https://www.heise.de/news/EU-Staaten-schraenken-Pressefreiheit-im-Namen-der-nationalen-Sicherheit-ein-9194309.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.rdf.beitrag.beitrag https

https://www.heise.de/news/EU-Staaten-schraenken-Pressefreiheit-im-Namen-der-nationalen-Sicherheit-ein-9194309.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.rdf.beitrag.beitrag https://www.heise.de/news/EU-Staaten-schraenken-Pressefreihe... The EU just approved government Trojan horse software for journalists. Translation: https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/news/EU-Staaten-schraenken-Pressefreiheit-im-Namen-der-nationalen-Sicherheit-ein-9194309.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.rdf.beitrag.beitrag&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/news/EU-Staaten-schraenk... > The EU Council has decided its controversial position on the Freedom of the Media Act, according to which journalists should in principle be monitored with state trojans. > On Monday, 65 press and civil rights organizations called on the EU Council of Ministers in an open letter to use the planned media freedom law to effectively protect journalists from surveillance, for example with state Trojans. But the calling was in vain. The panel of government representatives of the member states on Wednesday outlined its line on the Media Freedom Act, according to which their security agencies are allowed to spy on media representatives for reasons of "national security", among other things. This would also undermine source protection. English sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/22/draft-eu-plans-to-allow-spying-on-journalists-are-dangerous-warn-critics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/22/draft-eu-plans... > Draft legislation published by EU leaders that would allow national security agencies to spy on journalists has been condemned by media and civic society groups as dangerous and described by a leading MEP as “incomprehensible”. https://www.brusselstimes.com/565952/spyware-in-europe-eu-to-allow-intrusive-surveillance-of-journalists1 https://www.brusselstimes.com/565952/spyware-in-europe-eu-to... https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/eu-member-states-show-dangerous-disregard-for-media-freedom-principles https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-...