GuestFAUniverse 3 hours ago

Chat controls. Again? How can this even be legal? -- to try and try and try ... against all odds. Doesn't make any sense to discuss that on a bi-yearly basis.

  • dfawcus 43 minutes ago

    Because of the nature of the treaties forming the EU, and the structures it generates.

    It is basically a regulatory union, constructed so as to transpose power to the center, then hold it there.

    It can't allow the people to have too much say, as that is "populism", which gets in the way of the bureaucracy doing its thing.

    The only way to end / prevent this proposal from being repeated until "success" is to pass another treaty entrenching that something like Chat Control is forbidden.

    That is an extremely low probability event, and gets lower as more member states join.

johanvts an hour ago

The text was watered down, and hopefully it will not clear parliament in any meaningful way. As a dane I wonder if our social democrats are so gong-ho for law this to compensate for the fact that the former king maker in the party was recently jailed on pedophelia charges. But I think they just have a power fetisch.

janpio 4 hours ago

What does "adopt #ChatControl negotiating mandate" mean?

  • throwaway89201 12 minutes ago

    If you're asking about "negotiating mandate" here: it's a step in the EU legislative process, which is initiated by the Commission by proposing legislation. The Council of the European Union (which consists of member state government representatives) discusses the proposal and adopts a "negotiating mandate" (or not), which is the allowed negotiation space the Council's presidency has to negotiate with Parliament about the proposal.

    If such a mandate is given, a trilogue between Commission, Council and EU Parliament usually starts.

nickslaughter02 4 hours ago

"EU government ambassadors set to adopt #ChatControl negotiating mandate tomorrow without discussion, including "voluntary" mass scanning and anonymity-destroying age verification."

burnt-resistor an hour ago

Fuck control-freak, big mother, panopticon bullshit.

Privacy or bust.