Policy guy @edri, working on platform regulation, content moderation, data protection and surveillance ads in Europe. For 15+ years in the Brussels maze.
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Last Notes npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat The @nprofile…fu0r announced it is exploring a new EU-US “dialogue” on digital rules, as Washington piles on the pressure over how the EU enforces its tech laws. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Very insightful write-up by @nprofile…demm of what happens to your data when you verify your #Linkedin account. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Reason number 43,756 why a #BuyEuropean tech policy or mandate makes no sense: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat “There is a certain level of tiredness in #Brussels when it comes to responding to these talking points from #Washington,” German center-right MEP Andreas #Schwab told POLITICO in response to the U.S. ambassador to the #EU's latest threats against Europe's digital laws. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat @nprofile…dymg Nothing. My criticism is directed at this particular project using this particular prompt and then argue that it could produce any reliable output to "better" the EU. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat @nprofile…dymg To be totally honest this looks dumb, as in the bias is already so obviously built into the prompt. It: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Hey @nprofile…fu0r, is it normal that I have to execute #JavaScript from an #AWS #WAF server in order to consult the official publications of #EUlaw applicable to me? npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Here are 7 awesome (new or newish) features in @nprofile…kyv9 many users seem to have missed but will probably want to use. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat My #fosdem learning today: #Linux on phones has made huge progress since I last checked. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat The liberal group in the European Parliament #Renew has an #Instagram campaign for leaving #BigTech platforms. That's cool. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat *** Follow-Empfehlung *** npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat And then there is this gem of course: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat There is so much to he said about the hypocrisy of France's proposed #SocialMediaBan for children, but let's start with this quote from President #Macron: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat TV reporter contacts me: "Can we meet today and interview you about the #Grok #X #nudification #DSA investigation announced by the EU?" npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat What seems to become clear is that an armed population or a society full of trained militias does not, in fact, protect a country against the emergence of a tyrannic government. #uspol #trump #ice #nazis npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat It is immensely disappointing that the European Parliament manages to defend and support former Commissioner #ThierryBreton, a wealthy, privileged old man who's addressbook is full of powerful friends. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat So cool: @radboud University has announced to switch to #Fairphone for (all?) their employees. 🎉 They explicitly cite #sustainability, cost efficiency and management support as reasons. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat In the name of fighting #crime and #terrorism, EU law already requires mandatory #police surveillance of international air travel. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Absolut richtige Entscheidung, exzellent formulierte Begründung. Merci für die Transparenz @nprofile…r58v ! npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Hey @nprofile…hwq5, und da gab es wirklich keine ethischere Cloud-Alternative für das Portal, bei dem nicht noch mehr deutsche Steuergelder an Faschismus unterstützende Mega-Milliardäre in den USA fließen? So von wegen #DigitaleSouveränität und so... 🤔 npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat I mean yes #China is a terrible #authoritarian hellhole where a single political party oppresses all dissent. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat "Our custom #bikes and gear reflect our dirt intentions and we #LeaveNoTrace to keep it all sustainable. Our #bikepacking #commons weaves us together and forms the grounds of this community. We all help maintain our commons first and foremost by riding." npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat While the #US has become an authoritarian state that tramples on the rights and freedoms of people around the world, EU member states want to grant US authorities direct and far-reaching access to #biometric data stored in European #police databases. 😠 npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat This is what civil society, in particular the #DigitalRights community, is up against now: #Trump has barred leaders of @nprofile…9s8h, the Global #Disinformation Index, and the Centre for Countering Digital Hate from entering the US. Expect more restrictions, threats, and intimidation against public-interest NGOs globally. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat So @nprofile…87np president #VonDerLeyen has caved into pressure from the German #CDU #CSU government and car industry: She proposed yesterday to axe her own #GreenDeal flagship that was supposed to end the sales of combustion engine cars by 2035. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat "The permissionless #innovation enabled by #FOSS allowed smaller and non-profit business models to flourish, letting organizations develop and provide high-quality technological products and services to market sectors often ignored by commercial companies. Enforcing the #DMA could consolidate #interoperability as a foundational policy for #Europe’s digital #infrastructure." npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Totally agree to be pissed about #ChatControl and Yes to direct that anger at the @nprofile…87np. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Great #DSA report by @nprofile…jetx about how #Snapchat manipulates its users through notifications: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Today, the #EU will launch a new legal entity aimed at supporting the development of the #DigitalCommons. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat #MastoJobs #FediJobs #Policy #ConsumerProtection at @nprofile…26sl : npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Oh yes, and then there is this! 😄 npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat As of today: No social media for Australians under 16. