Last-minute Friday plans? Tonight at 4pm, we're hosting a Fireside Chat with Bruce Schneier. One of the world's leading voices on security, cryptography, and digital rights. Intimate setting. Free entry. Kaffee Alt Wien, Vienna. Get your ticket now! pretix.eu/epicenter-wo...
31 youth organisations and youth activists demand social media change, not social media bans edri.org/our-work/you...
Youth organisations demand social media change, not bans - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
31 youth orgs and youth activists warn that the solution lies in addressing the root of the problem: the design & business model of platforms
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We've just published the Commission's proposal for EU-US data exchange. What they suggest would violate EU law. Access the document and read the full analysis by Romain Lanneau: buff.ly/8HLpLfT
EU-US-„Grenzpartnerschaft“: Gesichtsbilder, Gesundheitsdaten, mit Weitergabe empfangener Daten an Dritte netzpolitik.org/2026/erzwung...
EU-Kommission will US-Behörden erlauben, politische Ansichten und „Herkunft“ abzufragen
Laut dem nun vorliegenden Entwurf eines Rahmenabkommens über eine „Grenzpartnerschaft“ mit der Trump-Administration dürfen US-Behörden in EU-Staaten nicht nur Gesichtsbilder, sondern auch Namen,…
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No tolerance for biometric mass surveillance! Hamburg’s DPA has been sitting on a complaint against #PimEyes for five years www.ccc.de/en/updates/2...
We're figuring out how to dissenshitify the internet with Cory Doctorow! Join us on May 14 to find out how to make the internet better for not just yourself, but for everyone. www.eff.org/event/effec...
EFFecting Change: How to Disenshittify the Internet
The internet didn’t get worse by accident; it’s been systematically molded into what we have today. Join Wendy Liu live in conversation with Cory Doctorow about Cory's latest book, Enshittification.
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🚨 Today, noyb has filed a lawsuit against the Hamburg data protection authority. While the authority considers the practices of the facial recognition search engine PimEyes to be illegal, it refuses to take effective action. More info 👇 noyb.eu/en/no-action...
No action taken against PimEyes: noyb lawsuit against Hamburg DPA
Hamburg DPA considers the practices of PimEyes to be illegal, but doesn't take effective action because the company seems to be based in Dubai
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When California leads, other states follow—especially on tech. We can’t let California lead the U.S. into an unconstitutional social media ban that destroys privacy and harms youth. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Act Now to Stop California’s Paternalistic and Privacy-Destroying
California lawmakers are fast-tracking A.B. 1709—a sweeping bill that would ban anyone under 16 from using social media and force every user, regardless of age, to verify their identity before
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📢 In the context of the ongoing trilogue negotiations on the #AI Omnibus proposal, together with 32 other organisations and individuals, we contributed to an open letter to EU institutions, expressing our concerns about current proposals that could weaken the scope and effectiveness of the AI Act.
Joint Open Letter: Preserving the Scope and Integrity of the AI Act
CDT Europe joined civil society organisations and individuals in a public letter raising concerns about proposed changes to Annex I of the AI Act.
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Info you provide to verify your age online is shared with intermediaries that collect and process your info, EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @csmonitor.bsky.social. “That raises very serious privacy and speech concerns both for young people and for adults.” www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-...
What’s behind the global push to ban social media for kids
It started in Australia. Now dozens of countries are working on laws to keep younger kids away from social media. But do they really work?
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Apple, Google, Meta, Bluesky, Ring, Telegram—all these companies could offer stronger protections for our chats and our data. www.encryptitalready.org
Encrypt It Already
End-to-end encryption protects the privacy of your data.
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The UK is moving forward with its efforts to ban social media for young people. Politicians should look into what is best, not what is easy, and explore less invasive approaches to protect all people from online harms. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
UK Politicians Continue to Miss the Point in Latest Social Media Ban
The UK is moving forward with its efforts to ban social media for young people. Ahead of this week’s House of Lords debate on the topic, we’re getting you situated with a primer on what’s been
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💥 Die 🇦🇹 Bundesregierung einigt sich heute bis Ende Juni ein Gesetz für das Verbot von Social Media Verbot für unter 14-jährige vorzulegen. Laut ÖVP StS Pröll soll dies auch mittels "Identifizierungspflicht" einhergehen, denn "das Internet darf kein rechtsfreier Raum sein". 1/4
🔒 To continue our work towards a more #privacy-friendly future, noyb requires stable, long-term funding. Individuals like yourself can play an integral part in this task by joining noyb as a Supporting Member. Follow the link to learn more 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/support-us
🤝 Today, we have sent a joint open letter to the European Commission, calling for the enforcement of the #DigitalMarketsAct to deter #Meta from exploiting European consumers and businesses. ⚖️ ✉️ Read more: checkmyads.org/statement/jo...
Renewing blanket scanning powers would represent a fundamental breach of privacy rights for 450 million Europeans while failing to deliver meaningful child protection outcomes cepis.org/cepis-calls-... #Chatkontrolle
CEPIS Calls on EU Institutions to Uphold Parliament’s Decision and Reject Mass Surveillance in the Chat Control Regulation - CEPIS
CEPIS urges Members of the European Parliament to firmly defend the Parliament’s recent democratic decision to end untargeted mass scanning of private digital communications. CEPIS reiterates its…
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⚠️ Requesting access to your data could soon be deemed #abusive – at least if the EU Commission's #DigitalOmnibus passes. 👤 featuring data protection lawyer Lisa Steinfeld Leiser
