is giving a massive headache to those trying to pass a European bill aimed at stopping child sexual abuse material from spreading online.

Hot garbage lies

The site lets visitors compile a mass email warning about the bill and send it to national government officials, members of the European Parliament and others with ease

Why are they talking about this as if it's a strange thing to happen and disruptive? I've seen lots of websites about a political issue that help people send emails to their representatives, isn't that just a normal part of democracy?

Unfathomably based

The campaign has irked some recipients. “In terms of dialog within a democracy, this is not a dialog,” said Lena Düpont, a German member of the European People’s Party group and its home affairs spokesperson, of the mass emails.

Then open your eyes and ears and pay attention. If you did, then people wouldnt be forced to send you these emails. Germany is still "undecided" on this issue and we could basically single-handedly decide the outcome. If Germany votes against then it wont pass.

A website set up by an unknown Dane

The website, called Fight Chat Control, was set up by Joachim, a 30-year-old software engineer living in Aalborg, Denmark.

Does anyone fucking proof-read anything any more? Or does unknown just mean 'not famous' these days? FML.

Uk needs this for Britcard BS

Waow

If the EU actually gave a shit about CSAM, they'd engage in their own investigations and prosecutions of Epstein's associates.

Instead, they're trying to give surveillance capitalism the keys to the kingdom and mass surveil everyone's communications, except themselves of-course, so they can continue their pedophile protection racket and prevent any future revolt against themselves, all of their criminal pedo and corrupt cronies, and the oligarchs they represent.

Calling it a "one-man spam campaign" when that one man does not send any of the emails himself (well ok, he probably sent a few himself) is pretty rich. Good article, terrible title and lede.

Joachim's campaign is blocking more traditional lobbyists and campaigners, too, they said. Mieke Schuurman, director at child rights group Eurochild, said the group’s messages are no longer reaching policymakers, who “increasingly respond with automated replies.”

Great success.

The campaign has irked some recipients. “In terms of dialog within a democracy, this is not a dialog,” said Lena Düpont, a German member of the European People’s Party

This isn't a dialog. It's a democracy and you are hearing from the people. If you don't like what you hear, know how alone you are.

Thanks to Joachim, if we ever meet beers are on me!

The emails are sent from visitors' own email clients, meaning Joachim doesn't know how many have been sent,

And thus is proven that the reported is an asshole with an agenda.

Well done, Joachim! 🙌

The campaign has irked some recipients. “In terms of dialog within a democracy, this is not a dialog,” said Lena Düpont, a German member of the European People’s Party group and its home affairs spokesperson, of the mass emails.

Funny comment, seeing how EU was not even planning a referendum to check whether the majority of EU citizens approve such a proposal or not. EU did not even think of a dialogue with the citizens.

And funny how the article presents the proposal as something against sexual child-abuse material. As if abusers really used normal chat apps to make such exchanges...

There is absolutely a possibility that a role model democracy like the US used to be in the 20th century develops into a dictatorship, as is currently happening under trump.

it can happen in europe as well, and chat control will absolutely, 100% be used against the people.

One-man spam campaign

Is it really a "one-man spam campaign" if all he does is encourage others to send an email?

This approach has been around in the US for a while, ex:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistbot
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Calls

It's not "spam". This article is heavily biased.

“This has nothing to do with 'chat control,' as the sponsors of the citizens’ initiative claim,” he said.

Stop lying to us. It's chat control, plain and simple.

Joachim's campaign is blocking more traditional lobbyists and campaigners, too, they said. Mieke Schuurman, director at child rights group Eurochild

Since when is the voice of a oobby group more important than the voices of millions of people. They are just annoyed that people are actually saying something this time and that theirs isn't the only voice in the politicians ears.