The vote is due to take place today. But, as they have done so in the past, they may postpone it until they are confident of it being passed. Germany are believed to be opposing it too.

You can view what each country’s stance is, on fightchatcontrol.eu

US rapper Eminem has taken legal action against an Australian beachwear company called Swim Shady, saying its name is too similar to his trademarked rap pseudonym Slim Shady.

By the same reasoning, couldn’t Mars sue Eminem saying his name is too similar to their trademarked product name M&M’s?

The vote is due to be on the 19th of November.

As things stand, it is believed it will not pass. In which case they will probably postpone it again until they can convince the other countries (mainly Germany) to vote in support of it. Ireland are next to get the EU presidency. And what bunch of arrogant twats in charge there. So they’ll probably try and push it through. The current leader of the party in charge (Taoiseach/Prime minister) is in trouble, but might hold on to the position for the presidency. But even if he doesn’t, the next in line to take his position is probably the current minister for justice - Jim O’Callaghan, who is in favour of it most likely because he doesn’t understand it properly.

So we likely still have another six or seven months at least, of this crap.

I could be wrong, but I don’t think any actual vote has taken place yet, they keep pushing it back as they are expecting it to fail. They want to get all countries on board and then quickly make them vote for it. You can see which way every country is expected to vote on fightchatcontrol.eu

More information here (now due to vote on the 19th of November)

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/10/11/chat-control-on-hold-europes-eastern-flank-remains-passive

They are heavily reliant on the general public not reading articles like this. Saying that, they are also very good at keeping articles like this out of the mainstream. I could honestly say nobody I know personally would know that any of this is going on if I hadn’t posted the odd article into a group chat.

Sharing fightchatcontrol.eu has been followed up by a few, and hopefully they have also shared it. The more this is shared, the more effective it can be. Also sharing how they are trying to force it in underhandedly should be heavily criticised.

Thank you for that, I had never heard of the Singapore agreement. They are going into very Machiavellian territory That is honestly very scary to me, or it reads that way if correct.

The Singapore Agreement, which is planned by the EU Commission, has so far received little public attention, but it promises to interfere with the rights of EU citizens.

The so-called DTA (Digital Trade Agreement) regulates the digital trade in goods and services. It is the first trade agreement of its kind and is intended to serve as a template for future agreements. It provides for a de facto sale of our data to Singapore and carries dangers. The data protection system in Singapore is less strict and EU data could be resold to third countries, for example to China.

For others that cannot read German - Please translate the above message, to continue reading.

and here - https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1152

I haven’t read that yet, as it is 01:25am and I am two hours past my bedtime.

I think it is more likely that the people proposing it don’t understand what it is that they are proposing. They don’t seem to have a grasp of why privacy should be so protected and what they are proposing is way too much. It also seems to completely contradict what the EU were saying about 5 years ago, possibly less.

I’d say it may have a lot to do with that. Israel and the US have shown how powerful abusing peoples privacy can be. They have also shown how profitable.

They do in Ireland too.

That’s one of my biggest gripes. The politicians voting on deciding this should remember that people will be watching and remembering every single tiny piece of dirt on them and it will be published. It’s not a nice feeling. Phones could be stolen with private data on them, laptops etc. Horrible to have all of your personal data being taken.

I wonder if they no longer get elected, do they become the Plebeians, and would their devices automatically be scanned from then on.

Seems that if this goes through, the only way around it would be to run for government.

That poster though. Very raunchy. I think.

Or it’s a sword fighter 🗡️ Still raunchy I guess.

I don’t think that anyone claimed it is somehow the saviour for then environment. There is a lot more to bitcoin than was possible to reply.

https://coinshares.com/nl-en/insights/research-data/closer-look-environmental-impact-of-bitcoin-mining/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/26/climate-hero-villain-fossil-fuel-frenzy-challenges-norway-green-image https://www.dw.com/en/norways-big-green-lie/audio-74144534

Bitcoin is a far superior way to control your own finances. Transactions are more transparent helping to prevent corruption for one thing. As long as we let the banks control everything, we will never be able to fix most of the problems causing climate damage. If you are still intent on complaining that Bitcoin is evil, it is a necessary evil. It has unfortunately been adopted by the big companies at this stage so they will benefit immensely from it, but taking everything and the alternatives into account, it should actually help the environment in the long run.

Ireland is incorrect. The majority would be blue or red.