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Recommend Carole RT @phatcontroller: ChatGPT is a violation of your human rights, it is the violent theft of your labour, without your consent. Carole #Cadwalladr 's new TED talk on the Tech Broliarchy, the Digital Coup that they are implementing, and the need for unity in opposition. #DigitalRights https://youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?feature=shared
ChatGPT is a violation of your human rights, it is the violent theft of your labour, without your consent. Carole Cadwalladr's new TED talk on the Tech Broliarchy, the Digital Coup that they are implementing, and the need for unity in opposition. #DigitalRights https://youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?feature=shared
"So in ruling for our clients, the judge found that the mere fact that DOGE could access their records was an injury that gave us standing to proceed – and also found that there were other injuries that would separately give us standing, including the possibility that DOGE's breach could expose our clients to "hacking, identity theft, and other activities that are substantially harmful."
The US government repeatedly argued that we weren't accusing them of disclosing our clients' records, every time they did this, the judge pointed to our actual filings, which plainly assert that DOGE agents were "viewing, possessing and using" our clients' records, and that this constitutes "disclosure" under the law, and according to OPM's own procedures.
The judge found that we were entitled to seek relief under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which proscribes the conduct of federal agencies – and that our relief could be both "declaratory" (meaning a court could rule that DOGE was breaking the law) and "injunctive" (meaning the court could order DOGE to knock it off)."
https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/09/cases-and-controversy/#brocolli-haired-brownshirts
When a country is worried that
forcing corporations and organizations to
respect human rights will slow down
"innovation" and "competitiveness"
it is going in the wrong direction.
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Reasons to be Cheerful...
Part 1, 2, and 3!
A status overview (in 3 blog posts) of our fantastic research project regarding the integration of the Fediverse in the EU administration, based on the EDPS pilot project "EU Voice-Video". Stay tuned and check our blog!
https://www.fedivariety.org/blog/reasons-to-be-cheerful-part-1-of-3-status-of-the-fedivariety-research
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Swiss tech & privacy community:
The Federal Council is proposing major changes to the #VÜPF that would expand surveillance and threaten #digitalprivacy.
Read Proposal: https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen/bundesrat.msg-id-103968.html
Consultation open until 6 May 2025
Send input: ptss-aemterkonsultationen@isc-ejpd.admin.ch
Let’s stand up for privacy and digital rights in #Switzerland.
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TikTok Faces €500M GDPR Fine
Ireland’s DPC to penalize TikTok for sending EU user data to China.
ByteDance violated GDPR by allowing Chinese engineers access to personal info.
Fine likely before end of April; TikTok may appeal in Irish courts.
Comes amid US deadline for TikTok’s forced divestment or ban.
"More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech companies flooded lawmakers with protests, culminating in an “Internet Blackout” on January 18, 2012. Turns out, Americans don’t like government-run internet blacklists. The bills were ultimately shelved.
Thirteen years later, as institutional memory fades and appetite for opposition wanes, members of Congress in both parties are ready to try this again.
The Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), along with at least one other bill still in draft form, would revive this reckless strategy. These new proposals would let rights holders get federal court orders forcing ISPs and DNS providers to block entire websites based on accusations of infringing copyright. Lawmakers claim they’re targeting “pirate” sites—but what they’re really doing is building an internet kill switch.
These bills are an unequivocal and serious threat to a free and open internet. EFF and our supporters are going to fight back against them."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever
"In a stunning reversal, the European Commission is once again poised to undermine the privacy of citizens across Europe in the ongoing eIDAS reform process. After promising to close a dangerous loophole in the eIDAS implementing acts, the Commission has yielded to powerful industry lobbyists and reintroduced an optional regime for “relying party registration certificates.” This dramatic backslide threatens the core principle of the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet project: namely, giving users across the EU secure digital identities under reliable and uniform protections."
https://epicenter.works/en/content/eu-commission-undermines-eidas-protections-again
So here we go again: "EU: These are scary times – let's backdoor encryption!"
Now #chatcontrol is rebranded with the excuse of threats like terrorism, organized crime, surging cybercrime and attacks against our critical infrastructure, instead of child sexual abuse.
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https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/eu_backdoor_encryption/
We’re launching the 2nd edition of the #4DAwards!
Looking for #DigitalRights fighters with real solutions for #DemocraticDigitalisation.
2 prizes of €15,000.
Applications open until 18/5
Organised by: @X_net_ @puntcat https://4d.cat/en/award/
I found these rules in a public group chat.
Kirby's Rules of Moderation:
1. Stay Neutral - Moderators should act fairly and avoid personal bias.
2. Transparency Matters - Decisions should be clear and explainable.
3. Rules Before Power - Enforce guidelines, not personal opinions.
4. Context Is Key - Consider intent before taking action.
5. Encourage Discussion - Promote healthy conversations, not silencing.
"In technology policy circles, the EU is often positioned as the “third way” — an alternative to the laissez-faire approach in America, where market forces steer tech development, and China’s state-controlled model, where technology is instrumentalised for political control. The EU’s rights-based regulatory approach offers a democracy-driven alternative. But India is keen to claim its own role offering an alternative to Chinese and American tech governance. After a decade of Digital India policies, this is well under way.
Since its launch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2015, the Digital India initiative has delivered spectacular results. The uptake of digital identities, payment systems and internet access has steadily climbed, although a significant gender gap remains.
Nearly 6mn Indians work in the technology sector, and the country is now exporting its digital public infrastructure model to emerging economies. From Aadhaar, the world’s largest biometric ID system, to Unified Payments Interface, the payments network, Indian tech is gaining traction across the global south.
But there is a flip side. India also holds the dubious distinction of being the global leader in internet shutdowns — with more than 800 reported in the past decade. Critics argue that these shutdowns are human rights violations, as are restrictions to press freedom, digital rights and data privacy. Significant numbers of content moderation requests are made by the government itself. Elon Musk’s X is suing over what it considers illegal requests to censor content on the platform."
https://www.ft.com/content/10ac3203-c694-409e-b053-73c418fca827
Joint statement by a coalition of authors, performers and other rightsholders active across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors regarding the third draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code of Practice" https://fep-fee.eu/Rightsholders-joint-statement-on-the-third-draft-of-the-Code-of-Practice #AIAct, #CopyrightCompliance, #GPAICode, #CreativeRights, #EUlaw, #AIPolicy, #ResponsibleAI, #DigitalRights, #AIRegulation, #FairAI
2nd edition of the #4DAwards! We will award 2 projects that have an impact on #DemocraticDigitalisation & #DigitalRights
€15,000 for each project Apply by 18/5
Organised by: @X_net_ @puntcat https://4d.cat/en/award/
WhatsApp’s €225M Privacy Fine Battle Heats Up: EU Court Adviser Backs Appeal.
#WhatsApp #DataPrivacy #EURegulations #TechLaw #DigitalRights #PrivacyPolicy #GDPR #LegalTech #CyberSecurity #BigTech #WhatsAppFine #EDPB #RegulatoryCompliance #EUCourt #TechNews
https://www.techi.com/whatsapp-wins-support-against-eu-privacy-fine/
