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Germany is not supporting ChatControl – blocking minority secured

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1121 points xyzal | 1 comments | 11 Sep 25 08:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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timpera ◴[11 Sep 25 09:02 UTC] No.45209388[source]▶
It's not the end of the fight, but it's great to see that the efforts are working! I sent a handwritten letter to my MPs a few weeks ago about this issue but no answer so far...
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CjHuber ◴[11 Sep 25 11:13 UTC] No.45210192[source]▶
I know in the US it's very common to write emails or letters to their governor, but still I see it somewhat cynical. Like a popular tweet mattering much more than letters that probably won't be opened at all, and if it is opened I cannot imagine a MP reading all of them, more likely a clerk saying "You've got x citizens sending you letters about y", which would then again be somewhat valuable but I also can't imagine they have clerks opening every letter.
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1. rsynnott ◴[11 Sep 25 14:14 UTC] No.45211975[source]▶
Sometimes making a politician aware that "if you vote for this, it may annoy people" can be enough. Your average politician votes on a _lot_ of things, many of which they know little or nothing about. They will take only a small number of them seriously, and a big factor in what gets taken seriously is what people are moaning about.

The first step really is just getting the politician to think about what they're voting on.

They also don't actually necessarily get _that_ many letters.