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#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act). bsky.app/starter-pack...
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How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’ - www.theguardian.com/technology/2... time for us old-style journos to get even more combative...
How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’
At a time when distrust of big tech is high, Silicon Valley is embracing an alternative ecosystem where every CEO is a star
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’ - www.theguardian.com/technology/2... time for us old-style journos to get even more combative...
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Please share and follow for EU Digital Policy & Tech Regulation updates!
#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act). bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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European Commission Response to 2023 Live Piracy Report
- Voluntary efforts failed; piracy is up 142% despite more cooperation.
❌DSPs: 46% of notices, only 9% action.
❌Only 3% resolved in 30 minutes.
❌EU enforcement uneven across countries.
❌CDNs remain a major blind spot.
- Voluntary efforts failed; piracy is up 142% despite more cooperation.
❌DSPs: 46% of notices, only 9% action.
❌Only 3% resolved in 30 minutes.
❌EU enforcement uneven across countries.
❌CDNs remain a major blind spot.
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
European Commission Response to 2023 Live Piracy Report
- Voluntary efforts failed; piracy is up 142% despite more cooperation.
❌DSPs: 46% of notices, only 9% action.
❌Only 3% resolved in 30 minutes.
❌EU enforcement uneven across countries.
❌CDNs remain a major blind spot.
- Voluntary efforts failed; piracy is up 142% despite more cooperation.
❌DSPs: 46% of notices, only 9% action.
❌Only 3% resolved in 30 minutes.
❌EU enforcement uneven across countries.
❌CDNs remain a major blind spot.
European Commission Response to 2023 Live Piracy Report
- Voluntary efforts failed; piracy is up 142% despite more cooperation.
❌DSPs: 46% of notices, only 9% action.
❌Only 3% resolved in 30 minutes.
❌EU enforcement uneven across countries.
❌CDNs remain a major blind spot.
- Voluntary efforts failed; piracy is up 142% despite more cooperation.
❌DSPs: 46% of notices, only 9% action.
❌Only 3% resolved in 30 minutes.
❌EU enforcement uneven across countries.
❌CDNs remain a major blind spot.
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
European Commission Response to 2023 Live Piracy Report
- Voluntary efforts failed; piracy is up 142% despite more cooperation.
❌DSPs: 46% of notices, only 9% action.
❌Only 3% resolved in 30 minutes.
❌EU enforcement uneven across countries.
❌CDNs remain a major blind spot.
- Voluntary efforts failed; piracy is up 142% despite more cooperation.
❌DSPs: 46% of notices, only 9% action.
❌Only 3% resolved in 30 minutes.
❌EU enforcement uneven across countries.
❌CDNs remain a major blind spot.
A German court has issued a two-year suspended sentence to the operator of the Share-Online cyberlocker, following an investigation that led to the platform’s 2019 shutdown & removal of millions of infringing files. www.advanced-television.com/2025/11/26/c... ©️ #piracy #intellectualproperty
Conviction for illicit cyberlocker operator
In what is described as a “groundbreaking” ruling, the District Court of Aachen in Germany has convicted the operator of illicit cyberlocker Share-Online to
www.advanced-television.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A German court has issued a two-year suspended sentence to the operator of the Share-Online cyberlocker, following an investigation that led to the platform’s 2019 shutdown & removal of millions of infringing files. www.advanced-television.com/2025/11/26/c... ©️ #piracy #intellectualproperty
Please share and follow for EU Digital Policy & Tech Regulation updates!
#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act). bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act). bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 14, 2024 at 1:15 PM
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Greek Cybercrime Unit Shuts Down IPTV Pirates, 68 End Users Face Fines
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Greek Cybercrime Unit Shuts Down IPTV Pirates, 68 End Users Face Fines * TorrentFreak
Authorities in Greece have shut down an illegal IPTV operation, leading to one arrest and the referral of 68 end users for prosecution.
torrentfreak.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Greek Cybercrime Unit Shuts Down IPTV Pirates, 68 End Users Face Fines
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Video killed the radio?
Age-gating is helpful but not a prolific approach - platforms must do better.
Age-gating is helpful but not a prolific approach - platforms must do better.
"Children should be at least 16 to access social media"
MEPs are calling for ambitious EU action to protect minors online, including an EU-wide minimum age of 16 and bans on the most harmful addictive practices.
