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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 1h

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Luis Alberto Montezuma 路易斯·阿尔贝托·蒙特祖玛 @montezumachavez.bsky.social · 4h

The EDPB and the Commission also address other provisions including those related to the distribution of third party apps and stores, data portability, data access requests and interoperability of messaging services.

Luis Alberto Montezuma 路易斯·阿尔贝托·蒙特祖玛 @montezumachavez.bsky.social · 4h

The Joint Guidelines on the Interplay between the Digital Markets Act and the GDPR were published for public comments. See www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files....

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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 1h

Clearing my schedule for the rest of the day, apparently this is good news on the consent-or-pay front but I have not reviewed the guidelines themselves

Luis Alberto Montezuma 路易斯·阿尔贝托·蒙特祖玛 @montezumachavez.bsky.social · 4h

The Joint Guidelines on the Interplay between the Digital Markets Act and the GDPR were published for public comments. See www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files....

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 9h

During a Mumbai trade visit, UK PM Keir Starmer hailed India's digital ID program, Aadhaar, as a "massive success" as the UK plans to introduce digital ID cards (Financial Times)

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Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · 8h

Europe really lagging behind...

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 12h

California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that will require web browsers to add settings that allow residents to opt out of third-party data collection (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 9h

Some interesting work from GoToSocial from the ActivityPub world: Slurp is a tool that can export & import data from other places into a GTS account.

It now supports importing bluesky posts into GoToSocial:

github.com/VyrCossont/s...

GitHub - VyrCossont/slurp: tool for exporting data from and importing data to Fediverse instances

tool for exporting data from and importing data to Fediverse instances - VyrCossont/slurp

github.com

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Mathias Vermeulen @mathver.bsky.social · 7h

Data compiled by The Chronicle of Philanthropy suggests at least 22,000 jobs were lost in the sector in the first six months of the year on.ft.com/4nBgdu4

‘Enormous fear’: Trump’s threats against George Soros chill US non-profits

Civil society groups funded by billionaire’s charitable foundation feel vulnerable to administration’s attacks

on.ft.com

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Nicolas Jondet @njondet.bsky.social · 6h

"Governor Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 325 into law... making it a violation of the state's flagship antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, to use or distribute a common pricing algorithm "as part of a contract, combination in the form of a trust, or conspiracy to restrain trade or commerce."

The Register @theregister.com · 17h

The price is wrong! California goes Bob Barker on algorithmic price rigging

When sellers collude through a computer algorithm, that doesn't make it right California companies that use algorithms to fix the prices of their products and services could now face stiff antitrust penalties if they continue to do so. …

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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 6h

Big piece in POLITICO asking about the independence of Ireland's process of appointing people to its Data Protection Commission. There is deep unease in Brussels about Ireland appointing a former Meta lobbyist as Meta's watchdog. Now questions about who was involved.

www.politico.eu/article/big-...

Big Tech lawyer played key role in picking Ireland’s new privacy regulator

Former Meta lobbyist Niamh Sweeney will co-lead the Irish Data Protection Commission from mid-October.

www.politico.eu

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Max Bank @maxbank.bsky.social · 5h

Shocking: In Berlin, SPD accepts social cuts in coalition with CDU, in Brussels S&D agrees to weaken corporate sustainability rules. Conservatives blackmail S&D with threat do vote with the far right. How about saving democracy by challenging corporate monopoly power & tackling inequality instead?

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Luca Bertuzzi @lucabertuzzi.bsky.social · 5h

The Netherlands weighs in on the EU’s digital simplification agenda. Key message: focus on legal clarity, not deregulation. It also calls for streamlined governance of EU boards and, on the AI Act, urges simplification over delays.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU digital laws overhaul must prioritize legal clarity, Dutch government warns | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

A planned overhaul of EU digital legislation must focus on legal clarity and coherence, the Dutch government is urging the European Commission. In a document shared with other governments, it calls fo...

www.mlex.com

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Douwe Korff @douwekorff.bsky.social · 5h

Hear! Hear!! Hear!!! “The EU anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure. It should have big tech in its crosshairs to protect European sovereignty.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan

The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 6h

You can view my response here but note that I did not have time for proofreading or being as thorough as I would have liked to be: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Political Advertising Regulation draft guidance consultation response

Response to the European Commission’s Consultation on draft guidance on the Political Advertising Regulation Authored by: Gateklons, concerned citizen Bluesky: @gateklons.bsky.social Mastod...

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Paul Breitbarth @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu · 8h

Let’s hope this case will be appealed and end up before the CJEU. This is not an interpretation of the GDPR that should be the ruling precedent.

Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 9h

Loyalty programs and personal data as a commodity: German court sees no issue.

I think might be of interest to @privacymatters.bsky.social

gdprhub.eu/index.php?ti...

OLG Stuttgart - 6 UKl 2/25

A court rejected a case brought by a consumer's organisation against Lidl and found it lawful to claim that participation in a loyalty program was free of charge while users provided their personal da...

gdprhub.eu

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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 6h

I wish I had the time to go through it. But I personally don't attach much relevance to the opinion of national, and especially German, courts. They're wrong on this stuff (including consent-or-pay) all the time.

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Megan Gray @megangray.bsky.social · 10h

Police arrest man based on his ChatGPT prompts. Did they issue a warrant to OpenAI, did company give notice to the accused? How was the prompt “found?”

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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 9h

Loyalty programs and personal data as a commodity: German court sees no issue.

I think might be of interest to @privacymatters.bsky.social

gdprhub.eu/index.php?ti...

OLG Stuttgart - 6 UKl 2/25

A court rejected a case brought by a consumer's organisation against Lidl and found it lawful to claim that participation in a loyalty program was free of charge while users provided their personal da...

gdprhub.eu

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23h

Commercial law, human rights law, EU law

Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 2d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 18h

"perhaps the best evidence yet that Apple’s arguments in favor of their App Store being the single source for third-party software do not hold water"

LMAO they've finally lost Gruber of all people

daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...

AltStore State of the Union

Link to: https://rileytestut.com/blog/2025/10/07/evolving-altstore-pal/

daringfireball.net

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melomys @melomys.bsky.social · 18h

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19h

very interesting what is not allowed these days. in this case, basic archiving of real videos

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 19h

Some have said about Assassin's Creed games that "DEI kills art" but this might be a case where "anti-DEI" helped kill art.

Much more about the game and the context of the decision at the link.

Most of the story is paywalled, but you can sample reading it via a free trial.

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 19h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Gateklons @gateklons.bsky.social · 20h

Think different.

#innovation

Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 22h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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EU Court of Justice @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social · 3d

📢 10 years since #Schrems (C-362/14) – the landmark ruling that invalidated the Commission’s “Safe Harbour” decision, found US data protections inadequate, and reshaped #digitalprivacy in the EU and beyond 🔒

Learn 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...

#EUlaw #DataProtection

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