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The Battle Over Chat Control: How EU Governments and the Tech Lobby Are Trying to Overturn Parliament’s Vote — A Comprehensive Fact Check – Patrick Breyer

#ChatControl #ActionNeeded #Europe #EU #privacy #pirateparty #pirati #MassSurveilance #resist

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/the-battle-over-chat-control-how-eu-governments-and-the-tech-lobby-are-trying-to-overturn-parliaments-vote-a-comprehensive-fact-check/

The Battle Over Chat Control: How EU Governments and the Tech Lobby Are Trying to Overturn Parliament's Vote — A Comprehensive Fact Check

This week, the European Parliament faces a decisive vote on whether the indiscriminate scanning of private chats and emails by US tech companies (Chat Control 1.0) will be allowed to continue. After Parliament voted on 11 March to replace blanket mass surveillance with targeted monitoring of suspect

Patrick Breyer

Meeper Beeper

Mar 5

tuxroast Mar 5

Why should I care about the law when governments flout it?
Why should I care about the climate when governments destroy it?
Why should I care about racism when governments support it?
Why should I care about war Veterans when members of governments abuse them?
Why should I care about children when governments kill them?
Why should I care about privacy when governments invade it?

Governments are supposed to lead by example. Either rise up or be complicit.

#humanrights #privacy #climate

Meeper Beeper

Feb 28

OpenTech Feb 28

A curated collection of open-source apps and de-Googling tools.
Privacy-respecting. Transparent. Practical.
Built for people who want more control over their digital life.

https://jesald15.github.io/Declutter/

#opensorurce #degoogle #mastodon #foss #fdroid #privacy #private

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Meeper Beeper

Dec 15

As promised, part 2/2 of the petitions of interest are:

e-6878 - https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6878
-Petition to strengthen transparency, accountability, and truth in public communications from public officials.

e-6838 - https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6838
-Petition to reject Bill C-2
-Reaffirm Canada's commitment to privacy instead of aligning with the USA's Cloud Act allowing foreign access to Canadian's private information.

#privacy #digitalid #canadianpolitics #massSurveilance #censorship #canada

Petition e-6878 - Petitions

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Meeper Beeper

Dec 15

As promised, part 1/2 of the petitions of interest are:

e-6994 - https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6994
-Petition for Freedom of expression and access to information
-Repeal Bills C-11 and C-18

e-6961 - https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6961
-Petition against creating Digital ID for Canada.
-Right to privacy and reject mass surveillance.

#privacy #digitalid #canadianpolitics #massSurveilance #censorship #canada

Petition e-6994 - Petitions

Meeper Beeper

Dec 15

So with the large volume of privacy stripping and censorship laws being passed worldwide, we should do what we can in Canada to maintain our privacy.

The House of Commons Petition system has several petitions that apply.

Namely:
e-6994, e-6961, e-6878, and e-6838

Links to and descriptions of these petitions in the first two comments.

Main system at https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Search

#privacy #digitalId #canadianpolitics #censorship #massSurveilance #canada

Search - Petitions

Meeper Beeper

Jul 22, 2025

For any Canadians looking at Bill C-2 and wondering what you could do to tell the government you don't want it, there is currently a Petition to stop it for the House of Commons at https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6627

#canada #infosec #billc2