The RESTRICT Act Isn’t About Banning TikTok, It's About Expanding Government Powers
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The Future of Chat Control in the EU
In May of last year, the EU Commission put forward a proposal that would require all internet communications providers to search all private chats messages and emails automatically for suspicious content. The potential for misuse and expansion of scope using such powerful surveillance is pretty obvious. When the EU proposal known as chat control was opened up for public comment, the results were overwhelmingly negative. Just 34 of 414 comments were in favor of the policy with 24 of those positive comments coming from child protection NGOs.
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