@cschaldemose.bsky.social
PRESS RELEASE ↘️https://link.europa.eu/hPcQQd
MEPs are calling for ambitious EU action to protect minors online, including an EU-wide minimum age of 16 and bans on the most harmful addictive practices.
@cschaldemose.bsky.social
PRESS RELEASE ↘️https://link.europa.eu/hPcQQd
Children should be at least 16 to access social media, say MEPs | News | European Parliament
MEPs are calling for ambitious EU action to protect minors online, including an EU-wide minimum age of 16 and bans on the most harmful addictive practices.
link.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Video killed the radio?
Age-gating is helpful but not a prolific approach - platforms must do better.
Age-gating is helpful but not a prolific approach - platforms must do better.
Despite increased awareness & coop, piracy volume unchanged & persistent. Platforms effective at DMCA takedowns, but DSPs lag badly on suspending pirate streams. Notices to CDNs & reverse proxies increased but ineffective. torrentfreak.com/live-sports-... #piracy #copyright #audiovisual
Live Sports Piracy: EU Commission Admits that Anti-Piracy Advice Had Limited Impact * TorrentFreak
A recommendation by the EU Commission aimed at combating piracy of live sports has had only a modest effect, so work will continue.
torrentfreak.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Despite increased awareness & coop, piracy volume unchanged & persistent. Platforms effective at DMCA takedowns, but DSPs lag badly on suspending pirate streams. Notices to CDNs & reverse proxies increased but ineffective. torrentfreak.com/live-sports-... #piracy #copyright #audiovisual
Live Content Coalition renews live piracy legislation call
"“Every match, concert stolen represents lost revenue, jobs, and investment in Europe’s creative future. The Commission must, close the gaps within existing EU legislation, particularly DSA" www.advanced-television.com/2025/11/25/l...
"“Every match, concert stolen represents lost revenue, jobs, and investment in Europe’s creative future. The Commission must, close the gaps within existing EU legislation, particularly DSA" www.advanced-television.com/2025/11/25/l...
Live Content Coalition renews live piracy legislation call
The Live Content Coalition, representing Europe’s leading commercial broadcasters and VoD services, sports organisations, and live content producers and exhib
www.advanced-television.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Live Content Coalition renews live piracy legislation call
"“Every match, concert stolen represents lost revenue, jobs, and investment in Europe’s creative future. The Commission must, close the gaps within existing EU legislation, particularly DSA" www.advanced-television.com/2025/11/25/l...
"“Every match, concert stolen represents lost revenue, jobs, and investment in Europe’s creative future. The Commission must, close the gaps within existing EU legislation, particularly DSA" www.advanced-television.com/2025/11/25/l...
Platforms fail creators on piracy: Notices to intermediaries jumped from 5.4M (H2 2024) to 15.1M (H1 2025). Only 6% of infringements removed w/in 30 min. piracymonitor.org/research-onl...
Research: Online piracy trends worsen despite European Commission recommendation - Piracy Monitor
piracymonitor.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Platforms fail creators on piracy: Notices to intermediaries jumped from 5.4M (H2 2024) to 15.1M (H1 2025). Only 6% of infringements removed w/in 30 min. piracymonitor.org/research-onl...
La Liga awaits EC strengthening its Recommendation on combating online piracy of sports/live events, following Nov 20 conclusions, based on EUIPO monitoring. www.advanced-television.com/2025/11/24/l...
La Liga seeks strengthened EC anti-piracy legislation
Spain’s top-flight football league La Liga says it is awaiting the European Commission strengthening its Recommendation on combatting online piracy of sports
www.advanced-television.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
La Liga awaits EC strengthening its Recommendation on combating online piracy of sports/live events, following Nov 20 conclusions, based on EUIPO monitoring. www.advanced-television.com/2025/11/24/l...
Crazy to think the original of that was published in 1994, and here we are still grappling with the basics of online governance and safety.
“if platforms don’t change the incentives, ordinary users will stay exactly what the system has optimized us to be: the marks in an unyielding battle for attention in which grifters & companies profit from pitting Americans against each other”—@noupside
agentsofinfluence.substack.com/p/on-the-int...
agentsofinfluence.substack.com/p/on-the-int...
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Crazy to think the original of that was published in 1994, and here we are still grappling with the basics of online governance and safety.
Anyone selling any NFTs?
or......
AI NFTs?
StableCoinNFTs?
CryptoNFTs?
PennyStockNFTs?
* The pump and dump of the Valley knows no bounds so long as intellectual property is run roughshod over and creators are treated as a free input to shareholder value.
or......
