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Europe’s Next Digital Frontier: Balancing Web 3.0 Innovation with Fundamental Rights


Evolution Of the Internet

Comparing the internet’s growth to Darwin’s theory of evolution helps explain how it has changed over time, with each stage adapting to the needs, behaviours, and technologies of its time.

The initial phase, known as Web 1 (spanning the 1990s to the early 2000s), was characterised by the internet’s primary function as an information dissemination tool. During this period, only site owners managed content, resulting in a read-only experience for users and a unidirectional flow of information similar to a digital brochure.

Tim O’Reilly introduced the term “Web 2.0” in 2004, marking a new era as mobile services expanded, broadband connectivity improved, and technologies such as AJAX and HTML5 emerged. The internet became interactive, enabling users to create, share, and engage with content without needing special skills. This change opened new ways for people to communicate and connect worldwide.

But as Web 2.0 grew, a few big companies gained significant power and control over data. They decided how information was shared, which voices were heard, and how personal data was handled. Algorithms control every piece of information and opinion. At the same time, many of these platforms rely on business models that depend on extensive data collection, with user behaviour fueling targeted advertising. While these services often appear free, the trade-off is a gradual loss of privacy, autonomy, and control over one’s digital presence.

Concerns about this central control, privacy, and reliance on these platforms led to the idea of a new kind of internet, now called Web 3.0.

What is Web 3.0?

The internet is now moving toward a more user-focused phase, where data ownership is decentralised. Web 3.0 uses technologies such as blockchain and the Semantic Web to return control of data and digital assets to users rather than large technology companies. This change aims to enhance the transparency, security, and personalisation of online experiences.

Key Characteristics of Web 3.0

1. Decentralisation

Control is shared across networks rather than held by a single company or authority. This means that people need not rely on centralised platforms as much.

2. User control over data and identity

Users have more control over their digital identities and personal data, rather than giving that control to platforms by default.

3. Reduced intermediaries

Web 3.0 aims to cut out intermediaries by enabling people to interact, share, and make transactions directly, without needing a central platform to manage these actions.

4. Transparency by design

Many Web 3.0 systems are designed to make rules, transactions, and changes open and verifiable, rather than hidden within private systems.

5. Permissionless participation

Anyone can participate without approval from a central authority, provided they comply with the network’s rules.

6. Resilience and censorship resistance

The distribution of data and services increases the difficulty for any single entity to shut down platforms or completely silence users.

People often use the term Web 3.0 to refer to technologies such as cryptocurrencies, tokens, or blockchain-based finance. However, the main features listed above also make Web 3.0 useful in many areas, including supply chain management, gaming and the metaverse, healthcare, content creation and social media, intellectual property, and digital identity.


How Does Web 3.0 Work – A Brief Sneak Peek


At its core, Web 3.0 changes how information is stored and managed. Instead of storing data on servers owned by a single company, information is distributed across networks. The action is cryptographically signed by the user, verified by multiple participants, and recorded in a shared ledger that is difficult to alter. This structure reduces reliance on central intermediaries and makes manipulation or data abuse more difficult, while shifting greater control and responsibility to users. Although the technology driving Web 3.0 is complex, the primary goal is simple: to give users greater control and responsibility.


Web 3.0: An Emerging, Yet Unsettled, Part of the EU’s Digital Vision


Freedom, Democracy, and Respect for human rights have been the core pillars of the European Union since its inception. These principles have been a centre of discussion whenever policies are framed, and the digital space is no exception. The European Union has signalled a clear willingness to invest in the development of Web 3.0-relevant technologies through official strategies, infrastructure development, and research funding. The European Union is actively shaping the digital world by protecting users, ensuring fair competition, and defending fundamental rights.

A Few Examples:

  • The Commission’s blockchain and Web3 strategy outlines policy support, funding programmes, and legal frameworks to foster innovation in decentralised systems.
  • Web 3.0-aligned technologies are being evaluated for identity and credential management and secure data exchange.
  • EU funding programmes support projects on decentralised data, privacy-preserving technologies, and interoperability. (In recent times, 2016-2019, the EU invested 180 million Euros in a project called Horizon Europe, with grants expected to flow in the future as well)


Web 3.0 Is Still A probability, Not A Concrete Solution Yet.


