EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0

Post by ricardobeat » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC

usrnm wrote: post #433

parineum wrote: post #364

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> It is shocking that 276 members of parliament would vote to support this. Are so many so naive? Or being paid off? There are a lot of countries in the EU that aren't shining beacons of democracy. The EU makes sense as an economic block but some of the countries in it are politically unaligned with what people think of when they think of the EU.

You really should check out the list of voters, you will be surprised who exactly voted "yes". The list can be found here: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chat-control-the-415-who...

Post by Pazzaz » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC

lenerdenator wrote: post #193

So, private companies can't track you, but the people with the state's monopoly on violence (which very much exists in the EU member nations) can? Is there any sort of warrant needed for accessing this sort of information on devices?

Post by zuzululu » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC

joe_mamba wrote: post #384

ClumsyPilot wrote: post #380

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This narrative is a fabrication. EU spends 33% of World’s military spending, once you exclude US. EU spends more on military than China. How much do you need to spend to defend yourself, 60% of the world? Mind you, many western weapons, like stinger and javelin, cost more than their weight in silver. Sounds like a scam

Military spending != military capability and will to use force. For example, Germany spends way more than France on defense but has a less capable military and with no nuclear capability to boot. From force projection capability, the EU is toothless and lacks the spine to twist some arms in order to see its interests represented on the world stage. It's a pushover despite all that military. The reality is that you ne…

Post by NikolaNovak » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC

joe_mamba wrote: post #392

selfmodruntime wrote: post #353

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Any time now even the most pro-european EU defender will realise that what was once a trade union has slowly transformed itself into an undemocratic, bureaucratic monster.

Only in some bubbles. But most normies I know are massive EU fanboys and showing them the malicious things the EU is doing, they just shrug at best, or call you a Putin supporter at worst. They'll only realize this when the jackboot is on their neck. But probably not even then because in some EU countries government obedience is like a religion.