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So I go away for a family get-together for a couple of days and I come back to find that #ChatControl is possibly dead? HT: @ellajakubowska1 @echo_pbreyer

2023-10-26 20:46:51+00:00

My wordpress drafts folder is full of good stuff, but most notably is this phenomenal thread from Ella Jakubowska on Wednesday afternoon detailing the <cough/> repeated mis-self-reporting and suboptimal engagement by EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, whom I am increasingly wondering may have spent the past year rather tired and confused:

Wow, there you have it. Although @YlvaJohansson refused to meet with @edri 3 times in preparing the CSA Reg, she:

a) had 20+ meetings with tech companies

b) claims she "consulted & listened to *all* stakeholders who approached us… What matters is the merit of their knowledge" https://t.co/i6BpcB510s — Ella Jakubowska (@ellajakubowska1) October 25, 2023 https://twitter.com/ellajakubowska1/status/1717165894428676189?s=20

…and then, today, come back to this from Patrick Breyer which at first reading suggests that the whole thing is dead because the European Parliament has finally understood and grokked the enormity and ramifications of the proposal:

?? Amazing news from the European Parliament: ? Parliament negotiators have agreed to stop #chatcontrol and guarantee secure encryption! Let’s not relent now…



Read more: https://t.co/hvM5bw5YBo pic.twitter.com/TRUJx8v9RD — Patrick Breyer #JoinMastodon (@echo_pbreyer) October 26, 2023

As with all forms of parenting, I have learned not to celebrate apparent small victories too early: just because the toddler has eaten a broccoli floret does not mean they won’t later turn the plate upside-down and demand a cookie.

THAT SAID: it would be really nice to have some huge-nation-state-level good news for once.
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