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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h

Sounds like Tech Commissioner #virkkunen is trying to reassure critics in the #eu on #DSA + #dma enforcement:

“I have been working all the time on these topics. But of course, people, they have very different personal styles, I think,” she told #politico.

“It’s important to stay calm, even if […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h

(This isn't to say civil society pressure isn't important. It's crucial actually. Because the world is more than just Jens Spahn.)

Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Unpopular opinion:

#jensspahn and the German #cducsu don't oppose #chatcontrol because of our #civilsociety pressure but because the far-right #noafd opposes it as well.

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I know some of us are really angered by #meta's decision to stop running political, electoral and social issue ads in the EU.

I understand this will force many civil society orgs to painfully disentangle their own #campaigning from #Meta platforms.

But in my books it's a win-win: CSOs win […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

EU Commission: We must put #AI into everything. Right now!

Also #eu Commission:

Screenshot from Politico article with headline "EU to back ‘assertive’ effort to counter foreign Al"

First paragraph of article "Brussels is set to call for a more assertive stance on artificial intelligence amid fears the technology could be weaponized, according to a draft strategy seen by POLITICO."

Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

@BahnAnsagen

"So wir sind jetzt erst mal hier auf der Brücke zum Halten gekommen. Grund dafür ist, dass sich unsere Kölner Kollegen bei der Ankunft unseres Zuges so erschrocken haben, dass sie uns erst mal beiseite gestellt haben."

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

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.

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

I know I'm probably real late to all this compared to Fedi standards but gosh why did I not read this earlier?

I highly recommend #theendofpolicing to everyone.

It should be standard reading in school and I guess someone knowledgeable should write a European version?

#policing #authoritarianism

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

I currently read Alex Vitale's The End Of Policing. I was skeptical at first. After about a third I thought "Yes OK that's true but mostly applies to the US, right?"

But then, where Vitale argues #police has always been a political, never a #crime-fighting tool, I suddenly realised:

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

“Whenever a company or public office faces a new challenge, the first question must be: How can #AI help?” @EUCommission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the Italian Tech Week in Turin.

What a dumb piece of advice.

#TechnoSolutionism #eu #IndustrialPolicy

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Don van Win @donvanwin.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Third party app stores without forced #notarisarion or developer ID anyone? 💅

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/10/03/apple-takes-down-iceblock-app-after-doj-demand-heres-what-we-know/

#dma #apple #google #iceblock #censorship #authoritarianism #uspol

'ICEBlock' Removed From Apple’s App Store After DOJ Demand

The crowd-sourced app was used to monitor and report the presence of ICE agents at any location.

www.forbes.com

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Has anybody checked if Ursula von der Leyen's children and grandchildren are on social media?

#agegating #ageverification #socialmediaban

Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Dear journalists: did you know there is a verb for "using false claims"? Many children learn it in kindergarten. It's called "lying".

#claearlanguage #uspol #journalism #freepress

Screenshot from The Guardian with a headline reading "Vance uses false claims to pin shutdown blame on Democrats as White House warns of layoffs" instead of "Vance lies to pin shutdown on Democrats..."

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

@leanderlindahl If that then also happens to be based in Europe, I really don't mind. But the internet is global for good reason and I believe we should do ourselves a favour and stay away from a rhetoric that is in its roots nationalistic.

Sorry for the long thread, I hope this makes sense […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

@leanderlindahl ...supporting EU-based Big Tech or creating a European VC-fueled tech "ecosystem" we'll be in the exact same billionaires-control-our-lives mess we are in today. (Or maybe even worse because once Big Tech is European, it'll be a lot harder to fight politically.)

We should […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

@leanderlindahl

3. This becomes super clear when one looks at things like buyeuropean.io and similar sites which will happily suggest buying from a European fast fashion company instead of an American one (both of whom exploit Southeast Asian workers in exactly the same way). Or to buy VW […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

@leanderlindahl I can fully understand why #buyeuropean sounds convincing at first. I warn against because it fails as a solution to our problems with US tech:

1. Just because something is built by an EU-based company doesn't mean it's more ethical or even respects "EU values" (whatever that […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Europe doesn't have a good solution yet about how to condition the payment of public funds to industry (like startups) to ethical behaviour (like building #opensource, #privacy-preserving, or decentralised tech), says @alexandrageese.

#privacycamp25

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

@parismarx arguing that #digitalsovereignty should not be about European companies selling more stuff to #brazil or countries in #Africa, but about how can we jointly build new #technology in the public interest?

He's also making a strong point in favour of blocking digital services that do not […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Important point from @superrr's @eliza: When we focus on technology and centre the discussion around it, rather than on people, we fall into the #bigtech trap. #privacycamp25 #TechWontSaveUs

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

@alexandrageese: Social media requires #advertising to fund itself.

#fediverse: Hold my beer.

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Okay, MEP @alexandrageese seems to agree that the #eurostack approach risks giving us "more of the same" toxic tech, or something even worse. And that a #buyeuropean conditionality has no guarantee that the new tech actually works for the public good.

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Ha Zuzanna Warso from @openfuture starts off with strong words: "Venture Capital is dangerous, it's toxic, it destroys the economy." #privacycamp25

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Mmmm, let's see if this wonderful #privacycamp25 panel with @parismarx, @alexandrageese, Zuzanna Warso, @eliza and @Ambersinha is able to deconstruct the sadly dominant #eurostack / #buyeuropean narrative...

Photo of classy stage with 5 speakers sitting in a half circle.

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