@tragivictoria @EUCommission https://germany.representation.ec.europa.eu/news/gesetz-uber-digitale-dienste-gilt-ab-morgen-der-ganzen-eu-2024-02-16_de?prefLang=en

@humanhorseshoes @decorum @EUCommission
However, that is not an option.

@ngong @decorum @EUCommission This may be true but they cannot enforce their own laws and the Single Market is dysfunctional at best

@ambiguous_yelp @EUCommission it really is weird the different, simultaneous efforts, which seem to be diametrically opposed.

@EUCommission yes, that is good.

We would all, also appreciate it, if the EU Commission decides to protect our privacy as per EU Charter and moves against Chat Control.

Protecting children and privacy shouldn't happen at the expense of the other.

We can understand that article 52 states : “Subject to the principle of proportionality, limitations may be made only if they are necessary and genuinely meet objectives of
general interest recognised by the Union or the need to protect the rights and freedoms of others.”

Infringing on the rights of people to protect children may seem commendable (?) but the objectives of protecting the rights and freedoms of children are not met by these measures either.

Unfortunately, the rights of children are also at risk because age assurance measures are left up to third parties that misuse this data. It only takes a single misuse incident for such data to be online forever, both for children and adults, who then fall prey to AI exploitation.

Exploitation such as, undressing via dedicated AI models all the way to biometric surveillance. We can't allow people to live in fear of exploitation, as we have seen in America (ICE) where such data is indeed being misused to target individuals and often so by racial discrimination.

@EUCommission Bull shit. All you're saying is the EU is in control, not the people, at the end of the day. No better than the US government's attempt to control. Just another police state.

@decorum @EUCommission Seconded. The digital regulation/legal landscape is undermined enough by the inaction of the authorities here in Ireland.

@EUCommission then on to stopping chat control, right? Right?

@EUCommission y'all are gonna stop chat control right? Right?

@EUCommission

Just. Stop. Mass surveillance.

#chatControl

@EUCommission Since the EC also wants "Big Tech" to scan all communications with AI and people are tracked continuously under the supervision of kafkaesque bureaucracy, who will control this feed if #chatcontrol is approved?

@EUCommission Why are all those spaces missing in the text?

Martin Vogel European Commission tbh im not really sure what to think of it. Whats the problem?

@EUCommission, #FreeSoftware #OpenSource shows the way

@carbon_compound @leavex @EUCommission @benroyce Ad-hominem. Unnecessary. A detail that derails the conversation. MEPs need to leave that platform now. Frankly, these “Gotcha!” replies come across as immature. It would be better if you had some kind of argument in favor or against. But no, just trying to gain some quick internet cred. Sad. A waist of time for everyone.

@EUCommission Bye Big Tech! Hello FOSS!

Btw, it would be kinda awesome if the EU could find some Euros tucked away somewhere and sponsor (EU-hosted) Fediverse instances

For the EU it's a small amount but for the Fedi it could be evolutionary

@EUCommission And yes, I kinda know what I'm talking about

I live in the Netherlands and I host: mstdn.social, masto.ai, mastodon.coffee, pixey.org, gram.social & more

ALL hosted in Europe!

@EUCommission You have the means, and the correct platform (Mastodon). Now tell MEPs to leave X, where the discourse is controlled by an American oligarch, and address EU citizens exclusively on Mastodon, where they can’t be silenced or censored, and the EU has complete control. #leavex #EUMastodon

@mcr314 @ambiguous_yelp @EUCommission That means there IS hope.

That Chat Control will not go ahead.

That the Digital Omnibus will not drive roughshod of the rights that we currently have here in the EU. Rights that many of us are proud of.

@EUCommission
DE:
Hoffentlich!
Jetzt noch das Gelernte auf die IT der EU Übertragen: Dezentralität, FOSS und Datenschutz immer zuerst!
EN:
Hopefully!
Now it's time to apply your learnings to EU IT: decentralization, FOSS, and data protection always come first!
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