However, the EU also values legal certainty, accountability, and consumer protection, which can be challenging to achieve in decentralised systems. As a result, the relationship between Web 3.0 and EU policy is still developing, reflecting both a willingness to innovate and a careful approach to potential risks. In this light, it is imperative to understand the complications and challenges associated with Web 3.0.

Challenges of Web 3.0:

  • Still in its nascent stage, the technology underlying Web 3.0 is complex and not widely known. Concepts such as private keys, smart contracts, wallets, and decentralised storage are still largely unfamiliar and challenging for non-tech-savvy users.
  • Centralised platforms outperform Web 3.0 due to easier user navigation. Influencing users to shift from a seamless platform to a complex option would require substantial investment in digital education and community building, as well as time.
  • Beneath the layers of immutable privacy structures, due to a decentralised mechanism for data sharing and storage, technologies such as Web 3.0 lack accountability systems. In the absence of a centralised moderation mechanism, addressing harmful or illegal content, misinformation, and responding to abuse becomes challenging. Once the content is stored, its removal becomes nearly impossible.
  • Protocols may be decentralised in theory, but small groups of developers or influential participants still influence many major decisions. This can recreate power imbalances similar to centralised platforms, undermining ideals of shared governance.
  • Although Web 3.0 may be emerging as a technical solution to censorship, it is critical to understand that technology alone cannot address deeper social and political issues. Issues such as governance, community norms, power dynamics, and regulatory compliance require broader approaches beyond code.
  • For less experienced users, the sole onus for online security, privacy, and data management, owing to greater control, could be overwhelming.


Looking ahead: between regulation and re-imagining


As Europe debates the future of its digital space, organisations such as European Digital Rights reiterate that technology alone does not secure freedom or fairness online. ERDi firmly believes that human rights, data protection, and democratic accountability should be the core of any discussion of new digital systems. From this perspective, Web 3.0 is neither a solution nor a threat in itself, but offers a new avenue of technological experimentation that must operate within existing legal frameworks and fundamental rights.

In the current political landscape, EU initiatives such as the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, and ongoing discussions around chat control and the Digital Omnibus reflect growing concern about platform dominance, surveillance, and the limits of the Web 2.0 model. These laws aim to correct structural harms through regulation, but also raise deeper questions about how digital infrastructures are designed and who ultimately holds power over them.

In this context, Web 3.0 can be seen as part of a broader conversation about decentralisation and user agency rather than a finished alternative. While its principles resonate with long-standing European Pirate values around privacy, autonomy, and resistance to excessive central control, decentralised technologies also risk creating new concentrations of power if left unchecked. EDRI’s cautious approach emphasises the need for civic interest control, civil society involvement, and robust safeguards.

The interaction between regulation and experimentation will likely shape Europe’s digital future. If approached critically and inclusively, discussions around Web 3.0 can help imagine an internet where innovation supports user rights, rather than undermining them.


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Live du 10/12 - Surveillance aux frontières

Cette semaine, nous avons parlé de la surveillance des frontières et du rôle que jouent les technologies numériques dans les politiques de contrôle et de répression des populations étrangères. Nous avons reçu Romain Lanneau (@statewatch) ainsi que Paloma et Pauline (Human Rights Observers).

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Ecco il nuovo logo di Citiverse.it: il forum dei luoghi e città integrato con il Fediverso


@fediverso

Siamo quasi giunti alla fine del 2025 che per noi è stato un anno molto importante.

Mentre si consolidano le nostre tre istanze federate poliverso.org, feddit.it e poliversity.it possiamo finalmente spingere per lo sviluppo della quarta istanza creata: citiverse.it

Citiverse.it è un progetto che stiamo portando avanti con pochissime risorse, ossia qualche donazione e, soprattutto, l'autofinanziamento da parte dei due promotori, ossia il progetto poliverso.org (by @informapirata ) e l'ecosistema che si è sviluppato intorno al sito @lealternative D'altra parte si tratta di un progetto molto ambizioso perché mira a creare uno spazio per gli utenti italiani che vogliono un'alternativa ai gruppi facebook locali.

