France considers approval of European chat control plan - Stack Diary
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France is considering approving a new proposal to monitor all chat messages from European citizens. If this proposal is adopted, the chat app Signal has announced it will exit the EU. With France's backing, a European majority in favor of the plan seems likely. Netzpolitik (German) has reported this development based on internal documents. A few years prior, the European Commission

The latest proposal mandates user consent for monitoring messages on all communication apps, including those with end-to-end encryption.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      25 days ago

      I don’t want Europeans legislating rules for me in the US. I wouldn’t try to legislate for them.

      I think that this is a really bad law, but the Europeans are gonna have to determine what kind of society and rules they want themselves.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        25 days ago

        Did they determine it? Like I am pretty sure they didn’t have a vote where people voted “yes please give away all of my personal data to the government”. You know, democracy