Austria
The Disguised Return of The EU’s Private Message Scanning Plot
After public outrage buried it once, the EU’s mass surveillance plan is back; rebranded, repackaged, and more invasive than before.
Countries Call on the EU to Enforce “Values” Through Speech Rules
The promise of unity is starting to sound like a contract written in conditional freedoms.
Cybersecurity Experts Warn EU Against Chat Control 2.0 Regulation Ahead of Key Votes
More than 500 scientists denounce EU’s encrypted message scanning as “technically infeasible.”
EU Member States Push European Commission to Mandate Digital ID Age Verification For Social Media
EU governments push for mandatory real-ID age checks on social media under the Digital Services Act.
Austria Approves Spyware Law to Infiltrate Encrypted Messaging Platforms
Austria bets on spyware as a national shield, gambling its digital soul for a sense of safety.
Austrian Government Proposes Draft Law to Implement Surveillance Backdoors in End-to-End Encrypted Messaging Apps
A surveillance law sold with soft reassurances and hard implications for digital privacy.
New Digital ID System To Be Pushed on Austrians This December
The next country to face digital IDs.
The EU ignores pushback, plots digital ID for 2024
The plans have been criticized by rights groups.
Austria gets its first digital ID in the form of a driver’s license app
States in the US are watching the rollout.
Some websites go offline in Austria after sweeping block against Cloudflare IPs
An inappropriate blanket blockage.
Sony PlayStation to remove access to some movies, even if you’ve purchased them
Buying a movie on a digital platform, apparently doesn’t mean you own it.