EU plans to let Frontex monitor social media and flag posts
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Frontex could monitor social media under an EU plan. An MEP says it would put online speech ‘under a border agency’s watch’.

The European Commission wants Frontex, the EU’s border agency, to monitor public social media posts about migration. It would also flag illegal content to platforms. MEPs and digital rights groups say the plan puts online speech under a border agency’s watch. The Commission proposed the change on Tuesday as part of a wider overhaul of […] This story continues at The Next Web

  • MidnightMarauder@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 days ago

    There is a big push to create a federal enforcement agency around Frontex, following the DHS playbook. The centre right party’s looking to the US and think we want that too. Frontex is already militarised in the Mediterranean and they are looking to expand they’re powers within the EU Borders.