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EU plans to let Frontex monitor social media and flag posts for removal (thenextweb.com)
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The European Commission wants Frontex, the EU’s border agency, to monitor public social media posts about migration. It would also flag illegal content to platforms. MEPs and digital rights groups say the plan puts online speech under a border agency’s watch. The Commission proposed the change on Tuesday as part of a wider overhaul of […] This story continues at The Next Web

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[–] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There is a big push to create a federal enforcement agency around Frontex, following the DHS playbook. The centre right party's looking to the US and think we want that too. Frontex is already militarised in the Mediterranean and they are looking to expand they're powers within the EU Borders.

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