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It’s the German parliament, not government (although I guess there are definitions that include all three branches, the latter seems to be used synonymously wit
by IAmEveryone 5y ago
It’s the German parliament, not government (although I guess there are definitions that include all three branches, the latter seems to be used synonymously with ‘administration’ here).
The committee chair in question is from the liberal (as in libertarian, for Americans) party, which isn’t part of the governing coalition.
That being said, the criticism isn’t necessarily outside the mainstream, and both his Free Democrats and, even more so, the Green Party that would likely agree could well be part of the next government six weeks from now.
- 7373737373 5y agoThe governing coalition parties (CDU, SPD) members of the European parliament recently voted for similar measures to allow providers to conduct mass surveillance on their users: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/message-screening/ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/message-screening/ > But this is not the end of the story: For autumn 2021, European Commission announced that it will propose a follow-up legislation that will make the use of chatcontrol mandatory for all e-mail and messenger providers. This legislation might then also affect securely end-to-end encrypted communications.