Em Sep 23, 2025

I know there's a general "cause fatigue" with the current state of the world, and I feel it too.

But in my years working in privacy,
I don't think I've seen anything as terrifying as this European Chat Control proposal. And I'm not even European.

Everyone needs to pay
much more attention and be much more worried and outraged about this.

This proposal is the most dystopian glimpse into a horrible authoritarian future I have seen so far in the West.

It looks dismal, but we can still stop it
if we all work TOGETHER NOW ✊

There isn't much time left though,
so don't put it to next week.

Democracy dies in silence.

The final vote is on October 14th,
but media and representatives need to receive your messages NOW, so they have enough time to act on it.

#ChatControl #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #StopScanningMe #EUpol #UKpol #USpol #CanPoli

The battle to stop Chat Control continues, act now!

Unfortunately, the battle against Chat Control continues this month. For human rights, for civil liberties, for safety, and for democracy, this privacy-wrecking proposal must be stopped. We need your help to fight with us!

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Show threadVincent Tunru

@Em0nM4stodon I don't think the vote happens in the European Parliament, so contacting your MEPs doesn't do much, no?

AFAIK, the vote is among the local governments, so people should be contacting those. And then in particular citizens of countries that are set to vote in favour.

(That said, even if the vote is accepted, Parliament I believe would still need to agree as well, but that would happen down the road.)

Sep 23, 2025 at 5:30pmWeb