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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Free Software Foundation Europe @fsfe.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

👁️ Échale un vistazo a este artículo de Público en el que explican porqué estamos defendiendo la #dma ante #apple:

📰 https://www.publico.es/opinion/columnas/apple-quiere-usuarios-libres.html

#softwarelibre

Apple no quiere usuarios libres

Apple tiene un monopolio digital sobre sus usuarios, limitando la interoperabilidad

www.publico.es

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Diego Naranjo @diegonaranjo.bsky.social · 3d

Looking forward to my first participation as a trainer in the EU Advocacy Academy organised by @euchanger.bsky.social , who have a long experience of providing successful workshops on EU advocacy.

I'll share my experience in a real case of an advocacy campaign I led with digital rights groups.

EUChanger @euchanger.bsky.social · 15d

Register now for the 14th EU Advocacy Academy!

Strengthen your advocacy skills, impact, and resilience in today’s EU landscape.

📅 Nov 26–27 | 📍 Brussels

👉 Registration & programme: www.euchanger.org/events/eu-ac...

#EU #Advocacy #PolicyChange #BrusselsBubble #PublicInterest

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Kim van Sparrentak @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social · 9d

Finally, a breakthrough! Following a letter I initiated in February, @ec.europa.eu is backing the #Eurostack initiative to develop alternative European digital solutions.

Looking forward to seeing this turned into concrete action to break free from Trump and tech oligarchs.

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 13d

To use digital technologies and AI without feeding billionaires with public data and money, and for workers to have a say over their job, EU Apply AI strategy must include

- EU public digital infrastructures
- Artificial Intelligence at Work Act

With @diegonaranjo.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social

Europe's Digital Future Demands Public Ownership And Worker Control

European AI strategy must prioritise democratic governance over market solutions to protect citizens' data and workers' rights.

www.socialeurope.eu

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7amleh.bsky.social @7amleh.bsky.social · 13d

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European Union Delegations to the United Nations @euatun.bsky.social · 14d

New & emerging technologies must comply with intl human rights & humanitarian law. At #HRC60 the 🇪🇺 underlined that human judgment & accountability must always prevail - incl. in the military use of AI - to ensure responsible, rights-based innovation.

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Diego Naranjo @diegonaranjo.bsky.social · 15d

Discourses around digital sovereignty and public infrastructure often ignore workers' needs and the positive role of publicly and worker-owned infrastructure. If more unions join this call, there are chances to make a difference and create a more democratic digital public infrastructure.

EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 16d

🌨️Europe can’t rely on private tech giants for public services.

EPSU is calling for worker-owned & public clouds, full implementation of the AI Act, and workers’ say in digitalisation.

Read more in Euractiv’s coverage of our letter to the Commission: dlvr.it/TNDnhl

Public servants want 'worker-owned' European clouds for AI | Euractiv

Call for sovereign AI by the EPSU public servants' union also presses the Commission to give workers a say in how workplaces are digitised, per letter seen by Euractiv

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 21d

There is no organization called "antifa" - so, why label a non-existent group "terrorists"?

This gives the regime maximum scope to hunt down opposition and critics. They label you "antifa", and then they come for you.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump says he plans to designate antifa as ‘major terrorist organization’

It is unclear how anti-fascists, an umbrella term for far-left-leaning groups rather than a single entity, will be labeled

www.theguardian.com

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Claudio Francavilla @claudiofrancavilla.bsky.social · 17d

Reconnaître la #Palestine ne fera pas cesser #génocide & #apartheid de son peuple, @jnbarrot.bsky.social. Il faut agir urgemment et concrètement:
–Interdire le commerce avec les colonies
–Sanctionner le gouv IL
–Suspendre accords UE/FR-IL
–Arrêter les armes
–Soutenir la CPI
👉🏽 hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

Jean-Noël Barrot @jnbarrot.bsky.social · 17d

La reconnaissance de la Palestine est un désaveu catégorique pour le Hamas et une grande victoire diplomatique pour la France.

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We Don't Have Time @wedonthavetime.bsky.social · 22d

The richest 1% emit as much carbon pollution as the poorest 5 billion people combined.
Exploitation of Earth's resources is benefiting the wealthiest at the expense of the majority

Is our civilization worth risking for the wealthiest 1%?🚨
pollutingelite.earth

#PollutingElite

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CECU @cecuconsumo.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 ¡Nuevo informe clave! 📘Descubre cómo las evaluaciones de impacto (EIDFs) en derechos fundamentales pueden ser la primera línea de defensa frente a los riesgos de la IA.
🔗 cecu.es/publicacione...
#IAConDerechos

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d

Fox has been named Head of the Hen House in #ireland.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/09/17/ex-tech-lobbyist-named-to-data-protection-commission/

#Dataprotection #Privacy #gdpr #meta #lobbying #facebook #revolvingdoor cc @lobbyctrl_tech @corporateeurope

