Chat Control (1 and 2) in the European Union Sends the Wrong Message
The other day we mentioned what Russia (and China) had become with their alleged technological revolution. We argued that - just like in the West - the goal was to control the population, even at direct expense and detriment to civil liberties.
The term "Chat Control" contains the word "control"; there are frequent blog posts about it authored by Henrik Alexandersson, translated (automatically) from Swedish:
- Chat Control 2: Can we trust the European Parliament?
- Chat Control 2: Set up for betrayal in the European Parliament
- Chat Control 2: Can we trust the European Parliament?
- Chat Control 2 – the situation in summer 2025
- Chat Control 2 – now it's a match again!
And translated (automatically) from German:
- Shadow meeting undermines EU Parliament's position
- Bar association warns of tightened chat control plans
This is an EU law, so Britain isn't involved in this, not directly anyway. Next, and separately in fact, we shall deal with the UK's Online Safety Act and the war on privacy that contradicts the stated goals of (UK-)GDPR. █