Gateklons
@gateklons.bsky.social
EU digital policy nerd | data protection & privacy | competition | platform & media regulation | identity | cybersecurity
Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability
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Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability
https://gateklons.substack.com/
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@gateklons.bsky.social
· May 14
NEW BLOGPOST: what's being overlooked about Meta's (defeat in) challenging the #EDPB #consent-or-pay opinion (case #T-319/24)
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This should be the real report: “Dutch MPs voted in favour of a GroenLinks-PvdA motion calling on the Netherlands to vote “no” earlier this week because they are concerned the voluntary scanning could ultimately become mandatory and about the privacy implications.”
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/dutc...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/dutc...
Dutch vote no to EU measures to curb spreading of child porn - DutchNews.nl
The Netherlands has voted against a long-debated EU proposal to curb the spread of online child abuse images, but a majority of member states backed the watered-down measure in the Council of the Euro...
www.dutchnews.nl
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This should be the real report: “Dutch MPs voted in favour of a GroenLinks-PvdA motion calling on the Netherlands to vote “no” earlier this week because they are concerned the voluntary scanning could ultimately become mandatory and about the privacy implications.”
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/dutc...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/dutc...
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Generative AI is a Dunning-Kruger accelerator, it enables people who know next to nothing about a subject believe they are more capable than experts.
We are going to see some remarkable failures stemming from this phenomenon.
We are going to see some remarkable failures stemming from this phenomenon.
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Generative AI is a Dunning-Kruger accelerator, it enables people who know next to nothing about a subject believe they are more capable than experts.
We are going to see some remarkable failures stemming from this phenomenon.
We are going to see some remarkable failures stemming from this phenomenon.
"To incentivise better compliance with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and other relevant laws, MEPs suggest senior managers could be made personally liable in cases of serious and persistent non-compliance, with particular respect to protection of minors and age verification."
Jesus Christ...
Jesus Christ...
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"To incentivise better compliance with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and other relevant laws, MEPs suggest senior managers could be made personally liable in cases of serious and persistent non-compliance, with particular respect to protection of minors and age verification."
Jesus Christ...
Jesus Christ...
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NEW: Myanmar has made a big show of destroying the notorious KK Park scam compound—even publishing a video of a steamroller driving over thousands of phones
But new images show buildings are only destroyed in one area. Hundreds are left untouched and experts say the crackdown is mostly propaganda
But new images show buildings are only destroyed in one area. Hundreds are left untouched and experts say the crackdown is mostly propaganda
The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been ‘Performative’
Myanmar’s military has been blowing up parts of the KK Park scam compound. Experts say the actions are likely for show.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NEW: Myanmar has made a big show of destroying the notorious KK Park scam compound—even publishing a video of a steamroller driving over thousands of phones
But new images show buildings are only destroyed in one area. Hundreds are left untouched and experts say the crackdown is mostly propaganda
But new images show buildings are only destroyed in one area. Hundreds are left untouched and experts say the crackdown is mostly propaganda
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Shifting enforcement away from a single platform and into a distributed ecosystem should blunt interference by authoritarians, writes Audrey Hingle.
'Composable Moderation' May Protect Bluesky from Political Pressure | TechPolicy.Press
Shifting enforcement away from a single platform and into a distributed ecosystem should blunt interference by authoritarians, writes Audrey Hingle.
www.techpolicy.press
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Shifting enforcement away from a single platform and into a distributed ecosystem should blunt interference by authoritarians, writes Audrey Hingle.
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Another impactful judgement from the German Federal Court of Justice highlighting that a mere, even if temporary, loss of control over personal data following a GDPR violation constitutes a non-material damage.
The judgement in its entirety: juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rech...
The judgement in its entirety: juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rech...
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Another impactful judgement from the German Federal Court of Justice highlighting that a mere, even if temporary, loss of control over personal data following a GDPR violation constitutes a non-material damage.
The judgement in its entirety: juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rech...
The judgement in its entirety: juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rech...