Facebook infatti deve il proprio successo a diversi fattori, primo tra tutti l'effetto rete che rende più interessante un luogo in cui sono presenti "miliardi" di persone, ma il motivo per cui tanti utenti rimangono è l'ecosistema che si è creato che prevede la creazione e la fruizione di:

1) eventi
2) annunci di vendita
3) gruppi Facebook

Per i primi due aspetti abbiamo già delle alternative nel #Fediverso.

L'aspetto degli eventi è coperto da Mobilizon, una piattaforma sviluppata da Framasoft proprio per creare un'alternativa agli eventi Facebook e che in Italia è presente con il portale mobilizon.it; ma in Italia abbiamo anche le bacheche federate delle diverse istanze locali Gancio, che con un'interfaccia minimale possono consentire a chiunque di inserire un evento datato e geolocalizzato; infine Friendica consente ai suoi utenti di creare eventi che hanno lo stesso aspetto degli eventi Facebook e inoltre l'utente #Friendica è anche in grado di "vedere" nel proprio calendario gli eventi creati da #Mobilizon e #Gancio! Aggiungiamo che il plugin #EventBridge for #Wordpress consente già ora di federare i blog Wordpress che hanno attivato il plugin #Activitypub for Wordpress e uno dei plugin dedicati alla gestione dei calendari.

Per quanto riguarda invece gli annunci di vendita, il nuovo progetto Fedimercatino.it ha portato per la prima volta in Italia un server #Flohmarkt, un ambiente dedicato soprattutto al riuso in cui tutti gli utenti iscritti possono inserire il proprio annuncio di vendita (ma con un limite di prezzo impostato a 200 euro).

Per sostituire i gruppi Facebook abbiamo già messo a disposizione sia i gruppi Friendica, sia una intera piattaforma basata su Lemmy, feddit.it, appunto, ma questa soluzione non consentiva una gestione ottimale dei gruppi locali.

Con il server citiverse.it abbiamo finalmente dato una risposta valida a questa esigenza!


Citiverse.it è basato su #NodeBB, una piattaforma open source nata per i forum e che proprio nel suo design consente di cerare diverse categorie ramificate. Lo sviluppatore di NodeBB ha intrapreso un percorso di ricerca delle tecnologie possibili per cercare di trovare una soluzione che consentisse di mettere in connessione tutti i forum basati sulla sua piattaforma, in modo che un utente di un forum NodeBB potesse riuscire a leggere e commentare i contenuti di un altro forum NodeBB mantenendo il proprio account. Questa soluzione è stata trovata proprio grazie al protocollo Activitypub e oggi possiamo riconoscere che l'implementazione di Activitypub in NodeBB è il caso di successo più interessante di tutto il Fediverso, forse ancora più interessante del capolavoro che, grazie allo sforzo di Matthias Pfefferle, ha reso Wordpress la soluzione oggi più facile di creare un'istanza federata.

NodeBB ci ha sorpreso molto positivamente: le funzionalità complete di una piattaforma forum professionale si sono sposate benissimo con l'implementazione di Activitypub e le possibilità di federare utenti e gruppi (le "categorie" vengono tradotte proprio in gruppi, come le comunità Lemmy o i gruppi Friendica) sono incredibilmente performanti.

Oggi abbiamo quindi deciso di imprimere una forte accelerazione che viene simboleggiata dalla modifica del logo provvisorio che avevamo creato per citiverse.it e che oggi, pur mantenendo i vecchi colori, vuole trasmettere l'idea della territorialità, della localizzazione del Fediverso e della componente più importante oggi gestita, ossia quella dei luoghi e delle città.

Oggi l'utilizzo di citiverse.it consente una convergenza tra tipologie diverse di utenti, pur mantenendo alcune caratteristiche distinte:

1) chi si iscrive al forum, infatti può disporre di poteri di moderazione (che vanno richiesti agli amministratori) e può "visualizzare" la struttura alberata tipica del Forum; ma può anche interagire con altri utenti del Fediverso e può "iscriversi" ad altri gruppi Activitypub come i gruppi Friendica, le comunità Lemmy, i magazine Mbin o le riviste Flipboard;
2) gli utenti del Fediverso possono comunque utilizzare le categorie del forum: chi abita nel Fediverso dei gruppi (Lemmy, Mbin, Piefed, etc) può "iscriversi" alle categorie di Citiverse e creare o partecipare alle discussioni; chi abita nel Fediverso dei social (Mastodon, Friendica, Misskey, Pixelfed, etc) può invece "seguire" quelli che verranno mostrati come account di tipo "gruppo" e può crear un proprio thread semplicemente menzionando l'account corrispondente alla categoria, oltre naturalmente a seguire i singoli utenti del Forum!

