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by oli5679 252 days ago
One interesting anecdote about this bill was that the European Commission allegedly funded digital advertisements promoting it, targeting specific political demographics, which is something that could possibly be prohibited by their own regulations.

https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-files-complaint-against-eu-commissio...

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/transpare...

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What the hell?

The EU is spending funds, given to it by member states, to further its own interests? This stinks.

Europol has also used tax payer funds for "research" to lobby for weakening end to end encryption