EU chat control law will ban open source operating systems
EU tech law seems to be a bit of a rollercoaster.  GDPR was conceptually a great thing (although its actual implementation smacks strongly of boomers with filofaxes ranting about FaceTok and Google Siri), the right to repair is good, the USB-C thing is useful.  The cookie permission thing didn&#x27;t work though.<p>It&#x27;s sad to see the EU now joining the &quot;let&#x27;s use child abuse as an excuse to steal the internet&quot; bandwagon.  The UK Government has been doing this for years, and is trying it right now with the Online Safety Bill.  I never know what to think of the motivation behind this stuff.  Is it a well-meaning but naive attempt to protect the vulnerable, or is it the  establishment desperately trying to destroy the threat posed by open communication and the empowerment of individuals?