alt Hacker News> a European Union proposal to fight child sexual abuse material (CSAM) — a bill seen by privacy activists as breaking encryption and leading to mass surveillance
Why not call it: "a proposal to break encryption and enact mass surveillance, claimed to be used to fight CSAM"?
How did the author decide which part to present as plain fact, and which as mere activist opinion? The choice isn't arbitrary - the proposal definitely will break encryption and enact mass surveillance - that's what the text of the proposal directly commands governments to do!
I guess such subtleties fade compared to the two bald lies in the title alone - it is not "spam" to simplify EU citizens contacting their representatives, and since that "spam" was sent by those citizens themselves, it is not a "one-man" campaign either, but a mass movement.
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> Why not call it: "a proposal to break encryption and enact mass surveillance, claimed to be used to fight CSAM"?
That doesn't have the same ring to it to persuade clueless and weak politicians to support anything with the word "child" in it.
> How did the author decide which part to present as plain fact, and which as mere activist opinion?
They have a very obvious bias, and the parts supporting their bias are presented as positive.