Citiverse.it non è solo luoghi e città, ma presenta anche altre categorie, eppure il focus principale è sulle comunità locali e le associazioni locali; ci sono, è vero, anche categorie su temi di interesse generale, ma chiediamo a tutti gli utenti del Fediverso di valorizzare soprattutto le categorie locali, perché è da questo che dipenderà il successo dell'iniziativa e la sua "portata" nel Fediverso.

Oggi siamo arrivati a creare una novantina di città, tra province e alcune località più rilevanti, ma dobbiamo aggiungerne ancora una quarantina per completare le province e se avete qualche richiesta particolare, potete farci una richiesta. Abbiate fiducia!

Per questo progetto abbiamo investito le nostre risorse e il nostro tempo, perché riteniamo importante creare alternative: non abbiamo voluto creare citiverse.it per rinchiudere i "nostri" utenti sequestrandoli nel nostro forum, ma per offrire un servizio a tutti gli utenti italiani, sia quelli del nostro forum, sia quelli delle nostre istanze, sia quelli di tutte le istanze!

Quando utilizzate le categorie di citiverse.it ricordatevi di questo nostro sforzo e, dopo avere naturalmente sostenuto le istanze che vi ospitano, ricordatevi anche che un modo molto gradito di farci avere un riscontro positivo è quello di aiutarci nella campagna di autofinanziamento!

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Credo di aver parzialmente capito, sarebbe ideale poter visualizzare i gruppi semplicemente come comunità di lemmy/mastodon ecc semplicemente cercando "Roma", "Torino" eccetera!
Comunque ottimo lavoro, davvero una bella iniziativa!

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#JacquesBaud come #FrancescaAlbanese? Sanzioni personali per aver espresso, come studioso, opinioni eterodosse davanti a un pubblico di lettori: ne parla #ElenaBasile nel secondo articolo visibile qui.

Non è un organo giudiziario che dopo avere accertato i fatti e ascoltato la difesa di Baud condanna l’imputato alle sanzioni. È un organo esecutivo che colpisce un cittadino inerme senza dargli alcuna possibilità di difesa. A chi dovrebbe ricorrere Baud? Alla Corte europea per vedere rispettati i suoi diritti individuali cancellati dalle istituzioni europee? La Corte era stata in effetti concepita per proteggere a nome dell’Europa i cittadini europei contro il potere nazionale.
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Sicherheitsbehörden und Databroker: Bundesregierung macht Datenkauf zum Staatsgeheimnis


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Live du 17 décembre - Répression administrative : l'état d'urgence sans fin contre les musulman·es

Cette semaine, nous nous sommes attaqué aux techniques de répression utilisées par les services de renseignement contre les personnes musulmanes, à commencer par les assignations à résidence et l’utilisation de notes blanches pour les criminaliser. Nous avons reçu Mathilde Dabed (Legal Team Antiraciste), Rayan Freschi (CAGE International) et Nicolas Klausser (chercheur).

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Auszeichnung für unsere Chefredaktion: „netzpolitik.org war in diesem Jahr unverzichtbar“


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ResidentBat e il malware sul traghetto italiano nella nuova guerra ibrida dello spyware
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Interview mit Gutachter: „Spätestens jetzt sollte die Bundesdruckerei den Datenatlas öffentlich zugänglich machen“


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World Summit on the Information Society Conference Results


The UN has decided the fate of the Internet at the WSIS

Today, December 18, 2025 a major international conference has concluded at the UN HQ in NY with vast represcusions for the future of a free, global internet.

For the first time at this level, the UN explicitly admits: **”Digital Public Goods” are the foundation.**

The document clearly spells out support for:
* Open Source Software (OSS)
* Open Data
* Open AI models
* Open Standards

This is what Pirates have been shouting about for years! Knowledge and code must belong to humanity, not locked behind corporate paywalls. Copyright must not strangle progress.

The main fear was that governance of the Web would be handed over exclusively to states.

