The only acceptable winter

Germany is again opposed to Chat Control 🥳

Patrick Breyer

Citizen Protest Halts Chat Control; Breyer Celebrates Major Victory for Digital Privacy

In a major breakthrough for the digital rights movement, the German government has refused to back the EU's controversial Chat Control regulat...

it's a vibe

It's sometimes forgotten that Chat Control were hardly driven by lobbyists. In 2022, the proposal came after consultations with a little-known foundation from Switzerland which founded with a lot of money a child protection organization. This organization then made massive PR + advertisment for the issue. A later proposal was developed in close coordination with Thorn, a U.S. company founded by Ashton Kutcher + Demi Moore, dedicated to combating CSAM. Thorn was registered as a charitable organization in the EU, though it sells Safer, a system to identify known or suspected CSAM. It's not about protecting children.

Episode 160: The Lobbyists behind Chat Control

It turns out, that the EU's push to completely abolish digital privacy might not actually be an altruistic move to save children from abuse. Severa...

@hal knots or core?

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Voice messages should by default play at double speed