Its so fascinating how our EU can switch between fucking good decisions and fucking terrible decisions all the time. I hope this will be avoided by the parliament
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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Especially when it comes to "security" laws, the EU often seems to be on a concerning track, while it seems to have good ideas for many other areas (consumer protection for example). Does someone have a good explanation for this phenomenon?
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.
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
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.
I don't quite understand. Would journalists be forced to install state-created spyware on their work machines?
No they do not have to install them by themselves but goverment intelligence agencies or police may use them against journalists.
OK, so a journalist who is technically knowledgeable might evade this altogether.