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Digitale Überwachungsbefugnisse: Schwarz-rotes Sicherheitspaket „zum Großteil verfassungswidrig“
Die Kritik am Überwachungspaket der Bundesregierung reißt nicht ab. Die Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte warnt vor „Eingriffen in die Grundrechte aller Menschen“ und „mächtigen Überwachungsmaßnahmen“.
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1/2 🚨 If you pay taxes in the EU, your money might have been used to enable the #spyware industry that spies on Europeans and harms our democracy.
💶 How exactly are EU public funds ending up in the hands of companies that are behind some of the biggest spyware scandals globally? We explore with Counter Balance for EUobserver ➡️ euobserver.com/210197/its-not-…
It’s not just spyware scandals: EU is funding the industry that spies on Europeans
Millions of euros worth of EU subsidies and taxpayer money is fuelling the very market that leads to spying on journalists, activitists, politicians and people in the EU, and undermines our democracies.Shubham Kaushik (EUobserver)
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2/2 No more complicity, no more excuses. The evidence speaks for itself. We are calling on EU lawmakers to:
🙅🏽♀️ ensure no EU funds for the spyware market
🚫 impose full EU-wide ban on spyware and the industry behind it
🔎 improved transparency, due diligence and accountability of EU's financial bodies like European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund
🙌🏽 protect our ability to safely and securely communicate with each other by safeguarding end-to-end #encryption
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APT28’s FrostArmada: How Russian Hackers Built an 18,000-Router Army to Steal Microsoft 365 Credentials
#CyberSecurity
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APT28’s FrostArmada: How Russian Hackers Built an 18,000-Router Army to Steal Microsoft 365 Credentials
Russia’s APT28 compromised over 18,000 routers across 120 countries to silently hijack DNS and steal Microsoft 365 credentials from government agencies and cloud providers. An international disruption operation has now taken down the infrastructure.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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Chrome’s Fourth Zero-Day of 2026: CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch CVE-2026-5281 by April 15
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Chrome’s Fourth Zero-Day of 2026: CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch CVE-2026-5281 by April 15
Google has patched CVE-2026-5281, a use-after-free zero-day in Chrome’s WebGPU engine already exploited in the wild. It’s the fourth Chrome zero-day of 2026. CISA has mandated federal agencies to patch by April 15 — here’s how to update now.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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CVSS 10.0: Critical Flowise AI Vulnerability Is Being Actively Exploited — 15,000+ Instances Still Exposed
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CVSS 10.0: Critical Flowise AI Vulnerability Is Being Actively Exploited — 15,000+ Instances Still Exposed
A maximum-severity RCE vulnerability (CVE-2025-59528, CVSS 10.0) in the popular Flowise AI agent builder is under active attack. Over 15,000 instances are still exposed online. Here’s what you need to do right now.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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Unpatched Adobe Reader Zero-Day Has Been Silently Exploiting Users Since December
#CyberSecurity
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Unpatched Adobe Reader Zero-Day Has Been Silently Exploiting Users Since December
A highly sophisticated zero-day exploit targeting Adobe Reader has been active since December 2025, requiring just a single click to open a PDF. No patch is available yet — here’s what you can do right now to protect yourself.dark6 (Secure Bulletin)
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Grundrechte: Zwei Insider berichten vom Europäischen Datenschutzbeauftragten
Interview: „Ziemlich bekannt hier in Brüssel“. Zwei Insider berichten über die Arbeit des Europäischen Datenschutzbeauftragten und warum die Kritik am Datenschutz eigentlich eine deutsche Kritik ist netzpolitik.org/2026/grundrech…
Grundrechte: Zwei Insider berichten vom Europäischen Datenschutzbeauftragten
Wir sprechen mit Thomas Zerdick und Robert Riemann, die beim Europäischen Datenschutzbeauftragten arbeiten.Constanze (netzpolitik.org)
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Pirate Party to host Pan-American Day open event, all are welcomed to join
April 8
The United States Pirate Party will host an open-to-the-public event for those interested in learning more about the party.
On Tuesday, April 14th, Pan-American Day, the USPP will have an open event over Jitsi. Interested supporters can join in and ask questions regarding the party, with a focus expected to be heavy on our foreign policy.
Information can be found on our Discord server. The link will be posted the day of the meeting, as well as a reminder during next Monday’s ICYMI post.
This is the perfect opportunity to sit down with members of the Pirate National Committee, without the stress of being livestreamed for public scrutiny.