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat @nprofile…ks6m The account that was terminated by Musk wasn't the Commission's X account but their ad targeting account in X. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat ...#Meta is prohibited from combining or cross-using that user's personal data from Fb and Insta with data for #advertising. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat The #DMA says in Article 5(2) that gatekeepers are prohibited to "combine personal data from the relevant core platform service [=Facebook, Insta] with personal data from any other services [Meta Ads] provided by the gatekeeper or with personal data from third-party services [ad partners]" without consent as defined by #GDPR. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat It's a bit annoying how many news outlets just parrot the @nprofile…87np and #Meta line today that the latter is now going to offer a "less personalised" version of #Facebook and #Instagram using "less personal data" in order to comply with the #DigitalMarketsAct. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat fyi here's @nprofile…k4zw's official commentary about the #DSA fine against #X and how things are going on the enforcement front: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat The news that #X has suspended the #EU's advertising account on the platform after it issued a 120m EUR fine against X for breaking the #DSA is beyond hilarious. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat I'm usually no #fiction reader, you'll only see me a read one #novel every few years. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat "The Dutch government has quietly removed #Google #tracking tools from job listings for its intelligence services over concerns that the data would expose aspirant spies to U.S. #surveillance," according to POLITICO. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat There used to be an online tool provided by a kind person that allowed you to analyse your own #Mastodon posts, e.g. sort them based on the number of replies, boosts or shares. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat I went shopping for my kids and wow #Playmobil went full #RiotPolice for children, including batons and shields to crush protestors 🫣 npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Why exactly can I still not uninstall #Microsoft effing #Edge on a fully patched #Windows11 in the EU? npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat "#AI is our opportunity to rethink life" is a real quote from the German Digital Minister. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat @nprofile…87np in 2020: Some #AI systems are so dangerous, they should be regulated as high-risk applications with lots of safeguards. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat I just watched #TheManInTheHighCastle for the second time and gosh it hits even closer to home in 2025. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat If you want to know in short-read format what happened at today's Franco-German #DigitalSummit on #DigitalSovereignty, and how much #AI #hyperscaler #innovation BS there was including from #Macron and #Merz themselves, read this excellent thread by @nprofile…gq4h : npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat This is very welcome. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Well wouldn't that be something @nprofile…87np ? npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Excellent call by @nprofile…7xu6 for better public funding for the #Fediverse: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Hey @nprofile…87np I hope you read The Guardian. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat "#SiliconValley isn’t building apps anymore. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat #Apple again weaponises its dominant market position and influence over millions of users to undermine a democratically enacted law in Europe: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Gotta love The Guardian for those quotes from Europeans on #Mamdani's win in NYC: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat #China has installed more #solar panels in the past 6 months than #Germany did in the past 25 years. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat #FollowTheMoney requested access to an unredacted version of #X’s first #DigitalServicesAct risk report from the @nprofile…87np – a request that the EU executive denied. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat I just heard another renown professor argue #Mastodon is too hard, even they failed. Choosing a server is simply too difficult. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat When people say "#Mastodon is like early Twitter," they often refer to the absence of algorithmic amplification & ads or the functionality set. But what makes it like early #Twitter in my opinion, isn't that. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Tech firms are spending more than ever on #lobbying the #EU amid mounting opposition to the bloc’s digital rules, according to @nprofile…vqpn. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat So cool how @nprofile…jetx keeps up the pressure against #Meta #Facebook #Instagram in the Dutch courts to ensure compliance with the #DigitalServicesAct 💪 npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat “We are aware that #OpenAI has published average monthly user numbers in the EU for #ChatGPT, above 45 million,” @nprofile…87np spokesperson Markus Lammert told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday. “We are assessing the information,” on whether and how ChatGPT falls under the #DigitalServicesAct #DSA. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat While @nprofile…gm39 is fighting #Apple's non-compliance with the #DMA in the European Court Justice (@nprofile…qar2), the folks over at @nprofile…j8g5 and @nprofile…zx9a just submitted a formal complaint against the #gatekeeper at the @nprofile…87np 💪 :heart_cyber: 🔥 npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat What a timing: while I'm sitting at a #CloudAbolition workshop, #AWS takes down major centralised services like #Signal, #WhatsApp and #Teams. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Since it has gotten some beating recently (in particular from #Apple fanboys), I've written something about the #DigitalMarketsAct for @nprofile…k4zw and how things are going at this front: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Mmmm, how much I love high-speed #rail travel. #trains npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat "Asking enslaved people if they actually want to work the plantations for free would kill the cotton industry." npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Yay looks like the @nprofile…4kmp and #EDPB have taken a rather clear joint position: #PayOrConsent is unlawful for gatekeepers under #DMA and #GDPR. