Today, the European Parliament allowed the suspicionless mass scanning of private communications (“Chat Control 1.0”) to pass, a measure it had rejected twice in March. Although a majority of voting Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) actually opposed the regulation (314 against, 276 in favor, 17 abstentions), the motion to reject it failed to secure the required absolute majority of 361 votes. As a result, mass scanning is now permitted again until 2028.
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I dont understand democracy anymore. The majority of representatives are against it, so what??
Democracy is when 1 passing motion > ∞ rejected motions, and where empty seats vote yes.
Democracy is when you solely work in the interest of oilcompanies and pedos ofcourse
So the Commission, members of which are appointed rather than elected, agree to send awful legislation to the elected parliament.
Then it’s assumed approved until rejected by an absolute majority, allowing for ZERO abstentions in an organization spanning 27 countries spread across most of a continent?
Not broken at all, nuh-uh! 🤦🏻🤬
Damn. How can they keep pushing the same legislation until it passes?
Also, what’s next for privacy focused people? It says there’s an exemption for E2E encryption, but isn’t Meta conveniently getting rid of that for WhatsApp soon?
