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EU member states decide to restrict freedom of press for national security reasons (www.heise.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Article is from a renowned german IT centric media outlet. Topic is a new ruling that allows for government spying through trojan horses on the press. This ruling is highly alarming.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't quite understand. Would journalists be forced to install state-created spyware on their work machines?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No they do not have to install them by themselves but goverment intelligence agencies or police may use them against journalists.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OK, so a journalist who is technically knowledgeable might evade this altogether.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You can never have 100% security. And tbf I dont think this is a valuable argument if its about basic freedom of media to not fucking spy on journalists.