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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 month ago

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

www.patrick-breyer.de

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

www.patrick-breyer.de

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 month ago
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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.
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    Yes but my understanding of EU legislation is that this will only last until Friday, when some random right-wing politician introduces Yet Another Iteration of a Chat Control bill, right?

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      Wink wink! There’s no reason to continue scanning, wink wink!

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    Such great news!

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