We will likely hold a second open-to-the-public event following Pan-American Day, with information on that TBA.
8 de abril
El Partido Pirata de los Estados Unidos organizará un evento abierto al público para quienes estén interesados en aprender más sobre el partido.
El martes 14 de abril, Día Panamericano, el USPP realizará un evento abierto a través de Jitsi. Los simpatizantes interesados podrán unirse y hacer preguntas sobre el partido, con un enfoque esperado en nuestra política exterior.
La información se encontrará en nuestro servidor de Discord. El enlace se publicará el día de la reunión, junto con un recordatorio en la publicación del próximo lunes de ICYMI.
Esta es la oportunidad perfecta para sentarse con miembros del Comité Nacional Pirata, sin el estrés de ser transmitido en vivo para el escrutinio público.
Es probable que realicemos un segundo evento abierto al público después del Día Panamericano, con información sobre ese evento por anunciarse.
John Deere pagherà 99 milioni di dollari in un monumentale accordo per il diritto alla riparazione
Il colosso della produzione agricola metterà inoltre a disposizione di terzi, per 10 anni, strumenti digitali per la diagnostica, la manutenzione e la riparazione.
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John Deere to Pay $99 Million in Monumental Right-to-Repair Settlement
The ag manufacturing giant will also make digital diagnostic, maintenance, and repair tools available to third parties for 10 years.Caleb Jacobs (The Drive)
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I lobbisti del settore tecnologico dei data center sono allarmisti nel tentativo di revocare retroattivamente la legge sul diritto alla riparazione
I lobbisti di importanti aziende tecnologiche come Cisco e IBM stanno cercando di far approvare in Colorado una legge che annullerebbe drasticamente una legge rivoluzionaria sul diritto alla riparazione, con il pretesto di proteggere la sicurezza nazionale e i data center.
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Data Center Tech Lobbyists Fearmonger in Attempt to Retroactively Roll Back Right to Repair Law
Lobbyists for major tech firms like Cisco and IBM are trying to push through legislation in Colorado that would drastically roll back a groundbreaking right to repair law under the guise of protecting national security and data centers.The legislation, which passed through a Colorado state senate committee on Thursday, would exempt hardware from the existing right to repair law if that hardware “is considered critical infrastructure.” One of the issues with this is that “critical infrastructure” is very broadly defined, and could include essentially anything. In practice, the law could essentially repeal huge parts of one of the most important right to repair laws in the United States.
“It relies on a broad, vague definition that allows the manufacturer themselves to self-designate whether their equipment is for critical infrastructure,” Louis Rossmann, a right to repair expert and popular YouTuber, testified at a hearing on the bill Thursday. “So if a laptop manufacturer knows the Pentagon buys their laptops, they can declare that line exempt. If a networking company sells a $20 switch to a federal building, they can claim that hardware is critical infrastructure. It’s a blank check for manufacturers to exempt themselves.”
Ever since consumer rights advocates began pushing for right to repair legislation roughly a decade ago, hardware manufacturers have been fear mongering to lawmakers by telling them that right to repair would introduce security threats by requiring them to reveal proprietary information about their products. In practice, the exact opposite has happened, because greater access to repair parts, tools, diagnostic software, and repair guides means that broken equipment that could potentially be more vulnerable to hacking attempts can be fixed more quickly.
“When we talk about critical infrastructure and fixing things, we often do not have time to wait for an official fix from a company that may not be motivated to fix things,” Andrew Brandt, a security researcher and cofounder of the nonprofit Elect More Hackers, testified Thursday. “What ends up happening is that with smaller companies, where they may have spent most of their budget buying some firewall or router that they can no longer afford, they end up in a situation where they’re just going to keep running that device in an unsafe state and leave themselves vulnerable to cyber attack.”
The groups pushing for this legislative rollback appear to be legacy enterprise hardware manufacturers, who highlighted during the hearing the fact that their technology is increasingly being used in data centers, which seem to be one of the only things the current American economy seems capable of building. Lobbyists for the Consumer Technology Association, which represents many large manufacturers, testified in support of the bill, as did Joseph Lee, who works for Cisco.
“While Cisco appreciates the arguments offered in favor of right to repair devices, not all digital technology devices are equal. A router used in a home is fundamentally different from the infrastructure equipment used to manage a power grid or secure confidential state agency data,” Lee said.