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Shockingly, VDL Comm has also been letting Orban violating in systemic manner one of key EU judicial remedies (Art 267 TFEU aka CJEU preliminary ruling jurisdiction) for a considerable time without any consequences because it would show unlocking of 10.2bn in Dec 2023 was done under false pretences
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Shockingly, VDL Comm has also been letting Orban violating in systemic manner one of key EU judicial remedies (Art 267 TFEU aka CJEU preliminary ruling jurisdiction) for a considerable time without any consequences because it would show unlocking of 10.2bn in Dec 2023 was done under false pretences
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This has to be 1st ever gov-sponsored campaign in history of EU in which an EUMS gov proactively promotes violation of a @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social ruling & non-payment of a daily penalty payment ordered by the CJEU
Time to clawback EU funds & return to the CJEU @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
Time to clawback EU funds & return to the CJEU @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This has to be 1st ever gov-sponsored campaign in history of EU in which an EUMS gov proactively promotes violation of a @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social ruling & non-payment of a daily penalty payment ordered by the CJEU
Time to clawback EU funds & return to the CJEU @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
Time to clawback EU funds & return to the CJEU @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
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Record labels somewhat famously have never been in the morality business and somewhat more famously have always been in the “squeezing artists for profit until they burn out and die” business
Record labels had the chance to stand up for copyright against AI scrapers — but now they're folding www.platformer.news/suno-warner-...
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Record labels somewhat famously have never been in the morality business and somewhat more famously have always been in the “squeezing artists for profit until they burn out and die” business
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Online journalism doesn't need a business model. It has one, one that works.
What it does need is to not have to compete with criminal organisations like Meta or Google.
What it does need is to not have to compete with criminal organisations like Meta or Google.
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising. Meta probably made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024 pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/sc...
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising
Meta likely made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Online journalism doesn't need a business model. It has one, one that works.
What it does need is to not have to compete with criminal organisations like Meta or Google.
What it does need is to not have to compete with criminal organisations like Meta or Google.
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Irish Supreme Court judgment in Poptoshev v DPP, finding constitutional the offence of failure to disclose a phone/computer passcode when a search warrant is being carried out. Reasonable treatment of the self-incrimination point, weaker on whether this power is proportionate without safeguards.
Judgments | The Courts Service of Ireland
www2.courts.ie
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Irish Supreme Court judgment in Poptoshev v DPP, finding constitutional the offence of failure to disclose a phone/computer passcode when a search warrant is being carried out. Reasonable treatment of the self-incrimination point, weaker on whether this power is proportionate without safeguards.
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Australian Government will “not be intimidated by threats, not be intimidated by legal challenges” … brought by Aussie teenagers who don’t want to be censored
https://alecmuffett.com/article/128385
#SocialMedia #australia #censorship
https://alecmuffett.com/article/128385
#SocialMedia #australia #censorship
Australian Government will “not be intimidated by threats, not be intimidated by legal challenges” … brought by Aussie teenagers who don’t want to be censored
It’s the response from the Australian Government that tells you what they really think of the young people they claim to be protecting: Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia’s …
alecmuffett.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Australian Government will “not be intimidated by threats, not be intimidated by legal challenges” … brought by Aussie teenagers who don’t want to be censored
https://alecmuffett.com/article/128385
#SocialMedia #australia #censorship
https://alecmuffett.com/article/128385
#SocialMedia #australia #censorship
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2026 gonna be a big year for me trying to finally write “terms of service agreements should be illegal”
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
2026 gonna be a big year for me trying to finally write “terms of service agreements should be illegal”
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By "decentralized" they just mean: DOGE is everywhere now
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
By "decentralized" they just mean: DOGE is everywhere now
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They thought we, being radical leftists apparently, would put a "DOGE sucks" type of message onto government websites or into government communication systems
My evidence for that: the right did exactly this to government websites. So they were projecting what they planned to do onto us.
My evidence for that: the right did exactly this to government websites. So they were projecting what they planned to do onto us.
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They thought we, being radical leftists apparently, would put a "DOGE sucks" type of message onto government websites or into government communication systems
My evidence for that: the right did exactly this to government websites. So they were projecting what they planned to do onto us.
My evidence for that: the right did exactly this to government websites. So they were projecting what they planned to do onto us.
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I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
Musk's people infiltrated the GSA technology arm early on and demanded root-level access to computer systems, trying to circumvent normal security procedures. Here's one example where they pushed so hard they forced someone to resign rather than give in.
Why did they do this?
Why did they do this?
Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public
A worker resigned in protest rather than giving Thomas Shedd access to Notify.gov, which they said would allow him to see "all personally identifiable information moving through the Notiy system, incl...
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
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Good.
Australia's landmark social media ban for children is being challenged in the nation's highest court, with two teens alleging the law is unconstitutional as it robs them of their right to free communication.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Australia's landmark social media ban for children is being challenged in the nation's highest court, with two teens alleging the law is unconstitutional as it robs them of their right to free communication.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Australia social media ban: Teens challenge law before High Court
They argue the law - which will block users under 16 from having social media accounts - is unconstitutional.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Good.
