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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12h

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mariafarrell/115333913079023817

Well this is admirably concise and direct by Germany's justice ministry.

"Chat control without cause must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law. Private communication must never be under general suspicion."

THANK YOU […]

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mariafarrell/115333913079023817

I'm told by @Privacymatters that Germany has stayed strong and blocked the Council majority, so chat control is dead (for now)!

Thank you, everyone who's worked like a dog to stop this nonsense. Again...

mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Gods I'm too fucking old and tired to rehearse the 'don't break E2E encryption' debate AGAIN, but here we are. This time the novel twist is 'client side scanning' of every European's device for CSAM, just in case.

I no longer make many arguments on principle. This open letter to the Irish […]

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@gimulnautti every. single. time.

I think we stay the same people in the room (or more usually kicked out of it!) but the politicians and their aides are constantly changing and each time they fall for the BS

so much energy every single time. still. worth it! […]

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@Privacymatters Oh! this sounds great?!?! thank you

mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Gods I'm too fucking old and tired to rehearse the 'don't break E2E encryption' debate AGAIN, but here we are. This time the novel twist is 'client side scanning' of every European's device for CSAM, just in case.

I no longer make many arguments on principle. This open letter to the Irish […]

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 1d

Side point on #chatcontrol: When I worked on the law in the European Parliament, in the face of questionably legal, and highly problematic behavior by DG HOME, I prepared a whitepaper on why it was such a terrible Idea.

As it is in the public interest, I have decided to make that white paper […]

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Anna @mothninja.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 6d

'Farbe: Blau' #FotoVorschlag #dailyvenice #venezia #venice #doorsday #doors

A Venetian house front abutting a canal, pretty much the embodiment of the phrase "elegant decay". A symmetrical arrangement on two storeys - in the centre of the image, two tall arched doorways one directly above the other (the upper one with a white marble Juliette balcony in front of it) flanked by rectangular windows on either side. The house wall is grey-white, and streaked with the dirt of ages. The two lower storey windows have metal bars in front of them, the right hand one backed by a grey-white curtain, and the left hand one showing only blackness beyond. On the upper storey, both windows and the door have wooden shutters painted in a dark teal blue colour, but the paint is chipped and cracking. The focus of the image is the door on the ground floor - it too is painted in the same dark teal blue, but where the sun has faded it on the floor above, the top of the door has nestled in the shadow of the little balcony, so remains arrestingly deep and vibrant and intense. On the lower part of the door however, not only the paint but the wood of the door itself have been worn away by the lapping water, leaving the bottom edge jagged and uneven, and giving the building an air of utter abandonment and decay. The strip of canal water visible at the bottom of the frame is greeny-blue, and there is a small white-crested wave directly in front of the door. The image looks more like a watercolour painting than a photo.

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🍋 Superball ☀️ @superball.norcal.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

A new, independent source of news launches tomorrow.

“We are a group of former Guardian and Observer journalists who think our turbulent times call for a different kind of media title: courageous, independent, diverse and built around a community of readers and journalists.

“Our beat will be […]

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juliette @juliette.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 9d

"Tony Blair is ready to govern Gaza" the non-solution truly no one asked for. It's neo-colonial, condescending, absolutely useless, so many levels of absurd, I really can't figure out what anyone except for him would get out of this.

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18d

@jamesjefferies oh my goodness, yes please! i'm [email protected] if you wouldn't mind? thanks a million. now that is exciting.

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

I'm officially writing a book!

"Rewild the Internet: How to Resist Big Tech" will be published by Simon & Schuster in NY and Bloomsbury in London.

It's uses ecology to show why we've got such a toxic technology monoculture through almost the whole tech […]

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Image of a Publishers Marketplace Deal Report for a new book deal.
The text of the Deal Report reads: "REWILD THE INTERNET By Maria Farrell Imprint: One Signal, Continuum Irish tech writer and speaker Maria Farrell's REWILD THE INTERNET: HOW TO RESIST BIG TECH showing how to resist today’s toxic tech monoculture and grow a flourishing, competitive internet ecosystem where we can live better, freer lives, to Alessandra Bastagli at One Signal at auction by Zoe Pagnamenta at Calligraph (NA) on behalf of Antony Topping at Greene & Heaton. UK & Comm rights to Octavia Stocker and Tomasz Hoskins at Bloomsbury Continuum by Antony Topping.
Translation: krizzo@greeneheaton.co.uk

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Ben Werdmuller @ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

Congratulations to @Mastodon for launching its new service offerings. It’s win-win: we all need a strong Mastodon organization, and organizations looking to onboard need expert help from people who know. This only benefits the ecosystem and I’m excited to see it.

