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nickslaughter02··on The EU's Secret Assault on Your Free Speech
> One of the most dangerous parts of the DSA is the massive power it hands to the commission, the EU’s international regulatory arm. While much of EU regulatory enforcement occurs at the national level, which is more accountable to voters, the DSA empowers the commission to investigate platforms and levy fines of up to 6% of their global annual revenue for each violation. In these investigations, the commission acts as both prosecutor and judge—accusing companies of noncompliance under a broad, ambiguous law, then deciding if companies’ answers are enough to disprove the allegations. An American court would strike down such a law as both unconstitutionally vague and a travesty of due process.
nickslaughter02··on The EU's Secret Assault on Your Free Speech
https://archive.is/pME2T
nickslaughter02··on EU must become a 'genuine federation' to avoid deindustrialisation and decline
> The regulations are for the long-term-benefit of the EU

Will Europe still exist when they are done making it better?

nickslaughter02··on EU must become a 'genuine federation' to avoid deindustrialisation and decline
Poland’s constitutional court rules EU energy policies breach national sovereignty https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/06/11/polands-constitutiona...
nickslaughter02··on EU must become a 'genuine federation' to avoid deindustrialisation and decline
> the European Union risks subordination, division and deindustrialision all at once

Whose fault is that? Who is constantly forcing regulations which hurt EU industries?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Green_Deal#Job_losses...

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/12/16/eu-carmakers-t...

Instead of fixing the problems they have created they are now placing taxes on imported heavy goods.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/01/01/eus-carbon-bor...

nickslaughter02··on 39th Chaos Communication Congress Videos
The Last of Us - Fighting the EU Surveillance Law Apocalypse

https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-the-last-of-us-fighting-the-eu-s...

nickslaughter02··on EU set to adopt ChatControl negotiating mandate tomorrow without discussion
"EU government ambassadors set to adopt #ChatControl negotiating mandate tomorrow without discussion, including "voluntary" mass scanning and anonymity-destroying age verification."
nickslaughter02··on Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws
Don't forget ProtectEU in 2026 - mandatory backdoors to devices.
nickslaughter02··on Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws
No.

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-chat-control-proposal-st...

nickslaughter02··on Chat Control on steroids is under way
Explanation: https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1ogirx5/chat_contro...
nickslaughter02··on One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill
> He seems to be motivated by increases in gang crime that he will get blamed for

...which is the government's fault and they should be blamed.

nickslaughter02··on Suspicionless ChatControl must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law
Keep up the pressure. Write to your representatives. Write and inform the public. Never think somebody else will do it for you. Vote for the right party.

https://edri.org/

https://noyb.eu/en

https://www.eff.org/

nickslaughter02··on Suspicionless ChatControl must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law
Yes but this sort of wording might suggest they want just small changes. We must keep the pressure.
nickslaughter02··on Suspicionless ChatControl must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law
I'm glad I will be long dead when this becomes possible. They WILL try no doubt.
nickslaughter02··on Suspicionless ChatControl must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law
Yes, we should be willing to accept a certain level of crime if it means privacy and security for hundreds of millions of regular people. Even more so when their cure is worse than the disease.
nickslaughter02··on Suspicionless ChatControl must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law
That would require trust in the same governments that try to pass this mass surveillance law again and again. Needless to say I don't share that trust.
nickslaughter02··on Suspicionless ChatControl must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law
How do you make sure that "suspicion based" Chat Control can't be exploited? All client side scanning must be explicitly banned. The EU had an opportunity to do just that with their AI Act.
nickslaughter02··on One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill
> Why not call it: "a proposal to break encryption and enact mass surveillance, claimed to be used to fight CSAM"?

That doesn't have the same ring to it to persuade clueless and weak politicians to support anything with the word "child" in it.

nickslaughter02··on One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill
> is far more balanced than the Commission’s original version

It doesn't require analyzing of all text and sound. Everything else is still fair game.

nickslaughter02··on One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill
Peter Hummelgaard, Danish Minister of Justice: "We must break with the totally erroneous perception that it is everyone's civil liberty to communicate on encrypted messaging services."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/danish-justice-min...

nickslaughter02··on One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill
Peter Hummelgaard, Danish Minister of Justice: "I indisputably believe that surveillance creates an increased sense of security ... and given that the prerequisite for freedom is security, yes, I believe that more surveillance equates to more freedom"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473136

nickslaughter02··on One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill
I wouldn't be surprised if he was still targeted by the people and companies lobbying for the law.
nickslaughter02··on One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill
The EU hero of 2025.
nickslaughter02··on German government comes out against Chat Control
This IS eu trying it since late 2021. The original proposal was adopted by the lead european commissioner Ylva Johansson in May 2022 and the commission has been trying to find support for it in the council ever since.

‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content (https://balkaninsight.com/2023/09/25/who-benefits-inside-the...)

Undermining Democracy: The European Commission’s Controversial Push for Digital Surveillance (https://dannymekic.com/202310/undermining-democracy-the-euro...)

1. maladministration: Ombudsman regrets Commission approach to access to documents request concerning EU legislation on combatting child sexual abuse (https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/news-document/en/189565)

2. maladministration: Decision on how the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) dealt with the moves of two former staff members to positions related to combatting online child sexual abuse (case 2091/2023/AML) (https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/decision/en/200017)

Please keep yourselves informed, don't spread an incorrect message, because this is an important issue to fight and needs accurate information.

nickslaughter02··on Child Protection Association opposes Chat Control
English translation: https://netzpolitik-org.translate.goog/2025/eu-ueberwachungs...
nickslaughter02··on Chatcontrol: German Interior Ministry tries to force approval with a trick
Original title: Chatcontrol: German Interior Ministry tries to force approval with last-minute trick – EU Commission misleads children's rights advocates with false information

English translation: https://pirati-io.translate.goog/2025/10/chatcontrol-il-mini...

nickslaughter02··on How Europe Crushes Innovation
US innovates, China copies, Europe regulates
nickslaughter02··on The UK is still trying to backdoor encryption for Apple users
> The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), Part III, activated by ministerial order in October 2007,[37] requires persons to decrypt information and/or supply keys to government representatives to decrypt information without a court order. Failure to disclose carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail, or five years in the cases of national security or child indecency. The provision was first used against animal rights activists in November 2007,[38] and at least three people have been prosecuted and convicted for refusing to surrender their encryption keys,[39] one of whom was sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment.[40] Even politicians responsible for the law have voiced concerns that its broad application may be problematic.[41]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#United_King...

nickslaughter02··on The UK is still trying to backdoor encryption for Apple users
France's backdoor mandate is a separate case unrelated to chat control. https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/03/messaging-app-signal-threa...
nickslaughter02··on Peter Hummelgaard: I believe that more surveillance equates to more freedom
Peter Hummelgaard, Danish Minister of Justice, in an interview about Chat Control, remains defiant:

"I indisputably believe that surveillance creates an increased sense of security ... and given that the prerequisite for freedom is security, yes, I believe that more surveillance equates to more freedom"

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