Chris Bresee, a lobbyist with the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, also highlighted the fact that, broadly, there is IT equipment that will need repairs at data centers.
“A growing number of products in data centers with connection to our electric grid as well. It is of the utmost importance to safeguard these critical systems,” he said. “This is not an argument against repair or against consumers rights, it is a recognition that fixing a smartphone is not the same as modifying systems that keep the lights on for our country.”
The argument being made by these lobbyists and major tech companies is that only the manufacturers or their authorized representatives should be allowed to fix these types of electronics. But, again, the definition of “critical infrastructure” is so broad that it can be applied to almost any type of electronic, and there is nothing fundamentally different between a router used at a data center and a router used in a school, business, or home.
“You look at who is backing this bill, it is large firms like Cisco and IBM. They sell information technology equipment to tens of thousands of Colorado businesses, and they are looking to create a de facto monopoly on that service, which exists in the states that have denied this business to business right to repair,” Paul Roberts, a cybersecurity expert and founder of SecuRepairs testified. “The big tech companies backing the bill are using a very real concern about cybersecurity and resilience of US critical infrastructure to pad their bottom line, locking in a monopoly on service and repair. Cyber attacks on US critical infrastructure are rampant and have nothing to do with information covered by Colorado’s right to repair law.”
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Il Giappone allenta le leggi sulla privacy per diventare il ‘paese più facile per sviluppare l'intelligenza artificiale’
Rinunciare all'uso dei dati personali non sarà un'opzione perché il Ministro afferma che si tratta di un "ostacolo molto grande" all'adozione dell'intelligenza artificiale
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Japan relaxes privacy laws to make AI development easy
: Opting out of personal data use won't be an option because Minister says that's a 'very big obstacle' to AI adoptionSimon Sharwood (The Register)
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Kandidaten ALV 11 april 2026
De onderstaande leden hebben zich verkiesbaar gesteld voor de vacante posities in de organen van de Piratenpartij. Tijdens de Algemene Ledenvergadering van zaterdag 11 april 2026 krijgen zij, voorafgaand aan de verkiezingen, de gelegenheid om zich kort voor te stellen. Bestuur:
Het bericht Kandidaten ALV 11 april 2026 verscheen eerst op Piratenpartij.
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KI-Risiken: Breites Bündnis warnt vor verwässerten KI-Regeln
Die geplante „Vereinfachung“ der europäischen KI-Verordnung könnte den Schutz von Verbraucher:innen vor der Technologie erheblich schwächen. Ein breites Bündnis von 32 Organisationen warnt insbesondere vor Lücken bei Medizingeräten und Spielzeug. netzpolitik.org/2026/ki-risike…
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Endlich ist sie da: Die Kolleg:innen von @br_data haben eine großartige Doku zu den Databroker Files gedreht.
@sebmeineck & ich dürfen von jahrelangen Recherchen berichten. Vor allem erzählt der Film die Geschichten von Menschen, die durch den unkontrollierten Handel mit Daten aus der Werbeindustrie gefährdet werden. zB von einer Exil-Journalistin in Berlin, die mutmaßlich vom ägyptischen Geheimdienst verfolgt wird und sich fragt: "Woher wissen die ständig, wo ich bin?"
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Story: Gefährliche Apps · Im Netz der Datenhändler - hier anschauen
Was viele Smartphone-Nutzer wissen: Die Apps auf ihren Handys sammeln detaillierte Standortdaten. Was den meisten jedoch nicht bewusst ist: Die Informationen landen oft in einem undurchsichtigen, weltweiten Netzwerk aus Datenhändlern und Werbefirmen.www.ardmediathek.de
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Wichtiges Thema, wichtige Recherche. Ich kann aber mit dem Format „ARD Story“ wie so oft auch hier wenig anfangen. Wenig Fakten, viele (unnötige) Emotionen, praktisch keine Kritik am Nutzer*innenverhalten (Stichworte z. B. Screen Time, Oversharing), hinten raus klingt es so, als müsse man damit leben, dass dauernd Daten abfließen und dass sie gehandelt werden, weil der Markt halt so lukrativ ist.
Und nun? Steh ich hier, ich armer Tor, und bin so klug als wie zuvor?
@teezeh
Ich denke der Mythos über die Marktallmacht der Verbraucher:innen bedarf einer separaten Doku..
@roofjoke @br_data @sebmeineck
Ich denke der Mythos über die Marktallmacht der Verbraucher:innen bedarf einer separaten Doku..
