- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.world
In a major breakthrough for the digital rights movement, the German government has refused to back the EU’s controversial Chat Control regulation today after facing massive public pressure. This blocks the required majority in the EU Council, derailing the plan to pass the surveillance law next week
I’ve never been so proud of Germany before
This is not special. Just because our government was stupid enough to ever consider voting for it in the first place doesnt make ‘voting for the only sane option’ something to be proud of.
This is like your kid telling you they set the house on fire, you panic and then they go ‘nah jk I only wrecked your car’ and youre like ‘Im so proud of you’
The greatest German achievement since the Ottonian Dynasty.
Huh https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottonian_dynasty