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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: 0.213s | source
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stinkbeetle ◴[30 Oct 25 23:37 UTC] No.45766732[source]▶
If I was a conspiracy theorist I might think that the ruling class who so desperately want these kinds of powers are intentionally dividing nations and breaking down social cohesion so the populace must turn to the governments for protection. They're hoping to create societies where the people will beg them to scan private messages rather than to demand rights.

Give it another 10 years the way things are going, and I'm sure it will be back.

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1. jonbiggums22 ◴[31 Oct 25 12:44 UTC] No.45771413[source]▶
The main purpose is to identify any nascent organization of political opposition to the status quo so it can be destroyed in its infancy with a minimum amount of resources. It will be used to solve some crimes too but solving crimes still involves a lot of manpower (expensive) and if they solved crime people would be less supportive of expanding surveillance powers even further so you don't really want to do a great job at that.