Australia's landmark social media ban for children is being challenged in the nation's highest court, with two teens alleging the law is unconstitutional as it robs them of their right to free communication.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Australia's landmark social media ban for children is being challenged in the nation's highest court, with two teens alleging the law is unconstitutional as it robs them of their right to free communication.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"Approximately 30 percent of users have entered something in the “Info” field of their profile, and some reveal a lot: political views, sexual or religious orientation, confessions of drug abuse are found there, as are drug dealers who advertise their product range in this very field."
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"Approximately 30 percent of users have entered something in the “Info” field of their profile, and some reveal a lot: political views, sexual or religious orientation, confessions of drug abuse are found there, as are drug dealers who advertise their product range in this very field."
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In diplomacy, trolling isn’t just “lols” or impulsive rudeness. It has a strategic logic with five main functions: coercion, agenda-setting, identification, delegitimisation, and (dis)ordering. More information in my book :)
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In diplomacy, trolling isn’t just “lols” or impulsive rudeness. It has a strategic logic with five main functions: coercion, agenda-setting, identification, delegitimisation, and (dis)ordering. More information in my book :)
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Strategic leverage and uses of LULz and trolling in diplomacy and interstate conflict. It's an indispensable tool. Use it wisely and responsibly (do we need norms?). Trolling has moved from fringe online culture into mainstream politics and face-to-face diplomacy.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Strategic leverage and uses of LULz and trolling in diplomacy and interstate conflict. It's an indispensable tool. Use it wisely and responsibly (do we need norms?). Trolling has moved from fringe online culture into mainstream politics and face-to-face diplomacy.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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I was there when Giovanni Buttarelli proposed 1.0 - seriously, this time - or another waste of it? www.edps.europa.eu/data-protect...
Towards a Digital Clearinghouse 2.0
The digital regulatory landscape now extends beyond data protection, consumer protection and competition law. In response to rapid technological and regulatory developments, the EDPS invites you to di...
www.edps.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I was there when Giovanni Buttarelli proposed 1.0 - seriously, this time - or another waste of it? www.edps.europa.eu/data-protect...
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I missed this the other day, but Ofcom fined the creators of a prolific "nudification" service—that lets people create non-consensual nude images with just a couple of clicks—for... a lack of age verification technology 🤦
Ofcom fines deepfake nudification site for lack of age checks
The regulator said it had also opened new investigations into 20 porn sites over suspected online safety breaches.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I missed this the other day, but Ofcom fined the creators of a prolific "nudification" service—that lets people create non-consensual nude images with just a couple of clicks—for... a lack of age verification technology 🤦
Good take. The effective leaking of this information (blatantly illegal under Article 25(2) GDPR) was only useful because it was unexpected. Going forward, it's kinda useless, while compromising user privacy, especially of those in authoritarian regimes which may use this info to target any dissent.
X/Twitter exposing user location in such a safety-positive way makes a modest dent in the EU’s approach to protecting personally-identifiable information
https://alecmuffett.com/article/128340
#OnlineSafety #gdpr #prvacy #xitter
https://alecmuffett.com/article/128340
#OnlineSafety #gdpr #prvacy #xitter
X/Twitter exposing user location in such a safety-positive way makes a modest dent in the EU’s approach to protecting personally-identifiable information
I’m confident a few privacy activists across Europe are seeking GDPR (etc) arguments to critique the mechanisms behind the location-based exposure of “Foreign, Fake MAGA Agents”; …
alecmuffett.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Good take. The effective leaking of this information (blatantly illegal under Article 25(2) GDPR) was only useful because it was unexpected. Going forward, it's kinda useless, while compromising user privacy, especially of those in authoritarian regimes which may use this info to target any dissent.
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Eventually, either an external shock or an internal dynamic will draw them to commit a blunder, from long-built ignorance, that they cannot dodge the consequences of.
My theory is that the current AI bubble is precisely that kind of misallocation.
My theory is that the current AI bubble is precisely that kind of misallocation.
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Eventually, either an external shock or an internal dynamic will draw them to commit a blunder, from long-built ignorance, that they cannot dodge the consequences of.
My theory is that the current AI bubble is precisely that kind of misallocation.
My theory is that the current AI bubble is precisely that kind of misallocation.