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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 27d

🇪🇺YES: Germany is not supporting the EU's #chatcontrol bill as proposed!
The blocking minority needed to stop this illegal mass surveillance plan seems secured (for now). ✅

Opposition now also from LU🇱🇺 & SK🇸🇰!

#keepupthefight https://fightchatcontrol.eu

A map of Europe titled "Help Stop #ChatControl!" shows countries color-coded by their government's stance on Chat Control in 2025. The legend indicates: green for "Not in favour," blue for "Undecided/Unclear," and red for "In favour."

Countries in favour (red) are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, and Spain.

Countries not in favour (green) are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia.

Countries undecided or unclear (blue) are: Estonia, Greece, Slovenia, Romania, and Sweden (in favour, but subject to approval by Parliament).

The map includes the text "Is your government opposing it yet?" and a call to action at the bottom: "Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu".

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

@Privacymatters Be very fucking careful is my advice. Are you using a mac? you need to change your mac's privacy and security settings and add LO to the apps allowed 'inside' if so. And they will not tell you about it on install.

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

Looks like the issue with @libreoffice which destroyed all my work is a Known Issue with Mac installations that should be shared with all Mac users ON INSTALLATION.

Libre Office stopped responding when I replied with more info.

As @argv_minus_one says "A cursory web search shows there are a […]

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

So I started using LibreOffice. Did an OS update on my macbook today. Come to find out today, that LibreOffice was not saving properly on my mac, nor was it backing up uncorrupted to my proton drive.

I've lost EVERYTHING from my hardest and most significant day's work, impossible to reconstruct […]

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

So I started using LibreOffice. Did an OS update on my macbook today. Come to find out today, that LibreOffice was not saving properly on my mac, nor was it backing up uncorrupted to my proton drive.

I've lost EVERYTHING from my hardest and most significant day's work, impossible to reconstruct […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 25

Want to fight for Palestinian #digitalrights? There is a super interesting job vacancy for #policy #advocacy folks at @7amleh :

https://7amleh.org/post/vacancy:-advocacy-department-manager

#palestine #HumanRights #fedijobs #jobs #mastojobs #ngojobs

Hamleh - Vacancy: Advocacy Department Manager

Advocacy Department Manager

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 19

I did a podcast recently with my incredibly dear and respected old friend, @gushosein at Privacy International.

I talked about: 'Rewilding the internet isn't just a metaphor. It's a system that gives access to hope as a muscle and something we do.

It defamiliarizes the internet and tech right […]

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 18

Last week in a Kerry car park I watched an SUV driver plough through a couple of traffic cones because he simply didn't see them - too low to be visible from his driving position.

Now most kids who can walk are taller than traffic cones, but still, it was pretty harrowing to imagine him quite […]

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · Aug 7

One thing that the current exorbitant investments in "AI" show is that the investor class and big tech corporations do not pay enough taxes: If you have billions to set on fire for spicy autocomplete we should take some or all of those to do something useful with.

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 6

@andypiper just absolutely legend. honestly I had a lil cry towards the end there. the what, the how and OMG the why...

mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 6

Just been watching @cwebber 's brilliantly informative and inspirational Fediforum keynote about open social media protocols (some more open than others... but getting there!), and we need secure, often private and fundamentally joyous spaces to organise in and life in.

Just brilliant […]

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Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻 @1br0wn.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 6

“It is time we demand that the tech sector comply with the same laws as everyone else. Only when technology businesses compete on a level legal playing field will we see how inevitable their innovations really are.” https://on.ft.com/4oiBsBD

Tech does not deserve special legal treatment

Pulling down regulatory barriers to aid innovation ignores the fact that they protect the public from harm

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · Aug 4

Lots of talk about Ghost today, and rightly so, but don’t forget that a little open source framework @fedify made the ActivityPub plugin possible.

Support open source!

https://ghost.org/changelog/6/

#activitypub #fedidev

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