• bampop@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      Green = “opposing”, red = “supporting”… “chat control extension”. I guess the greens are against the chat control proposal, though that’s hardly clear, and there seem to be more reds than greens so that suggests the chat control proposal was accepted, or is there some other layer to this? Also the stance of a state bears no relation to that of its representatives. Very confusing

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            10 hours ago

            Well the proposal is to extend the temporary exemption that expires on April 4.
            As it is now under this exemption THEY ARE ALREADY doing their dystopian scanning.
            Since there is no legal framework to do this they and it’s against the current laws they use this exemption until they can force the final law that legalizes it.

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        23 hours ago

        The “Chat Control” proposal would legalise scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos.

        it’s explained right there above the vote summary

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          22 hours ago

          It’s not the topic of the vote I’m trying to clarify but rather trying to make sense of that web page showing who is voting for what, and how, if at all that is connected to the European Parliament vote. That website suggests overwhelming support for the proposal at both state and representative level, I’m not sure what to make of that.

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            12 hours ago

            Yeah it seems to be backwards, they voted for an “Extension of the temporary derogation”, which I assume means if do you want to take more time to discuss this problem vote yes, or vote no to enact the newly proposed law now. Which is why the greens are paradoxically for the proposal and the EPP is against. Another layer of shenanigans to confuse people I guess.

            https://howtheyvote.eu/votes/189574

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              It could be, although it also seems that “opposing” representatives are usually of the left/green persuasion and the right wing is mostly “supporting”, which is not what I’d expect to see in that case. All I can say for sure is that it’s very confusing.

              EDIT: thanks for that link 😁