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Chat Control Plenary vote Results (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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They are currently voting on amends to the regulation. The "Chat Control" proposal would legalise scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos. This threatens fundamental privacy rights and digital security for all EU citizens.

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

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[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 day ago

because civil liberties don't fit neatly into a left-right spectrum, despite being a lot more important than the economic policies that the left-right spectrum aims to describe, which is why I think the left-right spectrum is mostly useless

this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2026

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