{"id":621421,"date":"2026-06-19T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=621421"},"modified":"2026-06-19T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:45:00","slug":"suckers-44-of-eu-citizens-feel-well-protected-in-the-digital-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=621421","title":{"rendered":"Suckers? 44% Of EU Citizens Feel Well-Protected In The Digital World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Suckers? 44% Of EU Citizens Feel Well-Protected In The Digital World<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>While the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/topics\/921\/european-union\/\">European Union<\/a>\u00a0has taken a global lead in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/topics\/13377\/tech-regulations-in-europe\/\">regulating the digital economy<\/a>,<\/strong> survey data paints a <strong>mixed picture of the effectiveness <\/strong>of those efforts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/36301\/do-eu-citizens-feel-well-protected-in-the-digital-world\/\">As Statista&#8217;s Felix Richter details below,<\/a> according to a recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu\/en\/consultations\/survey-opens-future-digital-decade-policy-programme\/\">Eurobarometer survey<\/a>, 83 percent of EU citizens consider it important for authorities to ensure that AI and digital technologies respect European rights and values, suggesting broad public support for a strong regulatory framework.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/36301\/do-eu-citizens-feel-well-protected-in-the-digital-world\/\" title=\"Infographic: 44% of EU Citizens Feel Well-Protected in the Digital World | Statista\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Infographic: 44% of EU Citizens Feel Well-Protected in the Digital World | Statista\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.statcdn.com\/Infographic\/images\/normal\/36301.jpeg\" width=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>You will find more infographics at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chartoftheday\/\">Statista<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, only 44 percent say they feel well protected by the EU in the digital world.<\/p>\n<p>The results point to a gap between the bloc\u2019s regulatory ambitions and how secure citizens actually feel online.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, while there is broad backing for stricter rules, many Europeans remain unconvinced that existing measures are fully effective in practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/user\/5\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Fri, 06\/19\/2026 &#8211; 04:45<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.statcdn.com\/Infographic\/images\/normal\/36301.jpeg\" title=\"Suckers? 44% Of EU Citizens Feel Well-Protected In The Digital World\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suckers? 44% Of EU Citizens Feel Well-Protected In The Digital World While the\u00a0European Union\u00a0has taken a global lead in\u00a0regulating the digital economy, survey data paints a mixed picture of the effectiveness of those efforts. As Statista&#8217;s Felix Richter details below, according to a recent\u00a0Eurobarometer survey, 83 percent of EU citizens consider it important for authorities&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=621421\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Suckers? 44% Of EU Citizens Feel Well-Protected In The Digital World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":621422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-621421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=621421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/621422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=621421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=621421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=621421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}