Danish Developer's Mass Email Campaign Influences EU Encryption Bill Debate
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Summary
A Danish software developer named Joachim is running a one-man spam campaign that has sent millions of emails opposing the EU's proposed 'chat control' bill, which aims to break encryption in messaging apps. Joachim created a website that allows visitors to easily send mass emails to government officials and European Parliament members warning about the dangers of the legislation. The campaign has had significant influence on the debate around this controversial law.
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The site lets visitors compile a mass email warning about the bill and send it to national government officials, members of the European Parliament and others with ease.
Millions of emails
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