@roofjoke @br_data @sebmeineck
Reviewing Our United Nations Activities
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Perhaps the crowning achievement of PPI has been our participation in UN forums. We created a separate headquarters in Geneva in 2016, specifically with the goal of having a seat at UNOG. The following year in 2017 we were officially admitted into the Economic and Social Council Affairs Council. That same year we set up another center in New York hosted by local pirates, which assists representatives attend events at UNHQ. In 2018 PPI achieved a milestone registering representatives simultaneously in all three UN centers. Most recently, since 2024, we now have an additional center in Vienna that can also assist Pirates who wish to attend events at UNOV. We want to take this opportunity to share with our communities about our activities at each of the three UN centers as well as the numerous UN and other international organization activities that we participate in around the world. These activities are attended by Pirates from numerous Pirate parties around the world, as well as activists who are not necessarily members of any Pirate party but wanted to be active in the international movement. Some of our participants do not physically attend event but rather will speak online, help draft policy statements, network with other NGOs… There are innumerable ways for Pirates to get involved in global politics, and at the bottom of this post we share information for how anyone who is reading this blog can get involved.
Our current main representatives at each UN center are the following:
UNHQ- Dr. Ohad Shem Tov
UNOG- Mr. Carlos Polo
UNOV- Mr. Kay Schroeder
In addition to our main representatives we also have between one and five additional representatives and also nominate temporary representatives with three month passes.
PPI and USPP representatives at UNHQ
ECOSOC is our main forum for UN activities. This is one of the five original bodies and the main avenue for NGOs to participate. ECOSOC provides us with groundspasses, which provide the representatives daily access to UN offices, meetings, libraries, and numerous opportunities to participate in both ECOSOC and other UN bodies. Aside from ECOSOC, PPI has also participated in the World Trade Organization, the Internet Governance Forum, and numerous forums. At UNHQ, PPI is often given opportunities to submit policy statements and make speeches on the main floor for high level events attended by government representatives and of course many other NGOs. These events are shown on UN TV, and they are also often broadcasted in international press. PPI representatives have participated at UNHQ in the Science, Technology and Innovation Forum, the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, the Commission for Social Development, the Commission on the Status of Women, Cybercrime Committees, and the ECOSOC High-Level Segment for NGOs. In 2018 at the United Nations Economic and Social Council and also submitted a statement for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, emphasizing that digital rights are human rights.
Ohad Bar Siman Tov at UNHQ before his speech
UNOG is the main location for NGO activities, as UNHQ usually holds higher level political meetings. PPI has been active annually at UNOG, and we have sent more representatives to events there than any of the other UN centers. This is commendable considering that our representatives receive absolutely no compensation for their activities, and Geneva is extremely expensive. Our representatives there have attended events on the Economic Commission for Europe Resource Management, the International Labour Organization, WSIS, the Science, Technology and Innovation Forum. In December 2025, PPI also published a response to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), describing the outcome as consequential for the future of a free and global internet and welcoming language around digital public goods, open standards, and related digital governance principles. We also take a keen interest in the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development events, as PPI seeks to also conduct its own research wing whereby we would publish our own research about topics of internet governance, privacy, and other relevant themes for our organization.
Due to COVID our activities at UNOV that had just started were cut short, but we have since returned in force. Our representatives there routinely attend events of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, especially the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, as well as commentary on the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption. We have tried to attend events on nuclear issues and have managed to watch a few, but these events are highly regulated. We recently attended the 9th Global Conference on Criminal Finance and Crypto and the 69th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Our main focus there has been digital rights issues, anti-corruption, over-policing of narcotics, illicit finance, and crypto governance.
PPI UNOV Representatives Kayra Kuuymcu and Kay Schroeder
Aside from events at the main three UN forums, we have had a major presence at the Internet Governance Forum for about 10 years now. We have hosted stands at the conference, and at the most recent IGF in Norway, the chairperson of PPI, together with PPEU board member Sara Hjalmarsson, and academics from the UK and France, presented a workshop on “Ethical Networking: Sustainability and Accountability.” PPI´s General Secretary Alexander Isavnin is very active in this conference, having attended several times around the world. This conference has allowed us to collaborate with luminaries from the Tor Foundation, Access Now, and numerous others.
Keith Goldstein and Alex Isavnin at the Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto, Japan
How can you get involved?
