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#louisrossmann

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Fairly decent turn out to protest Austin's blant and illegal AI surveillance with Liveview, similar to Flock. City Hall's last minute rescheduling, leaving people angry and disillusioned over government mal-representation, over-reach and more bad financial moves. #louisrossmann #atx #austin #policestate #surveillance #eff youtube.com/watch?v=YVHfu-5n7Uw
Here is the long play from all the interviews of the protest yesterday. You can get the gist of it in a few minutes in. Most folks had great points beyond the basic talking points. I ask not to be on camera.

@EUCouncil
@EUCommission
@bundestag_aktuell
@Bundesregierung

👉Die #EU is kurz davor, einen schlimmerer Überwachungsstaat zu implementieren, als es das #DritteReich oder die #DDR je waren oder als es sich #GeorgeOrwell je hätte vorstellen können:

Mit der #ChatControl beginnt der #TotaleÜberwachungsstaat!👈

Der #US-Sicherheitsexperte #LouisRossmann zum #EU-Gesetzenwurf in allgemeinen verständlicher Sprache:

youtu.be/3NyUgv6dpJc

Was man dagegen noch tun kann:

fightchatcontrol.eu/

Exercising my democratic rights as an 🇪🇺EU citizen has become easier than ever!

I've just clicked through the email template generator, and sent my opinion to 79 of Germany's representatives in 1 email.

Every EU citizen can participate: Go, save OUR #privacy! 👉 fightchatcontrol.eu/ (edit: they're currently working on translations beyond English and French)

Thanks, @chatcontrol! 🖖🥰👍 (and #LouisRossmann, who published his colourfully worded opinion on YouTube)

fightchatcontrol.euFight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EULearn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

I don't hate the idea behind #clippy or #LouisRossmann and his latest activism.

However, I really don't think its going to do anything. Were all here because we don't trust big tech corpos to give a shit about us.

So to me the obvious correct answer is to go as scorched earth with it as possible. Remove myself from as many #centralized sites as possible. And hope we all can go back to enjoying a free and open or #decentralized internet.

Louis has a motivation though. He has a community and an income stream from YouTube and thus needs it to change or at least be more predictable for him. Most of us aren't really doing this for money over here.

I don't expect a PFP change to mean anything if you're still using the service.

"I hate this restaurant and I wear my 'I hate Arby's' T-shirt every day when I go back to Arby's for lunch. Just so I can remember why I hate it..."

ABC News (Australia): How Youtuber Louis Rossmann’s beef with an Australian PlayStation repair whiz revealed a shocking past. “As YouTuber Louis Rossmann watched his latest video upload, he felt sure he had made the right decision. He knew his investigation into a mysterious and controversial Australian businessman would spark furious interest in his online tech circles, although he never […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/20/abc-news-australia-how-youtuber-louis-rossmanns-beef-with-an-australian-playstation-repair-whiz-revealed-a-shocking-past/

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