Democracy is at the heart of Europe.
But democracy needs care, especially when 70% of Europeans fear foreign interference in elections.
Today we present the European Democracy Shield and the EU Strategy for Civil Society.
Together, they'll make our democracies stronger, support independent media, and empower people and civil society to play an active role in shaping Europeโs future.
Because empowered, engaged, and informed people are the heart of our democracy๐ช
More: link.europa.eu/C7TDFT
European Democracy Shield and EU Strategy for Civil Society pave the way for stronger and more resilient democracies
The Commission has presented today the European Democracy Shield, setting out a series of concrete measures to empower, protect, and promote strong and resilient democracies across the EU.European Commission - European Commission
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in reply to European Commission • • •Expertenkommision Cyberunfall
in reply to European Commission • • •They too often act in the interests of companies or individual, financially powerful interest groups rather than in the interests of society.
Aurin Azadรฎ
in reply to European Commission • • •Outlaw Mouse
in reply to European Commission • • •Foreign intervention is a danger for our democracy. As well as private intervention.
It should be "1 vote = 1 vote", not "1 euro = 1 vote". Please, make sure to focus on this as well. We have to avoid it.
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in reply to European Commission • • •David reshared this.
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in reply to European Commission • • •El Duvelle reshared this.
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in reply to European Commission • • •Muminpappa ๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆ
in reply to European Commission • • •Quincy
in reply to European Commission • • •vlakicas
in reply to European Commission • • •David
in reply to vlakicas • • •flossifatal598
in reply to European Commission • • •A democracy where we are constantly spied-on and controlled with #ChatContol while politicians exempt themselves from this law?
You're making a "Secrecy for us and total surveillance of the pleb" law, effectively destroying a fundamental balance of democracy and free society, and then you have the nerve of posting about "freedom of the press" and "democracy"
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7heo
in reply to European Commission • • •Claim: Europe is the birthplace of democracy, but we need to nurture it.
Fact: you also intend on it being its place of death, waiting for us to look away.
Claim: 79% worry about voters basing decisions on disinformation.
Fact: 92% worry about the EU ignoring the will of the public and selling out to autocrats.
Claim: 56% are satisfied with media freedom, independence and pluralism.
Fact: how much did it go down since you are pushing Chat Control so hard & wrecking the GDPR?
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Jaap Zeldenrust
in reply to European Commission • • •Then why are you undermining our ability to communicate privately and securely? The ability to communicate freely, without the government looking over your shoulder, is a prerequisite for a functioning democracy, and you seem dead set on destroying that ability, because you fell for the transparent lie that privacy endangers children.
Remember, the Stasi is not a role model.
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David
in reply to Jaap Zeldenrust • • •Jaap Zeldenrust
in reply to David • • •@DBG3D Certainly seems that way, doesn't it? But I suspect a lot of the people who work toward ending private and secure communication don't think of themselves as following in the footsteps of the Stasi.
Either they actually don't understand the technology, or they've done some impressive mental gymnastics to overcome their cognitive dissonance.
Not much use in arguing with people who know they're like the Stasi and are OK with that.
David
in reply to Jaap Zeldenrust • • •@jozeldenrust
All this is about control of all the population and the well beign of a few. A small group that wants to live without work, enslaving others for that.
Society has forgot that bad, really bad people exists. Even when they see and read about them.
We have become impassive to the pain of others, using ours as a blinder.
aprilfoo
in reply to European Commission • • •vurk
in reply to European Commission • • •what timeline are we living in with this schizophrenic EU?
ChatControl: Let's create a dystopian surveillance state and empower the next generation of Big US Tech Stasi/Gestapo
DigitalOmnibus: Let's change the definitions of personal data so that Big US Tech can freely steal all EU citizens' data
European Democracy Shield: No idea yet exactly what this entails but if history is anything to go by it's likely just another ambush of EU citizens' rights dressed up as protection.
caneToad
in reply to European Commission • • •Stop trying to impose chat control mass surveillance on us or shred the GDPR in favor of AI slop - you are about to destroy much of what you are advertising here. We're looking at you, EU Commission!
Science knows that it is practically impossible for humans to not communicate. Every politican who promotes chat control mass surveillance sends a strong message that they distrust all EU citizens - each time they try, again and again and again. Think of a big, red alert.
SamuelJohnson
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The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
Johnnyย Ryan (the Guardian)Peter K.
in reply to European Commission • • •WebHalla
in reply to European Commission • • •What is #democracy worth without #citizens' #privacy rights? Abandoning parts of the #GDPR for #BigTech undermines democracy and opens the door to 1930s-style #dictatorship and mass #surveillance. Wasn't the EU founded precisely to ensure this would never happen again? Honor your humble foundations or ther is no more need for the #EU.
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Open letter: Digital omnibus brings deregulation, not simplification
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in reply to European Commission • • •Frantiลกek ลezรกฤ
in reply to European Commission • • •skoczek
in reply to European Commission • • •unkx
in reply to European Commission • • •CHAT CONTROL 2.0 THROUGH THE BACK DOOR โ Breyer warns: "The EU is playing us for fools โ now theyโre scanning our texts and banning teens!"
Patrick Breyerblcprofessor
in reply to European Commission • • •Freya Anduin, author
in reply to European Commission • • •Vendetta
in reply to European Commission • • •kikebenlloch
in reply to European Commission • • •Your concept of democracy is deeply disturbing. mastodon.social/@chatcontrol/1โฆ
Fight Chat Control
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in reply to European Commission • • •5moufl
in reply to European Commission • • •DEY!
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in reply to Muminpappa ๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆ • • •@muminpappa yes, I would like to know also!
I would think that indescriminate surveillance without suspecting a crime would go against article 12 of the UN charter of human rights
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Would you not agree?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United Nations
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in reply to European Commission • • •cuNha reshared this.
cuNha
in reply to European Commission • • •strengthen #Democracy by demanding transparency from politicians and privacy for people. ๐ #Chatcontrol
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Mullvad VPN presents And Then?
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in reply to European Commission • • •McWabbit ๐บ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐
in reply to European Commission • • •But also far right rags like @detelegraaf that foregoes any fact checking and just employ stochastic terrorism.
Quincy
in reply to European Commission • • •"Because empowered [...] people are the heart of our democracy๐ช"
Ergo: hands off #GDPR!
eickot
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