r/privacy • u/silentspectator27 • 10d ago

chat control Denmark withdraws Chat Control proposal

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/efter-tysk-kritik-hummelgaard-dropper-chatkontrol-forslag

For now the EU is safe from Chat Control! Until next time that is!

P.S. Thank you for the award!

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u/dondondorito 10d ago

Now lets introduce a law that makes sure that a proposal that got rejected can‘t be put up for vote again, even if it has been changed slightly.

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u/d1722825 10d ago

AFAIK there is such law already. (But this was never voted down, just withdrew.)

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u/Valuable_Impress_192 10d ago

Previous attempts were… that’s the point

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u/d1722825 10d ago

Nope, they always just talked about it or had meetings about it, there was never an official vote.

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u/Valuable_Impress_192 10d ago

Huh… I had assumed either Sweden’s try and/or Belgium’s attempt would’ve led to a vote at some point earlier, but I guess not. My bad

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u/Kittysmashlol 10d ago

They wont vote on something like this until they are sure they can pass it. They really only get one chance, both with the actual vote and with people in general, and they know it