The resolution confirms decisions aren’t just made by the suits in ministries

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is now a permanent UN institution!

While there are positives that came out of the event, there are also texts we need to carefully observe.

1. **”Sovereign Equality of States” (Para 4):**
Human rights do not end where a state’s IP address range begins.

2. **”Security” vs Freedom:**
Lots of words about cybersecurity and “malicious acts.” We know how often total surveillance and encryption backdoors are implemented under the pretext of fighting “fakes” and “cyber threats.”

3. **The Digital Divide:**
A third of the world is still offline. The UN promises to connect everyone, but if that connection is to a fenced-off, censored intranet then access is worthless.

The resolution opens doors for PPI:

* We will continue to participate in the IGF!
* We will push for Open Source
* We will defend encryption and anonymity.

We look forward to updating you more about our activities at the IGF next year, as well as future conferences about the global governance of the internet.


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Mercredi 17 décembre - Répression administrative : l’État d'urgence sans fin contre les musulman·es

La semaine prochaine, on s’attaquera aux techniques de répression utilisées par les services de renseignement contre les personnes musulmanes, à commencer par les assignations à résidence et l’utilisation de notes blanches pour les criminaliser.


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On démarre d'un instant à l'autre ! laquadrature.net/donner/#live
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Le ministre de l'intérieur a confirmé ce matin que les mégas fichiers du « Traitement d'antécédents judiciaires » (TAJ) et du « Fichier des personnes recherchées » (FPR) ont bien été compromis et que des données ont été volées. La Quadrature du Net s'alarme d'une catastrophe annoncée depuis la création de ces fichiers et dénonce les conséquences dangereuses que pose l'existence d'un tel système disproportionné de surveillance. ⬇️
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bonjour, où avez-vous lu cette information ? j'ai fait quelques recherches mais je n'ai rien trouvé 🙁


Lead the Party!


We are electing our Pirate Council in February. Positions include Captain, First Officer, Quartermaster, PR/Media Director, Activism Director, Swarmwise Director, Web/Info Director, three Arbitrators and two representatives to the US Pirate Party.

If you are interested in throwing your hat in for any of these positions, nominations are open on-line until end of day Friday, January 30th. Before you do, become a member, join our activists email list, and read our Articles of Agreement and Code of Conduct.

Ballots will be sent out by February 13th and are due back by February 27th. We will use the same voting mechanism we used in our previous election. Voters will be emailed a randomly generated id that only the voter will know. Once the election is done, we will delete the ids. In this way, we can ensure that only supporters can vote, while also maintaining the secrecy of votes.

We look forward to multiple candidates for all positions.


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Aufwachsen im Internet: „Die Verantwortung für alles, was auf dem Kinderhandy passiert, liegt bei den Eltern”


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Le projet de loi sur les Jeux Olympiques d’hiver qui auront lieu en 2030 dans les Alpes est discuté en ce moment à l’Assemblée nationale. Il prévoit notamment le retour de l’expérimentation de vidéosurveillance algorithmique (VSA) jusqu’en 2027. Nous le répéterons tant qu’il faudra : cette technologie de surveillance et d’analyse de nos comportements doit être interdite.

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Le braquage du Louvre a aussi été l’occasion pour l’industrie de faire croire que la VSA aurait pu l’empêcher (spoiler : non) tandis que les villes et collectivités, qui continuent d’utiliser cette technologie dans l’illégalité et l’opacité, jouent des prochaines élections municipales pour mettre en avant ces logiciels.
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L’État français et l’industrie sécuritaire ne se sont jamais vraiment cachés de vouloir rendre acceptable et légitimer doucement la VSA avec, à terme, l’objectif de légaliser la reconnaissance faciale. Mais cette stratégie des « petits pas » que nous dénonçons depuis le début a laissé place à des enjambées d’éléphants.
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Face à l’accélération de cette offensive sécuritaire sur l’espace public et à la généralisation de la surveillance algorithmique de nos corps, il faut s’organiser et refuser collectivement ces technologies. Retrouvez ressources, brochures, vidéos pour s’informer et s’opposer à la VSA sur laquadrature.net/vsa/
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Nous suivrons les débats du projet de loi JO 2030 même si la composition de l’Assemblée Nationale laisse présager peu de résistance à l’adoption de ce texte. Pour nous aider dans ce combat, n’hésitez pas à nous faire un don : laquadrature.net/donner/
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on pourra quand même porter des masques COVID ? Faudra qu'on s'habille tous pareil aussi. Et toutes les données, ils font en faire quoi ? Les stocker pour les hackers comme toutes nos autres données ?



