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The ECJ’s Russmedia ruling quietly overturns a cornerstone of EU platform law.
ERIK TUCHTFELD (@erik.d-64.social) (@mpil.de) shows how GDPR liability may replace notice-and-takedown with de facto monitoring – potentially reshaping online speech across Europe.
🔗 verfassungsblog.de/notice-and-t...
ERIK TUCHTFELD (@erik.d-64.social) (@mpil.de) shows how GDPR liability may replace notice-and-takedown with de facto monitoring – potentially reshaping online speech across Europe.
🔗 verfassungsblog.de/notice-and-t...
December 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The ECJ’s Russmedia ruling quietly overturns a cornerstone of EU platform law.
ERIK TUCHTFELD (@erik.d-64.social) (@mpil.de) shows how GDPR liability may replace notice-and-takedown with de facto monitoring – potentially reshaping online speech across Europe.
🔗 verfassungsblog.de/notice-and-t...
ERIK TUCHTFELD (@erik.d-64.social) (@mpil.de) shows how GDPR liability may replace notice-and-takedown with de facto monitoring – potentially reshaping online speech across Europe.
🔗 verfassungsblog.de/notice-and-t...
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Yesterday, NetChoice won a permanent block of Louisiana's age verification law.
The Court ruled that the law, which conditioned Louisianans’ ability to access protected speech online on their willingness to hand over sensitive government ID, violates the First Amendment. buff.ly/MtZNKCU
The Court ruled that the law, which conditioned Louisianans’ ability to access protected speech online on their willingness to hand over sensitive government ID, violates the First Amendment. buff.ly/MtZNKCU
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Yesterday, NetChoice won a permanent block of Louisiana's age verification law.
The Court ruled that the law, which conditioned Louisianans’ ability to access protected speech online on their willingness to hand over sensitive government ID, violates the First Amendment. buff.ly/MtZNKCU
The Court ruled that the law, which conditioned Louisianans’ ability to access protected speech online on their willingness to hand over sensitive government ID, violates the First Amendment. buff.ly/MtZNKCU
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@aleksandraq.bsky.social and @jpquintais.bsky.social have put out what is sure to be the definitive work on must-carry laws in the EU.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
‘Must-carry’, special treatment and freedom of expression on online platforms: a European story | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
‘Must-carry’, special treatment and freedom of expression on online platforms: a European story
www.cambridge.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
@aleksandraq.bsky.social and @jpquintais.bsky.social have put out what is sure to be the definitive work on must-carry laws in the EU.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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So basically, "you got a loicense for that dick pic, m8?"
At what point do I just start muting the word "UK" from my feeds to lower my blood pressure?
Why are the Anglo countries such absolute nanny states?
www.ft.com/content/0ef7...
At what point do I just start muting the word "UK" from my feeds to lower my blood pressure?
Why are the Anglo countries such absolute nanny states?
www.ft.com/content/0ef7...
UK to push for nudity-blocking software on devices to protect children
Home Office expected to encourage companies to introduce controls
www.ft.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
So basically, "you got a loicense for that dick pic, m8?"
At what point do I just start muting the word "UK" from my feeds to lower my blood pressure?
Why are the Anglo countries such absolute nanny states?
www.ft.com/content/0ef7...
At what point do I just start muting the word "UK" from my feeds to lower my blood pressure?
Why are the Anglo countries such absolute nanny states?
www.ft.com/content/0ef7...
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1/2 “Moral panics often arise from concerns that are initially moderate and reasonable. But intense focus on the concerns turns them into fears, which are augmented and spread because fear creates selective perception and attention…
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/free...
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/free...
A Brief History of Moral Panics About Kids and Media
Whenever a revolutionarily new means of communication comes along, the young glom onto it and many of their elders believe it is leading to the wreck and ruin of the young.
www.psychologytoday.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
1/2 “Moral panics often arise from concerns that are initially moderate and reasonable. But intense focus on the concerns turns them into fears, which are augmented and spread because fear creates selective perception and attention…
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/free...
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/free...
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The EU member states are calling for a one-year data retention period for internet services such as messaging apps, thus going far beyond existing legislation
netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...
netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...
