[harabat]

For those who won't read the article: it provides a few ways to protest [0] (contact Commissioners, request media to cover this issue, get active on social media) and offers a list of arguments [1] (such policies don't work against CSAM but make it worse, while better/more targeted methods are being ignored).

If anyone has experience calling to protest, could they share it here? Otherwise, the simplest course of action might be to copy-paste the arguments given in [1] into an email addressed to the parties mentioned in the parent comment.

[0]: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/messaging-and-chat-co...

[1]: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/messaging-and-chat-co...

[logifail]

> the simplest course of action might be to copy-paste the arguments given [..]

Not wishing to seem defeatist, but is there much (any?) evidence that sending copy-pasted arguments to elected representatives actually achieves anything?

[harabat]

Probably little to no effect, but I'd hope it's slightly more effective than just tweeting a hashtag (which is arguable simpler than my "simplest" suggestion) because it will actually pierce the techie anti-privacy bubble and be heard by/bother the .

To be honest, I'd wager that most of the benefit in doing something as little as sending copy-pasted emails is that it increases the probability of the protester doing a more meaningful action in the future (by generating some cognitive dissonance, by reinforcing a positive internal narrative, by weakening the illusion of powerlessness, etc.).

[belter]

It does because these are EU officials. They are four layers removed from contact with any EU citizens. Sometimes they do bump into one, while exiting some of the best Brussels restaurants after a lunch with a lobbyist.

[Siira]

CSAM versus explicitly mandated mass surveillance, is there even a shred of doubt about which is more important? …