.