Internes Dokument: EU-Staaten fordern ein Jahr Vorratsdatenspeicherung für Internet-Dienste wie Messenger
Die EU-Staaten fordern ein neues Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung, das weit über die alten Gesetze hinausgeht. Das geht aus einem EU-Dokument hervor, das wir veröffentlichen. Praktisch alle Internet...
netzpolitik.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The EU member states are calling for a one-year data retention period for internet services such as messaging apps, thus going far beyond existing legislation
netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...
netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...
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The Online Safety Act affects freedom of expression.
Its requirements risk the ability of small, non-profit and public-interest websites to operate.
Read the joint briefing from ORG, @bigbrotherwatch.bsky.social, @eff.org and @indexoncensorship.org ⬇️
www.openrightsgroup.org/publications...
Its requirements risk the ability of small, non-profit and public-interest websites to operate.
Read the joint briefing from ORG, @bigbrotherwatch.bsky.social, @eff.org and @indexoncensorship.org ⬇️
www.openrightsgroup.org/publications...
Joint Briefing: Petition Debate on Repealing the Online Safety Act
Prepared by UK civil society, digital rights, and open-knowledge organisations.
www.openrightsgroup.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The Online Safety Act affects freedom of expression.
Its requirements risk the ability of small, non-profit and public-interest websites to operate.
Read the joint briefing from ORG, @bigbrotherwatch.bsky.social, @eff.org and @indexoncensorship.org ⬇️
www.openrightsgroup.org/publications...
Its requirements risk the ability of small, non-profit and public-interest websites to operate.
Read the joint briefing from ORG, @bigbrotherwatch.bsky.social, @eff.org and @indexoncensorship.org ⬇️
www.openrightsgroup.org/publications...
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Will be published at midnight - I hope of interest
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Will be published at midnight - I hope of interest
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Important new report from the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law’s Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice.
Especially pleasing to see this in the section on the #OnlineSafetyAct. binghamcentre.biicl.org/documents/22...
Especially pleasing to see this in the section on the #OnlineSafetyAct. binghamcentre.biicl.org/documents/22...
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Important new report from the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law’s Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice.
Especially pleasing to see this in the section on the #OnlineSafetyAct. binghamcentre.biicl.org/documents/22...
Especially pleasing to see this in the section on the #OnlineSafetyAct. binghamcentre.biicl.org/documents/22...
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Submission by Information Commissioner to @ofcom.bsky.social's #OnlineSafetyAct additional safety measures consultation. 32 pages that should give Ofcom considerable food for thought. ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
Ofcom's consultation on additional safety measures
ico.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Submission by Information Commissioner to @ofcom.bsky.social's #OnlineSafetyAct additional safety measures consultation. 32 pages that should give Ofcom considerable food for thought. ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
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Furthermore, the GDPR is to be reviewed in light of the latest CJEU judgement in the EDPS vs SRB case regarding the concept of pseudonymised data. In addition, the GDPR is supposed to get new provision for handling cookies. Moreover, a new Data Retention Regulation will be drafted.
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Furthermore, the GDPR is to be reviewed in light of the latest CJEU judgement in the EDPS vs SRB case regarding the concept of pseudonymised data. In addition, the GDPR is supposed to get new provision for handling cookies. Moreover, a new Data Retention Regulation will be drafted.
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Yesterday, I testified before a New Zealand Parliament committee doing an inquiry into children's harms online.
My testimony criticizes efforts to impose age authentication mandates online
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
My testimony criticizes efforts to impose age authentication mandates online
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Thirteen Objections to Mandatory Online Age Authentication
This is my testimony before the Education and Workforce Committee of the New Zealand Parliament regarding its "Inquiry into the harm young New Zealanders e
papers.ssrn.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Yesterday, I testified before a New Zealand Parliament committee doing an inquiry into children's harms online.
My testimony criticizes efforts to impose age authentication mandates online
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
My testimony criticizes efforts to impose age authentication mandates online
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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ICYMI, highly recommend this human rights impact assessment of @wikimediafoundation.org AI/ML work by @royapak.bsky.social (w/ @farzdusa.bsky.social and david liu)
upload.wikimedia.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
ICYMI, highly recommend this human rights impact assessment of @wikimediafoundation.org AI/ML work by @royapak.bsky.social (w/ @farzdusa.bsky.social and david liu)
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
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For all the talk of a Reform government, there seems to be no UK planning to prevent and resist one.
Not so in Germany. This lawyer interviewed by the Robert Bosch Stiftung is systematically identifying legal and governmental levers the AfD could pull, to harden them and all society in advance.
