'ProtectEU' security strategy: a step further towards a digital dystopian future
a year ago
- #digital rights
- #surveillance
- #EU policy
- The European Commission's 'ProtectEU' strategy threatens digital rights and increases security risks.
- The strategy promotes punitive digital surveillance and tech-supported securitization, ignoring holistic approaches to security.
- Proposals include undermining encryption with 'lawful access by design', risking cybersecurity and fundamental rights.
- Plans for 'Data Retention 2.0' could expand mass surveillance, threatening anonymity and civic freedoms.
- Europol and Frontex are set to receive increased powers and resources despite past abuses and illegal practices.
- The strategy favors oppressive law enforcement infrastructure, marginalizing vulnerable communities.
- Digital rights activists must prepare to counter these harmful policies.