That is a weird-ass way to title and write about a good thing.

Thank fuck this draconian surveillance law didn’t pass.

See you next time "europe-wide internet surveillance law" ! Probably packeted with an anti terrorism law this time, who knows ?

Until next month...

This time. They'll keep trying, like all the times before.

Edit:

However, the issue is not yet off the table. Despite the failure in committee, the European Parliament's plenary session is expected to address the dossier as early as next week. The LIBE decision is considered an official recommendation for the plenary, but further surprises cannot be ruled out in the charged debate. Proponents of chat control in the Commission and the Council of Ministers, who are seeking an extension of the powers until April 2028, will try to close ranks in the plenary. However, should the failure be confirmed there, voluntary chat control would face a swift end.

voluntary chat control

Talk about a fucking misnomer! That's like calling house arrest "voluntary location management" 🙄

It's an issue from the translation

Well, yes, but also considered that many companies are just implementing invasive identification practices anyway. Discord is just the most recent. It seems to have the added benefit of being an added barrier to market entry for their competitors.

...and out right kills some of those competitors who's business model depends ds on privacy.

We're starting to see more and more of this. These tech companies that used to be innovators and favor a somewhat open internet aren't building for innovation and communication. They're building dependence.

Between Google, Meta, and Microsoft the average user is being locked into a digital gilded cage. Policed by AI with no heavy censorship and no ownership of data.

Yes this law was defeated but the fight is endless, and right now we need to be watching big tech as much as lawmakers.

I like the expression "voluntold".

They only have to succeed once.

It seems to have the added benefit of being an added barrier to market entry for their competitors.

I’m fairly sure the regulations only kick in when the service has something millions monthly active users.

The EU Commission is rotten to the core, hence all the shit that comes from it, from authoritarian measures and bending over to America faster than a speeding bullet to custom-made regulations to benefit specific very large companies with an historic of giving gold plated "consultancy" positions to ex-commissioners.

The EU Parliament, on the other hand, is as Democratic as it get, being elected directly by EU Citizens using Proportional Vote.

So this surprises me not one bit.

Well, yes, but also considered that many companies are just implementing invasive identification practices anyway

That's a naive way to frame this. The fact is that many companies implemented invasive identification practices already 10 years ago. These laws are an attempt to bring some democratic control and properly enforced age limits to all of it.

Everyone in Germany knew this Commission would be full of shit the moment Von Der Leyen was somehow cross-promoted to it (she's from the famously corrupt conservative "Christian Democrats", so it's no wonder she was promoted after screwing things up). We dealt with her bullshit for years prior.