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>> Banning encrypted messaging (almost passed) > It's a positive thing that it was brought up and struck down. You see, the thing about european legislation i
by pronik 3y ago
>> Banning encrypted messaging (almost passed)
> It's a positive thing that it was brought up and struck down.
You see, the thing about european legislation is that certain stuff, especially stuff people oppose, is proposed over and over again until it passes. It costs almost nothing to re-propose things like killing net neutrality or banning end-to-end encryption, but it's very costly to oppose them. Which the politicians and lobbyists know and use to their advantage.
- jonkoops 3y agoWell at least people's voices are being heard, not something I can say for every country, federation, or union.
- Vinnl 3y agoThat does not sound particularly specific to the EU to me?
- extraduder_ire 3y agoI don't think the EU has ever had net-neutrality as you'd call it in the US. The infrastructure and internet service are separated in most places which has similar outcomes. (and mobile data is wicked cheap for other reasons) Most notably, this means a bunch of stuff gets "zero-rated" (e.g. free unlimited facebook/whatsapp with any phone plan, but other data is limited), which was explicitly called out as anti-competitive when the fight was going on about net neutrality in the states.
- Vinnl 3y agoI believe zero-rating was contested in at least one EU country (the Netherlands) as well. I can find at least one source, which also references net neutrality legislation: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-deutsche-telekom-netherlands-regulato-idUSKBN14C0LS/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-deutsche-telekom-netherla...