Em :official_verified:<p>Westerners Outside of Europe:</p><p>If you've seen a few posts about <br>the debate around Chat Control going on in Europe and dismissed it thinking this was not happening to you too, <br>I urge you to reconsider.</p><p>Whenever a new authoritarian regulation to spy on populations and undermine privacy rights is implemented in a part of the Western world, it impacts all the other parts. </p><p>Our politics are intertwined and influence each others. <br>Do not minimize this.</p><p>Americans, Canadians, Australians should be greatly concerned about Chat Control in Europe: <a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-proposal-to-scan-all-your-whatsapp-chats-is-back-on-the-agenda" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techradar.com/computing/cyber-</span><span class="invisible">security/the-eu-proposal-to-scan-all-your-whatsapp-chats-is-back-on-the-agenda</span></a></p><p>Europeans, Canadians, and Americans should be greatly concerned about Age Verification in Australia: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/07/australian-government-to-legislate-social-media-age-limit-of-16-but-cant-say-how-platforms-will-enforce-it" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2024/nov/07/australian-government-to-legislate-social-media-age-limit-of-16-but-cant-say-how-platforms-will-enforce-it</span></a></p><p>Canadians, Europeans, and Australians should be greatly concerned about KOSA in the United States: <a href="https://www.stopkosa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">stopkosa.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>We are all citizens of the world now, <br>and we must fight together and for each others to push back against mass surveillance and any undermining of our privacy rights, collectively.</p><p>Privacy is a human right, worldwide.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ChatControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatControl</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/KOSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KOSA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MassSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassSurveillance</span></a></p>