Under the slogan ‘Think of the children’, the European Commission tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens. When the scandal was revealed, it turned out that American tech companies and security services had been involved in the bill, generally known as ‘Chat Control’ – and that the whole thing had been directed by completely different interests. Now comes the next attempt. New battering rams have been brought out with the ‘Going Dark’ initiative. But the ambition is the same: to install state spyware on every European cell phone and computers.

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The post discusses the war on encryption and the introduction of mass surveillance through the Chat Control and Going Dark initiatives. It reveals the involvement of American tech companies and security services, the use of deceptive tactics, and the opposition faced by these proposals in the European Parliament.

Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU.

Chat Control – total monitoring of all EU citizens.

American tech companies and security services behind the draft bill

European Parliament: “the commission wanted mass surveillance.”

New attempt at mass surveillance via the Going Dark initiative

European police chiefs: we cannot accept criminals using secure communications.

<p>And we were blaming china when they were doing the same…</p>
