Just before a decisive meeting in Brussels, digital rights expert and former Member of the European Parliament Dr. Patrick Breyer is sounding the alarm. Using a "deceptive sleight of hand," a mandatory and expanded Chat Control is being pushed through the back door, in a form even more intrusive tha
  • BeerEnjoyer@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    Interesting how “active” they became in 2025. Before, we had one of those proposals failing and then a little bit of peace. Now it fails one time and next week they try again. Not only that, it doesn’t happen only in Europe, since many states in the USA implemented the age verification for 18+ sites (according to the AOL it’s 17 states counting from 01/01/2025), and also the entire thing happening in the UK.

    • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      Remember the war that will come some time after 2027 that Tusk mentioned. Free information makes winning that war more difficult.

            • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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              3 hours ago

              The Polish Prime Minister referred to a similar assessment by the head of the US European Command (USEUCOM) and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Alexis Grinkiewicz, with whom he had spoken shortly before. According to this assessment, by 2027 Russia and China could become strong enough to seek a coordinated confrontation with NATO and the United States.