by Didi Rankovic, Reclaim The Net:

Surveilling private messages doesn’t help protect children. But it does advance government spying.

The European Union (EU) might at this point in time be floundering for a new way to get attention, regarding many of the key points that brought about its existence in the first place.

But continuing to advance free-speech-and-privacy-undermining policies, unfortunately, doesn’t seem to be one of the quandaries the bloc finds itself in.

In fact, the EU seems to show a rare display of clarity – and purpose – when dealing with these issues. Unfortunately, that does not benefit rights and freedoms, at least not as we knew them until these last few years.