> Is chat control part of new legislation supposed to undermine DMa?
Ursula von der Leyen has a long history of instrumenting children and CSAM to get more control. She did the same in Germany, she’s an utterly despicable person.
Ursula von der Leyen has a long history of instrumenting children and CSAM to get more control. She did the same in Germany, she’s an utterly despicable person.
That said, she has generally been pretty incompetent in every role, but keeps falling upwards.
(That's not to say she's not ignorant and incompetent in many ways, because she clearly is, but I'm talking about the root of these specific behaviours, which seems pretty clearly intentional at this point).
If they tell you they want to invade your privacy over internet casinos and copyright infringement, you tell them to pound sand. If they claim it's to arrest pedos then you tell them to pound sand and they accuse you of being a pedo. Then you have to accuse them of being a Nazi and reasoned debate is at a close and it becomes a popularity contest, which is the only way the people with no capacity for reasoned debate can win.
That seems pretty evil.
What's the opportunity here though? They're not making any friends in the tech industry so it's not to secure a job, it's not popular with a lot of people, I don't get what they're gaining here.
Also, it has come to light that there’s a tech-connection after all, with US tech companies lobbying for their service: https://balkaninsight.com/2023/09/25/who-benefits-inside-the...
If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
Edit: it looks like you've been breaking the site guidelines quite badly on a regular basis—for example:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37733548
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37718945 (Sept 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37100652 (Aug 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36975625 (Aug 2023)
This kind of thing destroys what the site is for, so if it keeps up, we're going to have to ban you. If you'd please stick to the guidelines from now on, that would be good. Among other things, that means no personal attacks, putdowns, or snark.