Citizen Protest Halts Chat Control; Breyer Celebrates Major Victory for Digital Privacy
www.patrick-breyer.de
In a major breakthrough for the digital rights movement, the German government has refused to back the EU's controversial Chat Control regulation today after facing massive public pressure. This blocks the required majority in the EU Council, derailing the plan to pass the surveillance law next week

…again. If it sounds familiar it’s not just you. But they’ve been back on “undecided” shortly after. Let’s hope this is the actual final decision.

  • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlEnglish
    18·
    7 hours ago

    The proponents of Chat Control will use every trick in the book and will not give up easily. We will keep fighting until this proposal is defeated once and for all, and the privacy of our digital lives is secure for everyone.”

    How does this “once and for all” part work? Is there a clear, legal path towards preventing a similar proposal from being brought up again and again?

    • PonyOfWar@pawb.socialOPEnglish
      6·
      5 hours ago

      I guess ideally, we should put the right to encrypted communication into law or even into national constitutions. Unlikely to happen though.

      • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        Finland already has it in constitution, though it’s not about encryption but just right to privacy on private messaging. It was originally created to protect snail mail communication