Would you like to participate in a UN event online or in person? Please write to our volunteers form or send an email to our board or a board member. We also have a number of vibrant communities on Telegram and Discord.
Join our Telegram: https://t.me/+01bDaIIOL8k2Yjc6
Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/GxaTf9QK
Fill out a volunteer form: https://lime.ppi.rocks/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=341246
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Kafka und Künstliche Intelligenz: Die Sehnsucht nach totaler Souveränität
Bastian’s Night #471 April, 9th
Every Thursday of the week, Bastian’s Night is broadcast from 21:30 CEST/DST.
Bastian’s Night is a live talk show in German with lots of music, a weekly round-up of news from around the world, and a glimpse into the host’s crazy week in the pirate movement.
If you want to read more about @BastianBB: –> This way
Bastian’s Night #470 April, 2nd
Every Thursday of the week, Bastian’s Night is broadcast from 21:30 CET.
Bastian’s Night is a live talk show in German with lots of music, a weekly round-up of news from around the world, and a glimpse into the host’s crazy week in the pirate movement.
If you want to read more about @BastianBB: –> This way
Bastian’s Night #469 March, 26th
Every Thursday of the week, Bastian’s Night is broadcast from 21:30 CET.
Bastian’s Night is a live talk show in German with lots of music, a weekly round-up of news from around the world, and a glimpse into the host’s crazy week in the pirate movement.
If you want to read more about @BastianBB: –> This way
Mit Hilfe von KI-Agenten sollen Einzelpersonen schon bald Unternehmen mit Milliardenbewertung aufbauen. Das klingt verführerisch, weil es einer prometheischen Sehnsucht nach totaler Souveränität schmeichelt. Allerdings wusste schon Franz Kafka, dass Ein-Personen-Unicorns mythische Wesen sind.
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Gesetzentwurf: So will Gesundheitsministerin Warken ihre Digitalstrategie umsetzen
Le grandi aziende tecnologiche continueranno a effettuare scansioni senza alcuna base legale
L'esenzione che consentiva il monitoraggio volontario delle chat è scaduta nel fine settimana. Tuttavia, grandi aziende tecnologiche come Google, Meta e Microsoft intendono continuare a scansionare in massa le comunicazioni private dei propri utenti.
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Freiwillige Chatkontrolle: Big Tech will ohne Rechtsgrundlage weiterscannen
Am Wochenende ist die Ausnahmeregelung für die freiwillige Chatkontrolle ausgelaufen. Doch große Tech-Unternehmen wie Google, Meta oder Microsoft wollen weiter massenhaft die private Kommunikation ihrer Nutzer:innen scannen.Markus Reuter (netzpolitik.org)
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Das Bundesgesundheitsministerium will die Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen rasch voranbringen. Ein Gesetzentwurf definiert dafür die Rolle der elektronischen Patientenakte um, weitet die Nutzung von Gesundheitsdaten erheblich aus und gibt der Gematik neue weitreichende Befugnisse. Wir veröffentlichen den Gesetzentwurf.
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Gesetzentwurf: So will Gesundheitsministerin Warken ihre Digitalstrategie umsetzen
Das Bundesgesundheitsministerium will die Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen rasch voranbringen. Ein Gesetzentwurf definiert dafür die Rolle der elektronischen Patientenakte um, weitet die Nutzung von Gesundheitsdaten erheblich aus und gibt der Gema…Daniel Leisegang (netzpolitik.org)
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Ich bin denn mal gespannt ob das alles so gut funktioniert wie angekündigt! Ich habe generelle Zweifel daran, das irgend etwas ins positive Verändern wird! Wenn ich an meine Erfahrungen, mit 116117 gemacht habe liegen die Risiken ausschließlich beim Patienten ,und in welcher Region er wohnt!
Sollte nicht erst mal alles repariert werden, was derzeit nicht funktioniert bzw kritisiert wird?
I residenti del Wisconsin potranno continuare a guardare materiale pornografico dopo che il governatore ha posto il veto sulla legge di verifica dell'età.
"Pongo il veto su questo disegno di legge nella sua interezza perché mi oppongo all'intrusione che esso rappresenta nella privacy personale dei residenti del Wisconsin", ha scritto il governatore Tony Evers.
