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Random thought: is there any way to get the right to encryption established for good in the EU, so that ChatControl doesn't get brought up every 6 months? (piefed.zip)
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[–] cibicibi@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago

Yes, actually there is a legal way to do this through the European citizens initiative. If you can organise a campaign across EU countries and obtain enough support, the commission must consider your proposal.

https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/_en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Citizens%27_Initiative#Procedure

Unfortunatelty, its difficult to be heard because people does not really know about this posibility and usually understands it like a petition, which is not. Even very organised groups struggles with it, but theoretically is possible.