After years of debate, "Chat Control", a dangerous law that could mandate mass scanning and weaken encryption, nears its final hurdle.
Read here what is really cracking off.
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There's a real danger in pretending that social media bans and age verification will make the internet a safer space for young people.
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#Simplification: Cause for concern here: Plans to cut red tape (ok) but hopefully not at the expense of user privacy rights (not ok). The banger is the withdrawal of the E-Privacy Regulation (destiny of the derogation under the EPD to enable voluntary scanning unclear) /
Another example of the “kill-list” is the AI Liability Directive (renders the EP consultation obsolete?) and the EU Public Access Law. Unclear how this agenda, if at all, could apply to recent laws on platform regulation. commission.europa.eu/publica… /FIN
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CJEU: Judgment of the General Court in Case T-354/22 | Bindl v Commission
The @ec.europa.eu is ordered to pay damages to a visitor to its ‘Conference on the Future of Europe’ website as a result of the transfer of
personal data to the United States. 👀
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Judgment Patrascu v. Romania - civil judgment against the applicant for publication and hosting of comments on his Facebook page breached his freedom of expression
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#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress
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Want to learn more about what EFF does in Europe? Check out the first post of our new series on saving the internet in Europe eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/sa…
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No to backdoors, data retention, and weakening encryption! EFF joins more than 50 organizations in calling out a report laundering dangerous policies as new ideas for for EU institutions and Member States to implement edri.org/wp-content/uploads/…
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🚨NEW: The European Commission has just published the first draft of the Code of Practice for general-purpose #AI model providers.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.e…
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EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”;
Apple: “Nah”.
Software freedom and an open internet are vital. We're glad our friends at @fsfe have filed a brief with the EU Commission to hold Apple accountable under the Digital Markets Act.
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EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”;
Apple: “Nah”.
Software freedom and an open internet are vital. We're glad our friends at @fsfe have filed a brief with the EU Commission to hold Apple accountable under the Digital Markets Act.
fsfe.org/activities/apple-li…
check out @doctorow blog post on why this matters: eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/eu…
The #DigitalFairnessAct is high up on the Commission's agenda. Today, a "Fitness Check" was published.
1. Some take-aways:
- insufficient enforcement of consumer law
- which must also catch up with DSA/DMA/AI act
- CPC network deemed not very effective /1
My take: solid report with caveats. Fairness by design sounds good but doesn’t fit. Some statements are bold (consumer law irrelevance with recent bills) or lack data. National issues are underappreciated (CPC), and other laws may better tackle some issues (DMA, Brussels Ia). 4/4