EU member states decide to restrict freedom of press for national security reasons
EU member states decide to restrict freedom of press for national security reasons
Der EU-Rat hat seine umstrittene Position zum Medienfreiheitsgesetz beschlossen, wonach Journalisten prinzipiell mit Staatstrojanern überwacht werden dürften.
Article is from a renowned german IT centric media outlet. Topic is a new ruling that allows for government spying through trojan horses on the press. This ruling is highly alarming.
The consequences would be devastating. Noone who would reach out to Journalists to uncover corruption, severe economic crime and other cases with government involvement, would be safe to do so.
This would seriously harm democracy and incentivise relentless abuse of power and crime from and through governmental institutions.
1Its so fascinating how our EU can switch between fucking good decisions and fucking terrible decisions all the time. I hope this will be avoided by the parliament
1Especially when it comes to "security" laws, the EU often seems to be on a concerning track, while it seems to have good ideas for many other areas (consumer protection for example). Does someone have a good explanation for this phenomenon?
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