Not so in Germany. This lawyer interviewed by the Robert Bosch Stiftung is systematically identifying legal and governmental levers the AfD could pull, to harden them and all society in advance.
Resilience of democracy: “If you want to prevent a worst-case scenario, you have to know what it is”
Max Steinbeis, the founder of the Verfassungsblog – On Matters Constitutional project, explains why even robust democratic institutions are vulnerable to authoritarian strategies, what Germany can lea...
www.bosch-stiftung.de
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
For all the talk of a Reform government, there seems to be no UK planning to prevent and resist one.
Not so in Germany. This lawyer interviewed by the Robert Bosch Stiftung is systematically identifying legal and governmental levers the AfD could pull, to harden them and all society in advance.
Not so in Germany. This lawyer interviewed by the Robert Bosch Stiftung is systematically identifying legal and governmental levers the AfD could pull, to harden them and all society in advance.
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Carr's views as of October 2024:
September 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Carr's views as of October 2024:
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This is an exceptionally good piece starting with the grifters pushing ‘age verification’ and continuing through to the ongoing collision between the Online Safety Act and reality. Highly recommended.
New from me at my favourite newsletter (again): the origins of the UK Online Safety Act were not grounded in child safety, but rather the authoritarian fantasies of the affluent white English right wing. So why aren't they over the moon about it?
internet.exchangepoint.tech/the-dog-that...
internet.exchangepoint.tech/the-dog-that...
The Dog that Caught the Car: Britain's 'World-Leading' Internet
Billed as a “world-leading” child-protection law, the UK’s Online Safety Act has instead normalized surveillance and ID checks. “Tech policy wonk" Heather Burns writes that the model is spreading acro...
internet.exchangepoint.tech
September 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This is an exceptionally good piece starting with the grifters pushing ‘age verification’ and continuing through to the ongoing collision between the Online Safety Act and reality. Highly recommended.
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Every time an academic paper equates online platform with algorithmically curated social media, somewhere a fairy dies. #DutyOfCare #Risk-CreatingFunctionality
August 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Every time an academic paper equates online platform with algorithmically curated social media, somewhere a fairy dies. #DutyOfCare #Risk-CreatingFunctionality
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We must get online safety right! Lord Clement Jones and I have written a letter to the Secretary of State regarding our concerns about the implementation of the Online Safety Act, calling for a cross-party committee from both Houses of Parliament to ensure effective implementation.
August 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We must get online safety right! Lord Clement Jones and I have written a letter to the Secretary of State regarding our concerns about the implementation of the Online Safety Act, calling for a cross-party committee from both Houses of Parliament to ensure effective implementation.
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Ein Anti-SLAPP-Gesetz soll vor Einschüchterungsklagen schützen. Der Deutsche @richterbund.bsky.social befürchtet "verheerende Auswirkungen" und will die Streichung zentraler Rechtsfolgen. Sein Vorschlag geht aber auch über den Entwurf hinaus. Von @fewizi.bsky.social
Deutscher Richterbund kritisiert Anti-SLAPP-Gesetz
Ein Anti-SLAPP-Gesetz soll vor Einschüchterungsklagen schützen. Der Deutsche Richterbund befürchtet verherrende Auswirkungen.
www.lto.de
July 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ein Anti-SLAPP-Gesetz soll vor Einschüchterungsklagen schützen. Der Deutsche @richterbund.bsky.social befürchtet "verheerende Auswirkungen" und will die Streichung zentraler Rechtsfolgen. Sein Vorschlag geht aber auch über den Entwurf hinaus. Von @fewizi.bsky.social
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EFF and @article19.bsky.social support @wikimediafoundation.org’s challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act. Wikipedia is the world’s most trusted and widely used encyclopedia, and the OSA must not be allowed to diminish it and jeopardize the volunteers on which it depends.
We Support Wikimedia Foundation’s Challenge to UK’s Online Safety Act
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and ARTICLE 19 strongly support the Wikimedia Foundation’s legal challenge to the categorization regulations of the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act.The Foundation...
www.eff.org
July 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
EFF and @article19.bsky.social support @wikimediafoundation.org’s challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act. Wikipedia is the world’s most trusted and widely used encyclopedia, and the OSA must not be allowed to diminish it and jeopardize the volunteers on which it depends.