2026-07-06 14:42 UTC
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@edri@eupolicy.social 2026-07-06 14:43
2/4 🔎 This law would allow #BigTech companies like Microsoft and Meta to mass scan their users’ private messages to search for child abuse material. Despite the important aim to protect children, EDRi and many legal experts have argued that scanning everyone’s messages – rather than just those reasonably suspected of serious criminal acts – is a violation of everyone’s communications confidentiality and fundamental rights. Why is the upcoming THIRD vote this week concerning?... 🧵
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@Kerplunk@mastodon.scot 2026-07-06 17:55
@edri@eupolicy.social Third European Parliament vote on #MassSurveillance in 4 months? Why is the Council pushing MEPs to approve mass scanning of users’ private messages? 🚨 European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Check out her husband, there are reports he is involved in a surveillance business Metsola pushed a new ethics code that demanded EU Parliament’s senior members declare conflicts of interest Under those new rules, one person was left out: the president herself https://www.politico.eu/article/roberta-metsola-lobbyist-husband-ukko-european-parliament-president-transparency/