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Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now

(threema.ch)
960 points andrew918277 | 2 comments | 18 Jun 24 08:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | source
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darby_nine ◴[18 Jun 24 09:28 UTC] No.40715654[source]▶
I find it somewhat disturbing that this sort of thing is not considered a career killer for politicians.
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wickedsickeune ◴[18 Jun 24 09:51 UTC] No.40715791[source]▶
In Greece, we recently elected as representatives for the EU Parliament:

* a 71 year old lady, with no social media and no public speeches ever.

* a guy who used a nickname for his last name, that matched with a military general (who is well known), and many people thought he was the general

* a "journalist" that was caught twice talking on live TV, conversing with a pre-recorded video

* a convicted criminal

It's impressive to manage to fail as a politician.

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1. joenot443 ◴[18 Jun 24 11:53 UTC] No.40716689[source]▶
Truly frightening that these are the people who'll be contributing to the decisions made on the future of the internet for the entire rest of the world.
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2. BodyCulture ◴[18 Jun 24 12:09 UTC] No.40716831[source]▶
You are overestimating the real power of the EU parliament, everything is finally decided in the EU council. The parliament is more or less kind of a political theatre without the powers you would expect a parliament to have.