EU member states decide to restrict freedom of press for national security reasons

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EU-Staaten schränken Pressefreiheit im Namen der nationalen Sicherheit ein

https://www.heise.de/news/EU-Staaten-schraenken-Pressefreiheit-im-Namen-der-nationalen-Sicherheit-ein-9194309.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.rdf.beitrag.beitrag

Der EU-Rat hat seine umstrittene Position zum Medienfreiheitsgesetz beschlossen, wonach Journalisten prinzipiell mit Staatstrojanern überwacht werden dürften.

EU-Staaten schränken Pressefreiheit im Namen der nationalen Sicherheit ein

Article is from a renowned german IT centric media outlet. Topic is a new ruling that allows for government spying through trojan horses on the press. This ruling is highly alarming.

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Its so fascinating how our EU can switch between fucking good decisions and fucking terrible decisions all the time. I hope this will be avoided by the parliament

Especially when it comes to "security" laws, the EU often seems to be on a concerning track, while it seems to have good ideas for many other areas (consumer protection for example). Does someone have a good explanation for this phenomenon?

Paternalism

You cannot restrict and reduce restriction at the same time. Instead just restrict everyone, for their own safety.

In multiple ways, contrary to the US and I think the EU is currently doing the best job of them all.

I mean you can totally not try to end P2P encryption or allow espionage against journalists by gov agencies. There is nothing power hunger driving them to do so