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Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy

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568 points layer8 | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.359s | source
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FinnKuhn ◴[30 Oct 25 23:07 UTC] No.45766467[source]▶
> The last chance for an agreement under Danish leadership is in December; the government in Copenhagen apparently preferred a compromise without chat control to no agreement at all. The current regulation, which allows the large platform providers to voluntarily and actively search for potential depictions of abuse, expires next spring after extension. It is precisely this voluntariness that Denmark's Minister of Justice now wants to codify within the framework of the future CSA regulation, which also contains a multitude of other, less controversial projects. [1]

Doesn't sound like it is over yet - only delayed.

[1] https://www.heise.de/en/news/Denmark-surprisingly-abandons-p...

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ericd ◴[31 Oct 25 00:03 UTC] No.45766914[source]▶
The "Yes"/"Maybe Later" school of governance.
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vkou ◴[31 Oct 25 00:43 UTC] No.45767154[source]▶
That is the only way to run a government.

Consider for a moment what a government of "Yes"/"No Forever, without ever revisiting the question" would result in.

We aren't at the end of history.

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1. ericd ◴[31 Oct 25 01:47 UTC] No.45767498[source]▶
It was an allusion to the tech industry's disrespect for users, when they don't give an option to say no, and please stop asking me, because the company really really wants you to say yes, and what they care about is more important than what the user cares about.

I'm not suggesting that they never reconsider things, just those in government really seem to want it to happen, despite it being unpopular with the electorate, and so they try on a regular basis to get it to happen, despite the public outcry each time.