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...by ID checking everybody. Big Tech loves this.

> Google Wants to Be the ID Checkpoint for Europe’s Internet

https://reclaimthenet.org/google-wants-to-be-the-id-checkpoi...


original title: A spy in your pocket? How the UK’s proposed on-device nude image blocking could work in reality

Don't forget to say Russia is behind it.

I didn't say that because I don't think it. Honestly, I expect it's mostly Americans plus a couple of self deprecating Europeans making these comments.

Will EU mandated backdoors be open source too?

> When it describes how the groundwork might be laid for mandating encryption backdoors, the EU chooses to use euphemisms such as creating roadmaps for “lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement” and seeking “technological solutions for accessing encrypted data.”

https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-protecteu-strategy-encryption-b...

> European Commission pushes for encryption ‘backdoors’

https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/04/european-commission-pushes...


A police state is gonna police.

original title: California’s New Age-Verification Bill Frees Linux But Expands Age Tracking to the Open Web


original title: From essential security tools to restricted circumvention software: The EU signals that VPNs are the next target following the release of its age verification app


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EU sovereignty in practice.


> His bill was examined in committee at the National Assembly in September and has been stalled since.


This will be required in firmware eventually.


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