Today we talk about idiotic legislation drafted by France that, according to @theGuardian, would explicitly allow spyware on the smartphones of journalists. Ironically called the "European Media Freedom Act", it originally had strong *protections* against this nonsense.

More from @theGuardian here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/22/draft-eu-plans-to-allow-spying-on-journalists-are-dangerous-warn-critics

You can read a press release from the EU here: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_5504

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