Comment by dre440
3 days ago
The irony that it is data from civil servants that wan to implement the biggest central digital censorship endeavor in the western hemisphere.
3 days ago
The irony that it is data from civil servants that wan to implement the biggest central digital censorship endeavor in the western hemisphere.
Netherlands has always been pretty firmly against Chat Control (except for one political party, EPP)
Is this about EU Chat Control? Because that was mostly pushed from Denmark no?
Perhaps it originated from there. But EU Chat Control is brought up again and again and again for a vote. They'll continue until some version of it is passed. And then they'll go further with the next privacy infringing regulation to be building on top of it. It is really disheartening for privacy activists, but that is probably the strategy. Wear people out, and push the regulation through when resistance wanes. Note that the Netherlands is on the side of protecting privacy at this point in time. I think it does a great deal to erode trust of EU citizens in the European Union, in a time when that trust is perhaps more important than ever before. For information see: https://fightchatcontrol.eu
Yes, which is why I commented why I did - poster was pointing at the Netherlands which seemed to misconstrue the current state of the problem.
Ah, yes. Sure. Proof?
the danish were one of the strongest Chat Control promovers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_Control
Dutch and Danish are two different nationalities. To be fair they both begin with a D and end with a H so I understand the confusion.
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You mean these specific Danish EU civil servants were the ones pushing chat control? Or are we actually talking about completely different people? Not every European is the same person.
So, completely different country
But also the U.S. based companies are the biggest lobbyist.
Maybe the Danish government but not the Danish people.
In Europe, we dissociate public servants from elected officials. Dutch officials, receiving a lot of money from US-based NGO/foundation, push for chat control and other US interests. Dutch public servants obey official in matters of laws, but can lobby for the tools they use.