Mastodawn

@EUCommission @EUCouncil - this is the deplorable authoritarian trajectory that policies like #ChatControl empowers.

https://www.rawstory.com/hannah-natanson/

The Trump administration is seeking to silence a journalist and expose confidential sources. Constant, suspicionless state surveillance powers creates exactly this danger.

The consequences are predictable. Ignorance of the consequences is not an excuse. Pushing such policies can only be construed as complicity.

Trump admin dealt setback in 'outrageous' bid to search Washington Post reporter's devices

A Virginia federal judge has blocked the government from examining electronic devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home, dealing a significant blow to law enforcement in an unprecedented case.U.S. Magistrate Judge William B. Porter ruled Wednesday that officials cannot acce...

Raw Story

Juggo Oct 18

Reid

Oct 17

The tech future we were promised: flying cars, robotic limbs, medicine so advanced that cancer is no more worrying than a common cold
The tech future we got: if you don't use a phone running one of two corporately-controlled OSes then you're functionally banned from using banking services, getting hired, or just existing in society

Juggo Oct 9

Joseph Cox Oct 9

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
https://www.404media.co/the-discord-hack-is-every-users-worst-nightmare/

The Discord Hack is Every User’s Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive information online.

404 Media

Juggo Oct 8

Fight Chat Control Oct 7

🇩🇪 Germany is AGAINST Chat Control:

Jens Spahn: "We as the CDU/CSU parliamentary group are against indiscriminate monitoring of chats. That would be like preemptively opening all letters to check whether there's something illegal in them. That's not acceptable, that won't happen under our watch."

Juggo Oct 6, 2025

Fight Chat Control Oct 5, 2025

If you are 🇩🇪 German, you can now call many of your Bundestag members directly via https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ by clicking the "Call" button!

Juggo Oct 6, 2025

Fight Chat Control Oct 5, 2025

🇮🇹 Italy remains UNDECIDED, but is leaning towards SUPPORTING Chat Control despite clear conflicts with constitutional guarantees on privacy and the secrecy of correspondence.

If you are Italian, consider contacting your national parliament members via https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ !

Juggo Sep 30, 2025

Electronic Frontier Foundation Sep 30, 2025

The EU is once again trying to push a dangerous legislative proposal that undermines encrypted communication and obliterates our rights to private conversations. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/chat-control-back-menu-eu-it-still-must-be-stopped-0

Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped

The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat Control, which EFF has strongly opposed since it was first introduced in 2022, keeps being mildly...

Electronic Frontier Foundation