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Wisconsinites Can Keep Watching Porn After Governor Vetoes Age Verification Bill
Across most of the U.S., if you want to watch porn online, you have to hand over a government ID or submit to a biometric scan to determine you’re over 18 years of age. But people in Wisconsin can keep freely accessing porn sites—and any other website that hosts more than one third adult content—after Governor Tony Evers vetoed the state’s age verification bill on Friday.A copycat of the dozens of bills that have passed in the U.S. since 2022, Wisconsin’s Assembly Bill 105 would have forced sites with more than one third “material harmful to minors,” defined as “depictions of actual or simulated sexual acts or body parts including pubic areas, genitals, buttocks, and female nipples,” to verify visitors’ ages by “using any commercially reasonable method that uses public or private transactional data gathered about the individual.” This means uploading an ID, showing their face for a biometric scan, uploading their credit card information, or combinations of these.
“I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to this bill's intrusion into the personal privacy of Wisconsin residents,” Evers wrote in a letter to the members of the assembly, dated April 3. “While I agree that we should protect children from harmful material, this bill imposes an intrusive burden on adults who are trying to access constitutionally protected materials.”
Evers wrote that the bill doesn’t prevent platforms from giving collected personal data to third parties, such as the government or data brokers. “This is a violation of personal privacy,” he wrote.
“Additionally, I am concerned about data security and the potential for misuse of personally identifiable information. Identifiable information could be intercepted by or transmitted to a third party and used as the basis for blackmail or identity theft. Further, although the bill includes penalties for a business entity who violates the prohibition on retention of personal information, those penalties cannot undo the harm that may occur to an individual who is the victim of actions like blackmail or identity theft as a result of a bad actor obtaining their identity.”
Last year, after the UK’s Online Safety Act started requiring websites and platforms to verify users’ ages, Discord users’ age verification data—including selfies and identity documents—was exposed in a security breach. The hack was just one instance where users’ personal data has been required by a platform and then exposed to the whole internet: also last year, similar data was exposed by the Tea app, which made users provide selfies and identity documents to prove they’re women.
An earlier version of the bill attempted to ban Wisconsinites from accessing sites using virtual private networks (VPNs); lawmakers are increasingly pushing to restrict VPNs, but so far have faced pushback from citizens and civil liberties groups. Wisconsin state Sen. Van Wanggaard moved to delete that provision in the legislation, and the state assembly agreed to remove the VPN ban in February.
The adult advocacy group Free Speech Coalition wrote following the veto that Director of Public Policy Mike Stabile flew to Madison “to meet with legislators to discuss the legal and technological issues with the bill, including a ban on VPN traffic, and to advocate for device-based verification solutions.”
“Put simply, AB-105 raises significant concerns around privacy, surveillance, and the First Amendment,” the ACLU of Wisconsin wrote in testimony submitted in March. “While the ACLU of Wisconsin is sympathetic to the overarching goal of this legislation, we do not believe an appropriate trade-off is compromising the civil liberties of all Wisconsinites.”
Wisconsin is now one of only a handful of states left that allows access to porn without requiring users jump through invasive age verification hoops. “We can and should work to prevent minors from accessing adult content, but there are better solutions than the one offered by this bill,” Evers wrote in his veto letter. “For example, we can work with tech companies to implement device-based age verification that takes place on a user's phone or computer, which can be a more secure and effective method. Other states have been moving toward device-based solutions, and major tech companies are adopting these options as well.”
Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Age-Verification Bill — Free Speech Coalition
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has vetoed AB 105 , the state age-verification bill that passed the Wisconsin legislature in early March, despite strong opposition from Free Speech Coalition and other civil liberties groups.Free Speech Coalition
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Recht auf Breitband: Lauter Einzelfälle
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Freiwillige Chatkontrolle: Big Tech will ohne Rechtsgrundlage weiterscannen
Am Wochenende ist die Ausnahmeregelung für die freiwillige #Chatkontrolle ausgelaufen. Doch große Tech-Unternehmen wie Google, Meta oder Microsoft wollen weiter massenhaft die private Kommunikation ihrer Nutzer:innen scannen.
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Freiwillige Chatkontrolle: Big Tech will ohne Rechtsgrundlage weiterscannen
Am Wochenende ist die Ausnahmeregelung für die freiwillige Chatkontrolle ausgelaufen. Doch große Tech-Unternehmen wie Google, Meta oder Microsoft wollen weiter massenhaft die private Kommunikation ihrer Nutzer:innen scannen.Markus Reuter (netzpolitik.org)
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sie verstoßen nicht nur gegen geltendes Recht, sondern lassen es sogar so verlauten als hätte die EU es versäumt regulatorisch für sie einzuräumen. Was würden wir nur ohne die Weitsicht von Zuck unc co. machen...
