EU is planning a new mass surveillance law that includes mandating data retention, built-in backdoors, sanctioning non-compliant services 🕵🏻🇪🇺

This surveillance law would ban VPNs, messaging apps and all services that don't spy on users, sanction non-complying providers. 🔏

And the EU is asking you for feedback - so if you live in the EU, please enter the link the below (select it, copy, and paste into the browser's address), press [Give feedback >] and leave your message to make sure they understand how ridiculous this is... 🤦🏻‍♂

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14680-Impact-assessment-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-_en

Last day to provide feedback is 18 June 2025 (midnight Brussels time).

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IHateViolence · 36-40, M

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