Sweden and Denmark are some of the main drivers of this proposal. As a Swede I am a bit unclear why as while our politicians are quite pro-survelliance they have spent much more political capital than reasonable.
One possible reason seems to be lobbyism and shady connections to surveillance tech companies and various shady non-profits
> Johansson, however, has not blinked. “The privacy advocates sound very loud,” the commissioner said in a speech in November 2021. “But someone must also speak for the children.”
Literal "Won't anybody think of the children" moment.
One possible reason seems to be lobbyism and shady connections to surveillance tech companies and various shady non-profits
https://balkaninsight.com/2023/09/25/who-benefits-inside-the...