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Alterskontrollen: Social-Media-Verbot lässt Bundesregierung ahnungslos zurück
🎓 Die Bundesregierung weiß nicht, ob ein Social-Media-Verbot für Minderjährige wissenschaftlich ratsam wäre.
⚖️ Sie weiß auch nicht, ob der Eingriff in Grundrechte verhältnismäßig wäre.
🤔 Oder ob sie das Verbot überhaupt will.
Das zeigt die Antwort auf eine Kleine Anfrage der Linken, die ich hier einmal Stück für Stück durchgehe.
#alterskontrollen #jugendschutz
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Alterskontrollen: Social-Media-Verbot lässt Bundesregierung ahnungslos zurück
Die Bundesregierung weiß nicht, ob ein Social-Media-Verbot für Minderjährige wissenschaftlich ratsam wäre. Sie weiß auch nicht, ob der Eingriff in Grundrechte verhältnismäßig wäre – oder ob sie das Verbot überhaupt will.Sebastian Meineck (netzpolitik.org)
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Die Bundesregierung weiß nicht, ob ein Social-Media-Verbot für Minderjährige wissenschaftlich ratsam wäre. Sie weiß auch nicht, ob der Eingriff in Grundrechte verhältnismäßig wäre – oder ob sie das Verbot überhaupt will. Das zeigt die Antwort auf eine Kleine Anfrage der Linken.
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Habe das Gefühl, das ist nicht das einzige Thema, wo unsere Regierung derzeit ahnungslos ist und kopflos agiert.
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Tell the Mass. House Today: Don’t Censor Kids!
Yesterday, WCVB reported that the Massachusetts House will vote on a bill to ban social media use by children under 14 and would require parental consent for children under 16. It would also ban K-12 students from using their phones during the school day, which the Senate has already passed.
Australia imposed age-based social media bans recently. It is both harming children with disabilities by preventing them from communicating with people like them and encouraging children and teens to route around censorship. These ham handed censorship laws are not backed up by reality.
Age-verification systems put a gate on our 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech! They require that everyone prove they are old enough by presenting identification. The scanned image of your drivers license, birth certificate or passport will make its way to data brokers and put in your permanent corporate and/or government record. If the data exists in a server somewhere, it will get out to criminals. Even if it worked and respected our right to privacy, millions would be prevented from speaking because they lack identification proving their age. People of color or who are poor or undocumented or have a disability are more likely to not have the required identification.
We need to stop this bill today! Find your legislator and call their office! If the first link doesn’t work for you, use this method to search for your legislator. Tell them:
- Social media bans harm children by preventing them from communicating with other children like them, including LGBTQ+ youth and those with disabilties;
- Many children will find ways to route around such censorship anyway;
- Age-verification systems are a tax on free speech for everyone. They require documentation that thousands of adults do not have or will have to go out of their way and their pay check to acquire;
- Providing private information makes us all vulnerable to governments that intend to harm us, corporations that intend to profit of us and hackers that intend to scam us.
We have to stop this bill. Make the call today and encourage others to call!
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🌤️ Ihr habt in der ARD Story zu den #DatabrokerFiles [1] auch Wetter Online gesehen?
⛈️ Unsere Recherchen mit dem BR hatten Folgen: Der populären Wetter-App droht nun ein Bußgeld durch die Datenschutzbehörde NRW.
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Wegen Handy-Standortdaten: Wetter Online droht Bußgeld
Genaue Standortdaten von Wetter-Online-Nutzer:innen – verkauft von Databrokern. Mehr als ein Jahr nach den ersten Berichten von netzpolitik.org und BR dauert das Verfahren gegen die populäre App noch an.Ingo Dachwitz (netzpolitik.org)
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Genaue Standortdaten von Wetter-Online-Nutzer:innen – verkauft von Databrokern. Mehr als ein Jahr nach den ersten Berichten von uns und dem BR dauert das Verfahren gegen die populäre App noch an. Nun will die zuständige Datenschutzbehörde ein Bußgeld verhängen.
