Considering European modern history and how the EU white-washes all their tech legislation as "pro consumer rights" (it's protectionism¹ ² ³). One would think that the EU would be the last place on earth to introduce such obvious surveillance legislation.⁴
Similar proposals haven't got this close to passing in any other first world countries.
I'm glad to see that many sane voices (particularly those affected worst by the Nazis) are leading a resistance against such obviously flawed legislation.
Protectionism? That's a funny idea but there's nothing to protect. EU doesn't have any tech companies. We're been reverse colonised by US tech Microsoft/Google/Oracle/Apple.
They have multiple politicians from different countries pushing for legislations, some can be "surveillance" and some "pro consumer" and some both. I would say likes of GDPR are pro consumer.
Also, it is better than pro-business govt, that only acts if their lobbyists like it.
Similar proposals haven't got this close to passing in any other first world countries.
I'm glad to see that many sane voices (particularly those affected worst by the Nazis) are leading a resistance against such obviously flawed legislation.
¹ https://itif.org/publications/2022/09/19/how-the-eu-is-using...
² https://www.ft.com/content/9edea4f5-5f34-4e17-89cd-f9b9ba698...
³ https://www.politico.eu/article/european-protectionism-trade...
⁴ https://sdw.space/europe-wants-to-end-encryption/