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EU Council Advances Chat Control 2.0 Scanning Proposal
The proposed fix keeps the machinery of mass scanning very much alive.
EU Brings Back Chat Surveillance, Even as More MEPs Vote No
Every empty chair in Strasbourg counted as a vote for the surveillance nobody in the room had the numbers to stop.
EU Parliament Revives Chat Surveillance for Thursday Vote
Killing the regime needs an absolute majority and depends on who bothers to stay through the final sitting before the summer break.
European Parliament Rejects Mass “Chat Control” Surveillance by Single Vote
The EU’s own data showed the scanning system failed to produce a single measurable link between mass surveillance and actual convictions.
Signal Threatens to Exit Europe Over EU Push for Messaging App Scanning Law
Signal draws a red line in Europe, betting the future of private messaging on a continent unwilling to say no to its own surveillance impulse.
Europe Faces Backlash Over Climate Speech Crackdown Suggestions
Criminalizing dissent turns the climate conversation into a litmus test for loyalty, not understanding.
Inside the Brussels Showdown Over Europe’s Speech Police
In Brussels, speakers cast the DSA not as reform but as Europe’s most sophisticated tool yet for silencing dissent.
The EU’s New “Democracy” Shield Looks a Lot Like a Speech Muzzle
A censorship law dressed as a safeguard, the Shield quietly turns EU-funded fact-checkers into the arbiters of acceptable opinion.
EU’s “Democracy Shield” Faces Backlash Over Sovereignty Concerns, Double Standards, and Proposed Intelligence Agency
Opponents argue the initiative is a tool for political gatekeeping, not just election integrity.
Polish MEP Patryk Jaki Faces Trial Over 2018 Tweet “Like”
Elon Musk’s condemnation brings global attention to a case that exposes political persecution in Poland.
EU Launches “Democracy Shield” Initiative to Tighten Controls on Tech Giants and Enforce “Hate Speech” Compliance
Loiseau’s appointment raises concerns over EU bureaucracy’s role in shaping digital censorship policies.
MEP Hana Jalloul Muro Pushes EU to Target Elon Musk as Emerging “Threat”
EU lawmakers push for new censorship tools against Elon Musk’s X, while others hail him as a champion of free speech.
