[devjab]

I'm Danish, chat control has it's origin in a proposal from my politicians. It's been revoked because there was no support. The major reason it was revoked was because of the strong German stance against it. It's currently backfiring in the hands of the politicians who suggested it. In Denmarj we seem to often be on the wrong side of internet freedom, and I think we should all criticize that. Only it's not black and white, because we're also one of the most pro-free-speech countries in the world. I know the world is often turned black and white on the internet, but if you're always painting the black, then that doesn't help the debate.

I think that is what Pavel does. Look at how he mentions chat control, but not that it was turned down and revoked. Then directly goes on to criticize Germany (who shut down chat control) for being anti freedom. He doesn't say anything that is wrong. Due to their history, Germany does not allow you to say anything you want about their politicians, deny history or praise nazism. It's that same history that makes Germany such strong proponents for privacy though, because they've lived the Surveillance state before it was cool. That is what has turned Germany is a privacy haven on par with Sweden, but where does Pavel ever mention that?

For that is the main issue with people like Pavel. It's not that the message is wrong. The internet has become mainly controlled by a couple of SoMe companies which are controlled by the aristocracy. It's that he polarizes it, but only against the west. I get why he wouldn't criticize Russia even if he wanted to, but he's certainly not walking the walk, is he? The fact that he spreads the message on X just makes it even more hypocritical. (If you think that part about X is me being "woke", please keep in mind that Twitter banned Trump.)