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Surveillance Disguised as Safety: Cars Sold in EU To Spy on Drivers 24/7

Tamás Orbán July 8, 2026

Every new car now comes with a mandatory eye movement-tracking camera to reduce road accidents, but Brussels remains opaque about where the footage may end up.

From Digital Euro to Chat Control: The Risk of Function Creep

Javier Villamor July 6, 2026

Brussels frames the digital euro, age verification, and Chat Control as separate solutions to real issues, but together they highlight who controls the digital infrastructure shaping everyday life in Europe.

Starmer Threatens To Ban X Over Deepfakes

Christina Holmgren-Larson January 11, 2026

The UK could block Brits from using X unless it removes generative AI functions that can create pornographic images.

Digital ID Can Only End Badly

Lauren Smith September 29, 2025

The ‘BritCard’ will be a monument to this government’s authoritarian impulses and staggering incompetence.

Chat Control Vote Postponed Amid Growing Member State Opposition

TEC News September 13, 2025

Privacy advocates and several EU countries raised alarms, arguing the measure could lead to mass surveillance.

“Chat Control betrays Europe’s self-professed image as a protector of human rights”—Free Speech Advocate Yaël Ossowski

Rafael Pinto Borges September 5, 2025

“Once Chat Control is implemented, it will mean that there is a legal process to mandate that all information be made available to authorities at all times.”

Prague Says No to ‘Chat Control’

Javier Villamor August 27, 2025

The Czech government has said it will vote against the proposal to monitor digital communications when it comes before the EU Council.

Reichstag building front with German flags

Germany To Curtail Civil Liberties in Pandemic Power Grab

Zolta Győri August 21, 2025

The Merz government is moving forward with proposed legislation to restrict individual rights, without explanation for why that is needed.

The EU’s Plan To Kill Private Messaging

Lauren Smith August 7, 2025

Brussels’ digital mass surveillance regime is about to get so much worse.

Prince Harry & Megan Markle in winter clothes on Christmas Day 2017

“People didn’t lose privacy. They gave it away”—Sociologist Tiffany Jenkins

Rob Killick July 31, 2025

“We used to guard the private sphere. Now we livestream it.”

Tag: privacy

Surveillance Disguised as Safety: Cars Sold in EU To Spy on Drivers 24/7

From Digital Euro to Chat Control: The Risk of Function Creep

Starmer Threatens To Ban X Over Deepfakes

Digital ID Can Only End Badly

Chat Control Vote Postponed Amid Growing Member State Opposition

“Chat Control betrays Europe’s self-professed image as a protector of human rights”—Free Speech Advocate Yaël Ossowski

Prague Says No to ‘Chat Control’

Germany To Curtail Civil Liberties in Pandemic Power Grab

The EU’s Plan To Kill Private Messaging

“People didn’t lose privacy. They gave it away”—Sociologist Tiffany Jenkins

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