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.

  • Aetherion@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Paternalism

    You cannot restrict and reduce restriction at the same time. Instead just restrict everyone, for their own safety.

    In multiple ways, contrary to the US and I think the EU is currently doing the best job of them all.

    • DerWilliWonka@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      I mean you can totally not try to end P2P encryption or allow espionage against journalists by gov agencies. There is nothing power hunger driving them to do so