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Su #Chatcontrol si può scrivere ai rappresentanti che siedono nel parlamento europeo seguendo le indicazioni o usando il modulo che si trova qui.

Forse vale la pena di aggiungere al testo predisposto una menzione dell'articolo 15 della costituzione italiana, che spiega come trovare l'ago nel pagliaio senza trattare tutte le pagliuzze come se fossero aghi.


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Guerra e tecnocontrollo: un combinato disposto


ChatControl, i suoi parenti ed il Digital Omnibus sono figli fortemente voluti dal Consiglio Europeo, scritti e formalizzati dalla Commissione Europea in modo tale che siano “digeribili” dal Parlamento Europeo senza che scatti l’indignazione dei più.

Sono provvedimenti così liberticidi che persino nelle formulazioni più edulcorate possibili, persino nell'attuale Parlamento Europeo non particolarmente progressista, non sono stati posti in votazione perché, con consultazioni informali si era verificato che il provvedimento sarebbe stato probabilmente respinto.


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Max Schrems: "Per quanto riguarda la protezione dei dati, la Germania è ormai più vicina alla Silicon Valley che al resto dell'UE."

Il #GDPR può essere riformato, ma in un modo completamente diverso da quello attualmente pianificato dall'UE. In questa intervista, Schrems spiega perché non ripone più alcuna fiducia nelle autorità di controllo e perché le sue proposte di riforma sono sostenute persino dai conservatori

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Trump’s BBC lawsuit is nonsense, like his others


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

New York, Dec. 16, 2025 — President Donald Trump on Monday followed through on his threats to sue the BBC over its editing of his remarks on Jan. 6, 2021, for a documentary.

The following can be attributed to Seth Stern, director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF):

“If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list. By my count, Trump has demanded at least $65 billion in damages from media outlets in lawsuits filed since his second term started — almost nine times his current estimated net worth, according to Forbes.

“The U.S. has laws in place to restrict litigation by prisoners, the most powerless people in our society, because of their supposed propensity to file bad faith litigation. Meanwhile, the most powerful man in the world gets away with filing more nonsense lawsuits than practically anyone, incarcerated or otherwise.

“Perhaps the interview edit in question wasn’t the BBC’s best work. The BBC has acknowledged that. But U.S. defamation law is compensatory, not punitive. You don’t get to call out any alleged journalistic blunder and demand $10 billion.

“It’s preposterous for Trump to claim those damages when he won the 2024 election and hasn’t lost a penny because of the BBC’s editing. It’s also absurd for him to claim associating him with January 6 is defamatory after he spent years insisting nothing bad happened that day and then pardoned those involved. And it’s similarly outrageous that his claims are based on supposedly damaging implications of his using the word “fight.” He sells T-shirts with that word on them.

“Putting aside the incoherence of Trump claiming election interference damages for an election he won, his damages theory also concedes that he views the presidency as a personal profit-making venture.

“Fortunately for the BBC, we’ve seen this movie before. Caving to Trump gets you nothing. Plus, Trump’s hand is considerably weaker than in the past — his authoritarian censorship antics are increasingly unpopular. People are tired of his thin-skinned bully tactics. The only way for the BBC to preserve its journalistic integrity is to fight back.”

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DSGVO-Reform: „Beim Datenschutz ist Deutschland inzwischen dem Silicon Valley näher als dem Rest der EU“


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Since @jaromil discovered #LongfellowZK in late 2024, he's become passionate about establishing and maintaining a European distribution for this system and facilitating contributions to it. Additionally, he aims to develop a circuit programming language that makes the technology accessible, auditable, and reusable within the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI).

Read all about the meaning of this in his latest entry to the Think & Do tank!

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Sanità cyber risk: l’attacco a ASL 1 de L’Aquila? Ora i pazienti chiedono il risarcimento
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Report: Most journalist detainments this year are at protests


As of Dec. 15, the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker has documented 32 detainments or charges against journalists in the U.S. — 28 of those at immigration-related protests — according to a new report released by the Freedom of Press Foundation (FPF) project this week.