AI NFTs?
StableCoinNFTs?
CryptoNFTs?
PennyStockNFTs?
* The pump and dump of the Valley knows no bounds so long as intellectual property is run roughshod over and creators are treated as a free input to shareholder value.
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Anyone selling any NFTs?
or......
AI NFTs?
StableCoinNFTs?
CryptoNFTs?
PennyStockNFTs?
* The pump and dump of the Valley knows no bounds so long as intellectual property is run roughshod over and creators are treated as a free input to shareholder value.
or......
AI NFTs?
StableCoinNFTs?
CryptoNFTs?
PennyStockNFTs?
* The pump and dump of the Valley knows no bounds so long as intellectual property is run roughshod over and creators are treated as a free input to shareholder value.
Is it possible to weaken GDPR?
📰 "If [the proposed changes get] approved by legislators, the changes will strip Europeans of data #privacy protections that have long been the toughest in the world but which #BigTech and the #US government say is onerous."
Read more 👉 therecord.media/european-com...
Read more 👉 therecord.media/european-com...
European Commission ‘simplification’ proposal would weaken GDPR, AI regulations
Under the proposal, the EU would weaken data protection rules by delaying when regulations governing high-risk AI systems take effect and allowing companies to use personal data for AI training without prior consent from users in most circumstances.
therecord.media
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Is it possible to weaken GDPR?
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From AWS to Azure, and most recently this week the Cloudflare issue, it's becoming increasingly clear the web has a concentration problem. My latest for @tomshardware.com outlines the scale of the issue www.tomshardware.com/service-prov...
The web's infrastructure has a concentration problem, exposing us all to crushing outages — from AWS and Azure to Cloudflare, the perils of having a centralized internet are being felt by all
Are hyperscaler cloud providers a victim of their own success?
www.tomshardware.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
From AWS to Azure, and most recently this week the Cloudflare issue, it's becoming increasingly clear the web has a concentration problem. My latest for @tomshardware.com outlines the scale of the issue www.tomshardware.com/service-prov...
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Spanish court orders Meta to pay €479 million to local media outlets
Spanish court orders Meta to pay €479 million to local media outlets
The ruling on the publishers' challenge to Meta's online ads business found that the social media giant violated competition and privacy rules
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Spanish court orders Meta to pay €479 million to local media outlets
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EWC - speaking for over 250.000 authors in Europe - demands:
@ec.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
Use your power. Stand up for Europe and Europe’s Culture and Creatives!
@ec.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
Use your power. Stand up for Europe and Europe’s Culture and Creatives!
November 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
EWC - speaking for over 250.000 authors in Europe - demands:
@ec.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
Use your power. Stand up for Europe and Europe’s Culture and Creatives!
@ec.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
Use your power. Stand up for Europe and Europe’s Culture and Creatives!
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Google proposes ad tech changes to settle a €2.95B EU antitrust fine, including boosting interoperability across its ad tech services, but still plans to appeal. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Google Offers Ad Tech Tweaks in €3 Billion EU Antitrust Fight
Google has offered to tweak its ad tech products to settle a European Union order after a near-€3 billion ($3.4 billion) antitrust penalty, stopping short of a partial breakup watchdogs favor.
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Google proposes ad tech changes to settle a €2.95B EU antitrust fine, including boosting interoperability across its ad tech services, but still plans to appeal. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The AI giants have all but admitted that they have developed their most advanced models by tapping into mass piracy.
*Spoiler: There is no let up in enforcement.
www.leefang.com/p/what-happe...
*Spoiler: There is no let up in enforcement.
www.leefang.com/p/what-happe...
What Happened to Piracy? Copyright Enforcement Fades as AI Giants Rise
"Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught." -Balzac
www.leefang.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The AI giants have all but admitted that they have developed their most advanced models by tapping into mass piracy.
*Spoiler: There is no let up in enforcement.
www.leefang.com/p/what-happe...
*Spoiler: There is no let up in enforcement.
www.leefang.com/p/what-happe...
These companies are stealing every scrap of data they can find, throwing compute power at it, draining our aquifers of water and our national grids of electricity and all we have so far is some software that you can’t trust not to make things up. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-great-...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
broligarchy.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
These companies are stealing every scrap of data they can find, throwing compute power at it, draining our aquifers of water and our national grids of electricity and all we have so far is some software that you can’t trust not to make things up. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-great-...