Post #779608

2026-03-26 01:00 UTC

The #EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos. https://fightchatcontrol.eu/?foo=bar From @chatcontrol site creator, in a HN comment: &gt; In an unprecedented move, the #EPP is attempting to force a repeat vote tomorrow, seeking to overturn the otherwise principled March 11 decision and instead favouring indiscriminate mass #surveillance. In an attempt to avoid this, the Greens earlier today tried to remove the repeat vote from the agenda tomorrow, but this was voted down. &gt; As such, tomorrow, the Parliament will once again vote on Chat Control. And unlike March 11, multiple groups are split on the vote, including S&amp;D and Renew. The EPP remains unified in its support for #ChatControl. If you are a #European citizen, I urge you to contact your #MEPs by e-mail and, if you have time, by calling. We really are in the final stretch here and every action counts. I have just updated the website to reflect the votes today, allowing a more targeted approach. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47522709

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@smallcircles@social.coop 2026-03-26 01:22

@chatcontrol It's eye-watering stupid how politicians in @EUCommission and #EU parliament - in a time when there's big opportunity to forge more unity in our Union, and (re)gain people's #Trust - continue to pursue deep #dystopia against the #People's will over and over and over again. It is embarassing and shameful, and should be criminal. Here's some excerpts from the HN comments thread: > It seems abundantly clear that the options on any vote in any legislature for a proposed bill are always “yes” and “ask me later”. > Is it still a democracy if you just keep redoing the vote until you get the outcome you want? > It's really surprising to me that this issue keeps coming up time and time again, until I realised that it's non-voted in parties actually trying to pass this stuff! > It's all about the lobbying. It's honestly crazy that essentially bribery is legal. A few thousand here and there for campaign donations. It's amazing how cheap politicians are. Don't betray our trust!

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@Kerplunk@mastodon.scot 2026-03-26 09:42

@smallcircles @chatcontrol The #EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos. Getting very sick of the rinse and repeat cycle of us surveillance support. How much are EU Ministers being paid for supporting meta and co

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@dianea@lgbtqia.space 2026-03-26 10:52

@smallcircles @chatcontrol "The voting will continue until mass surveillance is approved"

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