EU member states decide to restrict freedom of press for national security reasons - eviltoast
EU-Staaten schränken Pressefreiheit im Namen der nationalen Sicherheit ein
www.heise.de
Der EU-Rat hat seine umstrittene Position zum Medienfreiheitsgesetz beschlossen, wonach Journalisten prinzipiell mit Staatstrojanern überwacht werden dürften.

Article is from a renowned german IT centric media outlet. Topic is a new ruling that allows for government spying through trojan horses on the press. This ruling is highly alarming.

  • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The consequences would be devastating. Noone who would reach out to Journalists to uncover corruption, severe economic crime and other cases with government involvement, would be safe to do so.

    This would seriously harm democracy and incentivise relentless abuse of power and crime from and through governmental institutions.