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European Parliament rejects mass scanning of private messages (edri.org)
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[โ€“] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But in this case it was the EU themselves that wanted the backdoors so badly that they ran lobbying ads on xitter "omg can you think of the children"

[โ€“] themurphy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

You can't really say that.

In principle, a group of very few individuals can make a proposal in the EU, because it's democratic. It was down voted. By the EU.

It's nothing different than a bill introduced in every other country, that the majority think is bonkers.