Ex-tech lobbyist named as Ireland’s new Data Protection Commissioner

Niamh Sweeney to take up role in October

www.irishtimes.com

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Philippe Dam @philippedam.bsky.social · 21d

EU Commission's proposal in front of #Israel's crimes in #Gaza is already very little, very late

But "waiting for #Germany" shouldnt be an option

@aussenminister.diplo.de @germanyintheeu.bsky.social: Either you back VdL's proposal or you lock EU in complicit silence

euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

EU waiting for Germany on sanctions, in growing anti-Israel mood

The EU is waiting for Berlin to give the green light for Israel trade sanctions, as German ambassador stayed silent in Brussels on Tuesday.

euobserver.com

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Diego Naranjo @diegonaranjo.bsky.social · 22d

Very interesting event next week in Brussels on the upcoming Digital Omnibus. Whether you are interested in the DSA, DMA, AI Act, GDPR or just in what "cutting the red tape" means for fundamental rights, this is an event you should not miss futureofwork.fes.de/news-list/e/...

Data Protection, Democracy and the Digital Omnibus

Join us in Brussels on 24 September for a panel debate on the future of data protection, democracy, and the upcoming Digital Omnibus Package.

futureofwork.fes.de

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 23d

I’m reminded that just yesterday Netanyahu was telling Israelis that they needed to prepare for international isolation, create a more autarkic economy, and advance the development of weapons technology.

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 23d

A report by a United Nations commission of inquiry has concluded Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

Nav Pillay is chair of the commission and outlines the reports findings here (note Pillay served on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Rwandan genocide)

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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 23d

🚨🇪🇺 EU cash💰 and taxpayer money in countries such as 🇮🇹Italy and 🇪🇸Spain are flowing to commercial #spyware firms, yet this public funding is not well-known or analysed.

🧵My investigation for @ftm.eu.

👇👇👇
www.ftm.eu/articles/spy...

Spyware industry pockets EU subsidies while snooping on its citizens

The widespread use of commercial spyware for unlawful surveillance across Europe has raised alarm – but the funding of such tools has largely gone under the radar. Follow the Money can reveal how mill...

www.ftm.eu

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 23d

💻 #BigTech consumes massive amounts of energy & water.

The latest paper by IIPP Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & @silviaweko.bsky.social explores how Google & Amazon are positioning themselves to control ecological transition paths for their purposes.

✍️ Read their paper here: buff.ly/z1fkl9z

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Aída Ponce Del Castillo @aida.follows.technology · 27d

My latest article in Social Europe:

The EC argues that Europe must focus on innovation, with regulatory simplification at the centre. This reflects a profound misunderstanding of what innovation actually needs: not regulatory chaos, but a clear one

www.socialeurope.eu/ctrlaltdelet...

Ctrl+Alt+Delete as Policy: Why Deregulation Won’t Save EU Innovation

The European Commission's push to slash regulations in pursuit of competitiveness risks undermining the very foundations of technological progress.

www.socialeurope.eu

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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 28d

After 9/11, there was an explosion of surveillance technologies advancing mass monitoring under the guise of security.

Today, we’re watching a similar shift in defence technology.

privacyinternational.org/campaigns/mi...

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Diego Naranjo @diegonaranjo.bsky.social · 29d

Here we go: 10 (ish) takeaways from the State of the Union address today by Ursula von der Leyen www.diegonaranjo.eu/10-ish-takea...

10-ish takeaways from the State of the Union address (September 2025) | Diego Naranjo

Quick reflections on the speech by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the State of the Union address that she did on 10 September 2025

www.diegonaranjo.eu

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 29d

Discover how policymakers can make #DataCentres more sustainable in our new report, a collaboration with @ecos.ngo

📅 Join the presentation webinar: "How data centre expansion risks derailing climate goals" on Sept 16 at 16:00 CEST.

Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How data centre expansion risks derailing climate goals — and how to fix it. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webi...

The increasing popularity of AI and other digital technologies is driving a boom in the need for data centres. AI is framed as a vehicle for progress, but its unchecked evolution also has a darker sid...

us06web.zoom.us

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · Sep 9

Tomorrow, von der Leyen will address the EU Parliament with her SOTEU speech. Today, civil society and trade unions delivered a very clear message in a statement signed by 470 organisations: we need rules to protect people and the environment!

corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/o...

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Tuta @tuta.com · Sep 9

🚨Our governments are about to decide whether 450M Europeans deserve privacy - or not.

Help ensure your country says NO to Chat Control: Call you local representatives!

Privacy is not negotiable. Speak up now. ✊ #privacy

👉 More on how to stop Chat Control: tuta.com/blog/chat-co...

Map of the EU showing what countries are in favor (red), in opposition (green) and undecided (yellow) about Chat Control. The undecided ones must be contacted to stop Chat Control: Estonia, Germany, Greece, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Romania. While the Swedish government leans in favour of chat control, it needs parliamentary approval.

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · Sep 8