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Why single out England particularly?
by swarnie 1y ago
Why single out England particularly?
- khalic 1y agoBecause the rest of Europe has much stronger reaction to unpopular political decisions
- nickslaughter02 1y agoEU wants to scan every private message you send. Are there protests in the streets? "The EU could be scanning your chats by October 2025 – here's everything we know" (https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-could-be-scanning-your-chats-by-october-2025-heres-everything-we-know https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-co...) "Chat Control is back & we've got two months to stop the EU CSAM scanning plans" (https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism)
- khalic 1y agoChat control is being actively campaigned against, and is not yet law. Civil disobedience, demonstrations and other more disruptive forms of protest come after the democratic options have been exhausted. Is this really news to you?
- L0in 1y ago> demonstrations and other more disruptive forms of protest come after the democratic options have been exhausted Are they though?
- nickslaughter02 1y ago> Chat control is being actively campaigned against By a few tech communities with a very limited reach. I refuse to believe at this point that the complete silence on the topic from mainstream media across EU is a coincidence.
- tene80i 1y agoI believe the point being made is that you are saying England when it is the entire UK under discussion. You are missing out three of the four nations of the U.K.
- khalic 1y agoDon’t they have their own governments of sorts? Also, I would never accuse Irish or Scott’s of being passive in their response to political changes…
- foldr 1y agoThe OSA applies to all of the UK.
- khalic 1y agoThx I didn’t know that, thank you
- swarnie 1y agoEngland is the only one of the four without its own parliament. Providing you accurately define the Irish in question all four are subject to the OSA, none have actively opposed it in any meaningful way.
- tene80i 1y agoThey do, but with limited powers. It’s not exactly the same as US states and the federal government, but you can think of them as regional governments or levels of government in that sort of way. The Scottish Parliament can pass some types of laws for Scotland. But Westminster (usually) passes laws for the entire UK.