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		saubeidl 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EU Council Approves New "Chat Control" Mandate Pus... You provide your own counterexample. The UK left the EU and all it got for it was a quicker passing of it's "online safety" nonsense with none of the checks and balances (EU parliament, ECHR) that would stop it in the EU.

iso1631 8 days ago | [–]

80% of the UK public were in favour of the "online safety" idiocy.

foldr 8 days ago | [–]

ECHR is still part of UK law (but I agree with your overall point).

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