BlazeNov 27
Reality Check: EU Council Chat Control Vote is Not a Retreat, But a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously
Reality Check: EU Council Chat Control Vote is Not a Retreat, But a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously

Contrary to headlines suggesting the EU has "backed away" from Chat Control, the negotiating mandate endorsed today by EU ambassadors in a close split vote paves the way for a permanent infrastructure of mass surveillance. Patrick Breyer, digital freedom fighter and expert on the file, warns journal

Patrick Breyer
Show threadWhatAmLemmyNov 27

Listen, guys. The oligarchy urgently needs to implement a totalitarian fascist dictatorship before automation renders billions of people unemployable.

You understand, right? They need to surveil everyone 24/7, otherwise the 99% might successfully organise a revolt and redistribute the collective output of human civilisation before we achieve GAI or have produced armies of killbots capable of genociding the masses who are incapable of providing any value to capitalism.

Show threadBatmorous
That’s why plenty of us have been getting active together. Brainstorm and do! We all can accomplish anything together!
Dec 4 at 11:00pmWeb