Who would've thought that deporting Zensursula to Brussels would cause this? /s
this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2026
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Who is bottom right? A politician who passed an unpopular internet law?
EU passed a new chat-control law. They want to spy on our private messages. Ursula von der Leyen (depicted bottom right) is president of the EU commission.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
I exhaled slightly stronger than usualy through my nose. Well done
Is this how we can finally make ourselfs heard? π€
As a non-euro, this one took me a while. The myth of consensual chat.
I didn't get it either till i read your comment... for those still in the dark it's about
::: spoiler
our politicians reading our chats.
:::
So it's about government surveillance I guess.
Can we get own ~~FBI~~ EU-BI agent too, who is vigorously throwing away their headphones while he was eavesdropping?
Just market it as "European UBI."
Everyone will go for European ~~Universal Basic Income~~ Union Bureau of Investigation
Is there any open source software for managing your agents? Between Frank from FBI and Mateusz from Europol it's getting difficult to manage
Ahhh yes, it's 20:00 - my favourite eavesdropper is on duty!
Isn't this how funny memes work?
The chat control 1.0 has been ongoing for a while, the recent vote was to end it, it also affects unencrypted chats and in countries that adhere to it(could be wrong about last part), although I'm not sure if group chats are encrypted on WhatsApp