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EU moving towards total monetary surveillance and banning all anonymous payments (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by makeasnek@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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How to contact your MEP: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/contact

Source: https://snort.social/nevent1qqsvcedd6dg39eh6633uqqff0p9h2zqyhu3zd6kwyyhzqj7da02x4pszyqe2wpknmwkyd0t295d5ezvtaxr00ngxjtcfuct8pfvyec3snckpwqcyqqqqqqgz2f7lp

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 47 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

OP, your post is a mess.

It's not "total monetary surveillance," it's limited to cryptocurrency and high (>$11,000) cash payments.
You shouldn't encourage people to contact the EU before showing them what's actually happening
Your Snort post doesn't work on my browser and it's a pretty bad social network anyway.

For people who are looking for actual info:

https://www.dw.com/en/eu-seeks-cash-payment-limit-tougher-money-laundering-rules/a-68024075

https://finbold.com/anonymous-crypto-wallets-now-illegal-in-the-eu/

Or the source OP was using:

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-cash-cap-and-ban-on-anonymous-crypto-payments-results-in-financial-paternalism/

(ETA better info and links)

[–] naut@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

why would someone limit me how I can spend my earned and 40% already taxed (taken) money? I gave my life time to earn it, they take half of it and still forbidding me to use it?