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"The extension of the mandate of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the strengthening of its resources, supposedly in the interests of a higher level of security for information networks within the EU, is part of an approach towards enhancing security which does not always properly respect the rights, freedoms and guarantees of the public.
We must beware that a tool for oppressing and repressing the people is not created in the name of greater monitoring of cyberspace. The Internet and its various tools are not in themselves oppressive. The issue that arises is the political and social context in which they are used. In view of this, it is particularly significant that the EU is funding research programmes of the large multinationals which dominate the technologies that allow governments to spy on Internet users, while creating and developing agencies such as ENISA, which will pay for the use of these same technologies.
The Internet is recognised as being one of the most important public spaces in the 21st century. However, all this care is not enough to prevent the appropriation of this space, which was created by human knowledge, from serving policies that are subject to economic power and facilitating its private use…
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