German Chancellor Angela Merkel is proposing building up a European communications network to help improve data protection.
It would avoid emails and other data automatically passing through the United States. In her weekly podcast, she said she would raise the issue on Wednesday with French President Francois Hollande.
Revelations of mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA) have prompted huge concern in Europe. Disclosures by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden suggested even the mobile phones of US allies, such as Mrs Merkel, had been monitored by American spies.
BBC News - Data protection: Angela Merkel proposes Europe network
It would also make it very easy for European governments to spy on it's citizens as well *shrug*
Like read everyone's emails before they pass the information onto the US. I'd trust none of the ckers tbh.
It would avoid emails and other data automatically passing through the United States. In her weekly podcast, she said she would raise the issue on Wednesday with French President Francois Hollande.
Revelations of mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA) have prompted huge concern in Europe. Disclosures by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden suggested even the mobile phones of US allies, such as Mrs Merkel, had been monitored by American spies.
BBC News - Data protection: Angela Merkel proposes Europe network
It would also make it very easy for European governments to spy on it's citizens as well *shrug*
There was no doubt that Europe had to do more in the realm of data protection, she said.


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The UK has been intercepting communications around Europe and sharing it with North America and Australia for years. Why do the Germans think that having an EU network would make this go away?
mind you think again we need a few members posts auto deleted .....I leave you to guess who's
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