Das Europäische Parlament finanziert eigene Internet-Trolle

Die Europäische Kommission ist in ihrer Außendarstellung sehr um den Datenschutz von Iternetnutzern besorgt und die Europäische Kommission findet sehr salbungsvolle Worte, wenn es darum geht, die Meinungsfreiheit im Internet zu verteidigen, z.B. der „EU Representative“ Stavros Lambrinidis:

The EU is committed to promote human rights in all areas of its external action without exception, in particular, using the link between new technologies and human rights as important avenues for promoting democracy. The „Arab Spring“ has shown to the world how ICTs can be a powerful force to support human rights activists and in general a driver of democratization processes.

Today we see signs that the objective of an open Internet for all seems to be more and more shared by a number of governments in the MENA region. The Commission’s information society policy in our discussions with public authorities, telecommunication regulators and civil society stakeholders in the MENA region…