Jesper Lund

The Commission stands with Big Tech in an utterly wild letter that puts pressure on the democratically elected European Parliament to abandon their rights respecting vote on #ChatControl 1.0 just two weeks ago, and instead give Big Tech two-more-years of mass surveillance of our private communications without any safeguards.

The Danish government is using the upcoming Christmas break to slip through a public consultation for a draft law that would make it an OFFENCE to use a #VPN to access content that would otherwise not be available in Denmark, or to circumvent the blocking of "illegal" websites. https://hoeringsportalen.dk/Hearing/Details/70858

This is done under the guise of ensuring a technologically neutral implementation of Directive 98/84 on pay-TV decoders (hint: the IP address is NOT a conditional access device).

#Copyright

Amazing reporting on the latest data scandal at #Europol https://wearesolomon.com/en/mag/focus-area/accountability/they-protect-the-law-while-breaking-it-inside-europols-shadow-it-system/

Move fast and break the law, seems to be their motto! (to quote Europol insiders: "a space where operational data could be stored and rapidly analyzed without the constraints of EU law").

Law enforcement seeking a lawless space should ring some alarm bells, right?

On the backdrop of all this, the Commission will soon propose a further expansion of Europol's data processing powers..

In a surprise development on #ChatControl, the Danish government has sent out a press release that it will drop mandatory detection orders, and instead propose to make the current voluntary detection scheme permanent https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/efter-tysk-kritik-hummelgaard-dropper-overvaagningsforslag (in Danish)

This is essentially the proposal of the Polish Presidency in the first half of 2025.

A huge win for privacy and encryption!!

#E2EE

Yesterday, at an AI conference in Copenhagen, the Danish Acting Prime Minister told journalists that she would rather have children smoking than use social media! https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/reels/mette-f-hellere-mine-boern-ryger-end-de-er-alene-paa-some (video in English)

The purpose is of course to promote social media bans and #AgeVerification. Whatever it takes of absurd arguments, apparently..

She later apologised for the comparison https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/hun-ville-egentlig-ikke-sige-det-men-ud-kom-det-alligevel-nu-beklager-mette-frederiksen (in Danish)

Needless to say, she did this on social media, so journalists cannot ask questions. 😱

Lars Boje mener åbenbart, at virksomheder kan stemme til #fv26 i morgen..🤣 https://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/politik/danskpolitik/lars-boje-profil-spammede-lokale-erhvervsdrivende-upassende-og-uprofessionel/11130535

Forklaring: efter at have scrapet email adresser fra CVR og spammet dem med valgkampsmateriale, argumenterer hans advokat for, at de indsamlede email-adresser vedrører virksomheder og ikke fysiske personer, og at de derfor falder uden for #GDPR.

Nope!

Bonusinfo: en sådan behandling skal overholde GDPR artikel 6 og 9 (politisk overbevisning). Legitim interesse aka GDPR art. 6(1)(f) er ikke nok.