The Danish government is using the upcoming Christmas break to slip through a public consultation for a draft law that would make it an OFFENCE to use a #VPN to access content that would otherwise not be available in Denmark, or to circumvent the blocking of "illegal" websites.
Høringsportalen
Høring over forslag til lov om ændring af lov om ophavsret og lov om radio- og fjernsynsvirksomhed m.v. (Ændret proces for prøvelse ved Ophavsretslicensnævnet og teknologineutralt forbud mod online pirateri)
Lovforslaget har til formål at sikre, at sager om rimeligheden af vilkår og fastsættelse af vederlag i licensaftaler behandles af Op...
 This is done under the guise of ensuring a technologically neutral implementation of Directive 98/84 on pay-TV decoders (hint: the IP address is NOT a conditional access device). #Copyright image
In a surprise development on #ChatControl, the Danish government has sent out a press release that it will drop mandatory detection orders, and instead propose to make the current voluntary detection scheme permanent
Berlingske
Dansk forslag om digital børnebeskyttelse droppet efter tysk kritik
Dansk EU-formandskab kunne ikke skabe opbakning til forslag om at scanne beskeder for overgrebsmateriale.
 (in Danish) This is essentially the proposal of the Polish Presidency in the first half of 2025. A huge win for privacy and encryption!! #E2EE