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Every bill in the King’s Speech, reviewed and rated – POLITICO
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LONDON – This is the list of new laws Rishi Sunak hopes will save his skin come election-time.
Tuesday’s King’s Speech — in which King Charles III read out the British government’s legislative agenda for the crucial pre-election term ahead — was packed with promises from Sunak’s Conservative Party.
With the clock ticking down to an election which must be held before the end of January 2025, the King’s
How to stop quantum computers from breaking the internet’s encryption
Keeping secrets is hard. Kids know it. Celebrities know it. National security experts know it, too.
And it’s about to get even harder.
There’s always someone who wants to get at the juicy details we’d rather keep hidden. Yet at every moment, untold volumes of private information are zipping along internet cables and optical fibers. That information’s privacy relies on encryption, a way to mathematically scramble data to prevent any snoops from deciphering it — even with the help of
How to navigate Spain’s EU presidency policy agenda like a pro – POLITICO
Spare a thought for Spanish diplomats in Brussels. They’re going to be working flat-out until Christmas.
Sweden has spent the last six months trying to process a huge pile of legislative files, many of which were proposed late by a European Commission distracted by COVID-19 and Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Despite commendable progress, many of these files still need a lot of work before being passed into law. Look at the files we’ve laid out below, then look back at
the encryption question, NIS2 agreed, platform workers’ battle – EURACTIV.com
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“Today’s proposal sets clear obligations for companies to detect and report the abuse of children, with strong safeguards guaranteeing the privacy of all, including children.”
– Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson
Story of the week: The European Commission has finally shown its hand with its much-awaited proposal to address child pornography online, obtained by EURACTIV before
vital encryption, Germany’s coalition talks, e-Evidence approaching – EURACTIV.com
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“It would have been impossible for me to whistleblow without encryption. My first messages to journalists were made with encryption, and without secure end-to-end encryption, it is impossible to see how brave investigative journalism could happen at all.”
– Edward Snowden, whistleblower of the NSA revelations
Story of the week: Edward Snowden has described encryption as essential