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Wegen Handy-Standortdaten: Wetter Online droht Bußgeld
Genaue Standortdaten von Wetter-Online-Nutzer:innen – verkauft von Databrokern. Mehr als ein Jahr nach den ersten Berichten von netzpolitik.org und BR dauert das Verfahren gegen die populäre App noch an.Ingo Dachwitz (netzpolitik.org)
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So viele Milliarden Umsatz wie diese uns zahlreiche andere Apps mit aller unseren Daten(-Handel)
und Gewinne m8en, wird das BußGeld wohl eher
nur kurz kitzeln und machen munter weiter.
Alle App's sind daran interessiert möglichst
alles auf/im Gerät auszuspähen und weiter
zu verkaufen.
Selbst Google und andere BetriebSysteme
machen das munter weiter und noch schlimmer . . .
Ohne erzwungene Zustimmung, durch Anbietende, kann Nutzende das Gerät/ die Software nicht nutzen.
und Gewinne m8en, wird das BußGeld wohl eher
nur kurz kitzeln und machen munter weiter.
Alle App's sind daran interessiert möglichst
alles auf/im Gerät auszuspähen und weiter
zu verkaufen.
Selbst Google und andere BetriebSysteme
machen das munter weiter und noch schlimmer . . .
Ohne erzwungene Zustimmung, durch Anbietende, kann Nutzende das Gerät/ die Software nicht nutzen.
Hörenswerte halbe Stunde!
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Erzählt wird von Fällen, wo Standortfreigaben für "Werbezwecke" in Smartphone Apps lebensbedrohlich werden: Eine Ägyptische Journalistin, Ukrainische Soldaten, bestalkte Frauen.
Die App von Wetter-Online dient als schlechtes Beispiel.
Kurz vor Ende des Beitrags erklärt die Studiogästin, welche Einstellungen im Smartphone man vornehmen kann, um sich zu schützen.
Ergänzung von mir: Schutz erhöht wird auch durch ne Spende an Netzpolitik, die die Recherche gemacht haben. netzpolitik.org/spenden
Ein Fall betrifft auch eine Mitarbeiterin von vonderLeyen in der @EUCommission
Die wurde von den Journalisten benachrichtigt und Rückmeldung von der Kommission war "wir sind besorgt und haben unsren Mitarbeitern neue Vorgaben gemacht."
Kurz nach diesem Kontakt mit @netzpolitik_feed veröffentlicht die Kommission aber seltsamerweise einen neuen §-Entwurf, der den Schutz personenbezogener Daten aufweichen will. Es gefiel den Datenklauern und ihren Hehlern bei der Kommission wohl nicht, dass bei Wetter-Online Hausdurchsuchungen wegen Gesetzesverstößen stattfanden. Also sollen Gesetze verändert werden um Diebstahl, Bedrohung und Hehlerei zu erleichtern!!!!
#Datenschutz #DSGVO
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Ich mach mein Smartphone außerhalb von Arbeit und Wohnung nur an, wenn ich wen anrufen will. Falls ich vor dem Zivilisationskollaps noch mal ein Telefon brauche, wird es ein Dummphone.
Dieses ganze Datenstehlen und Daten-Hehlen – auch auf dem Laptop – fühlt sich an, wie wenn ich an jeder Straßenecke von Fremden begrabscht werde. Einfach ekelig.
Dass das Begrabschtwerden vom Hehler-Gesetzgeber per default auch so gewollt ist, ist widerwärtig und muss bestraft werden und aufhören.
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Wegen Handy-Standortdaten: Wetter Online droht Bußgeld
In der nächsten #Degitalisierung geht es um Ego.
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Erhoben zu Werbezwecken, verschleudert im Internet: Standortdaten aus der Werbe-Industrie können Menschen gefährden. Das zeigt die ARD-Doku „Gefährliche Apps“, die nun online ist. Sie beruht auf den Recherchen von @roofjoke, @sebmeineck und @br_data zu den #DatabrokerFiles.
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Viele Leute sind naiv und deaktivieren die Standort-Daten nicht.
Mein GPS ist deaktiviert, Apps erhalten grundsätzlich keinen Zugriff auf andere Apps / Standortdaten etc. und auch die Einstellung Flugmodus nutze ich häufig.
Mein GPS ist deaktiviert, Apps erhalten grundsätzlich keinen Zugriff auf andere Apps / Standortdaten etc. und auch die Einstellung Flugmodus nutze ich häufig.
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in reply to netzpolitik.org • • •Ich habe wenig Verständnis dafür, dass wir Bürger offensichtlich von unseren gewählten Vertretern überwacht werden müssen, teilweise auch illegal.
Wird uns Bürgern nicht mehr getraut ?