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EU has the best privacy laws, only behind Switzerland.
They will not be close to the greatest threat, but it will still be a step back.
Also, these are proposals that has not been voted in ever before. So be sure to vote for politicians that wont, so we can keep it that way.
Privacy from whom? Privacy from corporations means nothing if you have zero privacy from a neoliberal corporate government.
True, but most of the Europeans dont have those governments.
Which of them are blocking EU attempts to mandate government backdoors?
https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/
He put the ones who didnt vote 'in favour', that's why it didnt pass.
But you can see who's directly opposing.