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat I know some of us are really angered by #Meta's decision to stop running political, electoral and social issue ads in the EU. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat The good thing about the #drone appearances over European airports is that they force interior ministers to finally work on actual threats to our societies, and maybe have less time to waste on all those imagined threats like #migration, #antifa #FreePalestine, and #GoingDark. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat I have just donated to @nprofile…lu0c's #Gaza Emergency Fund which will be used to bring 8 (!) entire families to (relative) safety from #Israel's #genocide. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Good luck with Article 69 #DSA when the EU officials supposed to do on-premise inspections at #BigTech firms are under #US visa #sanctions. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat @nprofile…zezf While I agree with the centralisation problems of #Bluesky, I wouldn't say the Fediverse is resistant against #ageverification mandates. Such laws can easily be applied to small #Fediverse servers as well and then all located in that jurisdiction would have to comply while those outside it could be force-blocked by ISPs. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat PhD level is the new military grade npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat "The challenge is not simply to build a “Dutch cloud” or “European #cloud” as nationalistic alternatives, but to develop alternative visions for the role of computing in society that prioritize people over profit maximization," writes @nprofile…g2lc in this excellent critique of Europe's #DigitalSovereignty debate and the so-called #EuroStack. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Watching Germany debate the #genocide in #Gaza remains incredibly painful. Even reporters like Jan Fleischhauer and Michaela Küfner throw in so much casual #racism like "oh yes the situation is bad but what about the 7(!) German citizens who are still hostages of #Hamas" or "we can't build on promises of recognition of #Israel because c'mon you know how trustworthy this region is" 😖 npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Dear world, npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat LOL npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat #Apple: We need to lock down devices against #competition to protect user #privacy! npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Potentially groundbreaking court ruling against #Meta: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat So now that both #Apple and #Meta have formally appealed the #DMA fines that are just pocket money for them, can we please start calling those lawsuits for what they are: intimidation similar to #SLAPPs. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Very good question (that was already asked in the #DMA workshops a year ago): npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Okay, we are half way through the day and I count at least 4 speakers ("independent developers") who seem to have been planted by Apple to ask favourable questions. 🤔 npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Excellent evidence brought by the #OpenWebAdvocacy how #Apple lies to the Commission and the public about how safe the #AppStore is, citing current examples of scam and trash that are even promoted to users by Apple. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Clear comments by alternative #AppStores on #iOS: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat #Apple lobbyist following up with a frontal attack against the open web, claiming it is a "Wild West", a terribly dangerous place, that only a single trillion-dollar company that is in full control of you digital life can tame. What a dumb thing to say. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat #Apple presents how it will charge developers who distribute their apps without Apple's involvement (outside the AppStore) with a new fee, the #CTC (yes, it's just a renamed #CTF Core Technology Fee). npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Now discussing the #DMA's #AppStore provisions and #Apple just keeps on whining like a 5-year old child about how the world is treating it so unfairly. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat The bottom line of #Apple's talk at the Commission workshop: npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Today I will spend hours in the @nprofile…4kmp's #DMA workshop with #Apple so you don't have to. It'll be painful, it'll be funny, it'll be hot! 😆 npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Fun times ahead in Europe 🙄 npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Good morning Fediverse's EU tech policy nerds! npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat So cool to now also see @nprofile…0n4t's @nprofile…ltug at #NGIForum25 to speak about sovereign and secure messaging #infrastructure (and strongly warn against the nationalist version of the digital #sovereignty narrative 💪): npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Just listening to the speech of the @nprofile…4kmp's DG Connect Director Thibaut Kleiner, who celebrates #FOSS and the global ecosystem of #opensource developers as well as the #NGI programme but somehow his convictions seem to not be enough for the Commission to massively scale up investments in the #digitalcommons. What am I missing? 🤔 npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat I have no words for the fact that we live in a timeline where "food site shooting" is a word. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat @nprofile…4kmp study: Small European companies miss out on #AI only 11 percent use it !!!1! npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat America: We will take #Greenland, by force if necessary! npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat "French Digital Minister Clara #Chappaz’s office told POLITICO it is considering designating websites such as @nprofile…eyuc @nprofile…7nr8 and #Reddit as #porn platforms, obliging them to implement stringent #ageverification requirements under new French rules that came into effect Saturday." npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Cool #Israel does #piracy now too. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat Digital rights org @nprofile…w5v2 did tremendous work to protect #freelancer personal data against unauthorised sell-out in #Spain. npub1eya88msdcs467yjgpw83fhjvkmlly0aq5ueu6euf3ruxw7m6ulpsfcd5k7 Jan Penfrat For weeks I have been telling reporters that #Trump could have the power to switch off our tech in #Europe. It felt a bit alarmist until I just read that #Microsoft, on the behest of the #US gov, has suspended the email account of Karim Khan, the #ICC chief prosecutor.