The report notes how, unlike most years, the majority of journalists were released without charges or had them soon dropped, with law enforcement instead focusing on deterring news gathering rather than pursuing charges.



Tracker Senior Reporter Stephanie Sugars, who authored the report, said it was “shocking” to see the sharp increase in the number of journalists released without being charged.

“While perhaps a sign that officers know the journalists cannot be charged as protesters, each detention pulls eyes and ears from often chaotic protest scenes, and that may well be the point,” Sugars said.

For journalist Dave Decker, being arrested at an anti-deportation demonstration in Miami last month and held in custody for more than 30 hours was a way to “put the brakes on press freedom,” he told the Tracker.

“News is only news for a couple of hours, when it’s breaking like that,” Decker said. “I would say that there were no wires out there, there were no local people, there were no stand-ups, no TV, no helicopter. There was none of that there. So I was literally the only journalist out there. They effectively stopped the news from getting out.”

In 2025, more than 30 journalists were detained or charged for doing their jobs.


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2026 Pirate National Conference comes to Boston!


Reposted from the US Pirate Party.

Weeks of voting has come to a conclusion, and it is official: Boston, MA will be the host city for the 2026 Pirate National Conference, taking place on June 6th, 2026.

A single round knockout elimination tournament featuring twelve cities has concluded with Boston defeating fellow finalist city Vicksburg, MS.

The following cities, in addition to Vicksburg, shall remain in permanent consideration for a future conference host city:

  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Chicago, IL
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • Louisville, KY
  • Mobile, AL
  • New Orleans, LA
  • Plattsburgh, NY
  • Portland, OR
  • Providence, RI
  • San Francisco, CA*
  • Seattle, WA


*San Francisco was host city for the 2025 Pirate National Conference and thus was not in consideration for the 2026 conference
We promised a conference on a boat, and by hell or high water, we will get ourselves a conference on a boat.

Boston being selected as host city not only provides us with an instantly recognizable location, but one so deeply entrenched in U.S. history and struggles against tyranny.

As well, this allows us to honor the Massachusetts Pirate Party properly. The MAPP features some of the hardest working and most dedicated Pirates in the country, so having our conference, one which will mark twenty years of the United States Pirate Party, in their home state is fitting.

There wouldn’t be a twenty years old Pirate Party in existence today without the work of the Massachusetts Pirate Party. For that, I could not think of a more perfect setting.

We look forward to providing you with more details about our conference as the weeks go on. In the meantime, we look forward to seeing you in Boston (or online, since it’s a in-person-online hybrid conference).

Boston, Victory is Arrrs.


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The 2026 Pirate National Conference will be hosted in Boston, MA!


Weeks of voting has come to a conclusion, and it is official: Boston, MA will be the host city for the 2026 Pirate National Conference, taking place on June 6th, 2026.

A single round knockout elimination tournament featuring twelve cities has concluded with Boston defeating fellow finalist city Vicksburg, MS.

The following cities, in addition to Vicksburg, shall remain in permanent consideration for a future conference host city:

  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Chicago, IL
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • Louisville, KY
  • Mobile, AL
  • New Orleans, LA
  • Plattsburgh, NY
  • Portland, OR
  • Providence, RI
  • San Francisco, CA*
  • Seattle, WA


*San Francisco was host city for the 2025 Pirate National Conference and thus was not in consideration for the 2026 conference
We promised a conference on a boat, and by hell or high water, we will get ourselves a conference on a boat.

Boston being selected as host city not only provides us with an instantly recognizable location, but one so deeply entrenched in U.S. history and struggles against tyranny.

As well, this allows us to honor the Massachusetts Pirate Party properly. The MAPP features some of the hardest working and most dedicated Pirates in the country, so having our conference, one which will mark twenty years of the United States Pirate Party, in their home state is fitting.

There wouldn’t be a twenty years old Pirate Party in existence today without the work of the Massachusetts Pirate Party. For that, I could not think of a more perfect setting.

We look forward to providing you with more details about our conference as the weeks go on. In the meantime, we look forward to seeing you in Boston (or online, since it’s a in-person-online hybrid conference).

Boston, Victory is Arrrs.


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