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

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ISOmorph@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de

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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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[–] weirdwallace75@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] DerWilliWonka@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] weirdwallace75@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago

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