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Well, they didn’t want to be part of the European Union, and they’re very clearly demonstrating that they are indeed not part of the European Union.
by jb1991 4y ago
Well, they didn’t want to be part of the European Union, and they’re very clearly demonstrating that they are indeed not part of the European Union.
- 0xy 4y agoThe EU has repeatedly proposed to cripple E2E encryption with opaque client-side scanning technology. [1] This comment seems to be incredibly misguided, all of Europe wants to destroy privacy. [1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/war-upon-end-to-end-encryption-eu-wants-big-tech-to-scan-private-messages/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/war-upon-end-to-...
- jb1991 4y agoI was not aware of that particular CSAM proposal, similar to Apples proposal last year, it looks like.
- 0xy 4y agoIt's only a "CSAM proposal" as far as the Patriot Act is a "anti-terrorist law", even though it's routinely used against ordinary citizens and lower level crimes. CSAM is merely the trojan horse, it's not hard to see how this would be extended to ban wrongthink. After all, Germany and the UK already severely limit speech. For example, the UK charged and convicted a young woman for posting the lyrics to a rap song in honor of her recently deceased friend because it happened to have the soft N-word in it. [1] Europe has repeatedly and systematically attacked free speech and encryption on multiple fronts. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43816921 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43816921
- philwelch 4y agoEU Policy Paper Calls for “European Internet” that Can, “Like the Chinese Firewall”, Block Services: https://techmonitor.ai/policy/european-firewall-proposal https://techmonitor.ai/policy/european-firewall-proposal There are plenty of authoritarians and authoritarian proposals on either side of the English Channel.