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Actually,reporting on NK or China's surveillance is usually because they are geopolitical adversaries not because they are dystopian. So to think that the EU ca

Actually,reporting on NK or China's surveillance is usually because they are geopolitical adversaries not because they are dystopian. So to think that the EU cares about freedom or privacy is to be naïve

chii 1y ago
there's a chance that an EU citizen could fight back against these legislation. And it is encouraged to do so. Privacy is agency.
- MaxPock 1y ago
  The system is designed to make you think you have a chance. Ask the 30 people arrested in the UK everyday for their social media posts what they think of this ability to "fight back".
  - nickslaughter02 1y ago
    It's not necessary to go outside of EU. "In a despicable attack on the freedom of speech, a German right-wing journalist has been sentenced to seven months’ probation for mocking left-wing Interior Minister Nancy Faeser." "The editor-in-chief of the news website Deutschland-Kurier was punished for sharing a satirical meme on his X account. The meme, which was posted by Bendels last February, shows Nancy Faeser holding up a sign, with the words: “I hate freedom of expression.”" https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/proving-the-point-german-journalist-convicted-for-free-speech-meme/ https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/proving-the-p...
    - account42 1y ago
      It's always funny (in a sad way) when a ruling should be admissible as clear evidence for the opposite ruling.
- hulitu 1y ago
  > there's a chance that an EU citizen could fight back against these legislation. Just like in the scene in "Dumb and dumber" : " i would say ... like one in a million"
wongarsu 1y ago
The point is that reporting on NK's and China's surveillance of their own citizens is framed as dystopian. The framing only works if they claim that such surveillance is dystopian. Of course elected representatives don't necessarily have the same opinions as news reporters. But you would expect consistency within the same publication
- rapind 1y ago
  “This is absolutely horrific and they should be ashamed… so anyway, just out of curiosity, do you think we could do something like this?” Hypocrisy at it’s finest.

chii 1y ago

there's a chance that an EU citizen could fight back against these legislation. And it is encouraged to do so. Privacy is agency.

MaxPock 1y ago
The system is designed to make you think you have a chance. Ask the 30 people arrested in the UK everyday for their social media posts what they think of this ability to "fight back".
- nickslaughter02 1y ago
  It's not necessary to go outside of EU. "In a despicable attack on the freedom of speech, a German right-wing journalist has been sentenced to seven months’ probation for mocking left-wing Interior Minister Nancy Faeser." "The editor-in-chief of the news website Deutschland-Kurier was punished for sharing a satirical meme on his X account. The meme, which was posted by Bendels last February, shows Nancy Faeser holding up a sign, with the words: “I hate freedom of expression.”" https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/proving-the-point-german-journalist-convicted-for-free-speech-meme/ https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/proving-the-p...
  - account42 1y ago
    It's always funny (in a sad way) when a ruling should be admissible as clear evidence for the opposite ruling.
hulitu 1y ago
> there's a chance that an EU citizen could fight back against these legislation. Just like in the scene in "Dumb and dumber" : " i would say ... like one in a million"

wongarsu 1y ago

The point is that reporting on NK's and China's surveillance of their own citizens is framed as dystopian. The framing only works if they claim that such surveillance is dystopian. Of course elected representatives don't necessarily have the same opinions as news reporters. But you would expect consistency within the same publication

rapind 1y ago
“This is absolutely horrific and they should be ashamed… so anyway, just out of curiosity, do you think we could do something like this?” Hypocrisy at it’s finest.