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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 65 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Noooo, EU! You were the chosen one!

[–] Mrduckrocks@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You die as a hero or live longer to become a villain. I guess its the latter.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hero is a bit of a stretch, but at least they tended to gravitate towards policy that benefit and protect members overall and were difficult to wholly be captured by single corporate interests.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 32 points 2 years ago

the government-controlled authority would then be able to intercept the web traffic of not only their own citizens, but all EU citizens, including banking information, legally privileged information, medical records and family photos.

What could go wrong ...

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Tries" implied they failed. Is this provision still on the table?

[–] Sylocule@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago

I believe it is

[–] phar@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

That would be "tried."

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 9 points 2 years ago

Eh, they can't surprise me anymore.

[–] r3df0x@7.62x54r.ru 5 points 2 years ago

The EU is your friend when it comes to privacy bro.

[–] jaden@partizle.com 2 points 2 years ago

It’s a blatant power-grab by the EU

[–] spudwart@spudwart.com 1 points 2 years ago

Look! it's the EU!!: