Open Letter: Ngos Want to Prevent "Hazardous Monitoring"
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With an open letter to all members of the National Council, some Austrian and international NGOs want to prevent the introduction of controversial messenger surveillance. The relevant law is to be adopted at the National Council's turn from Wednesday to Friday. The more than 40 signatories – in addition to data protection organisations such as epicenter.works and Greenpeace, the Chaos Computer Club and the Catholic Action – appeal to vote agains…


The controversial law on the monitoring of dangerous substances is to be adopted in the National Council this week. Austrian and international NGOs stand up against it.
The letter criticises the fact that, according to the bill, the Ministry of the Interior "would control itself."
Today, the National Council votes on the Danger Monitoring Act. Proponents see it as a means against the technology superiority of terrorists, critics as an excessive interference with fundamental rights.


With an open letter to all members of the National Council, several Austrian and international NGOs are seeking to prevent "threat surveillance." The law is expected to be passed during the National Council's closing session from Wednesday to Friday. The more than 40 signatories—including data protection organizations such as epicenter.works, Greenpeace, and Catholic Action—call for a vote against the law, calling it a "historic step backwards f…
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