🚨 The EU-Singapore #DigitalTradeAgreement may pose risks to our #FundamentalRights because of prohibitions on access to source code and data flows– we sounded the alarm together with @beuc and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
🫱🏾🫲🏻 Trade deals build bridges but they must do so while protecting people's rights.
Watch the video and read our statement to find out why we're concerned ⤵️
beuc.eu/news/joint-push-consum…
Joint push from consumer, worker and digital rights groups on EU-Singapore digital trade risks
As discussions on the EU-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement (DTA) continue, BEUC has teamed up with ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation), and EDRi (European Digital Rights) shed a light on the potential privacy risks the agreement poses to consum…BEUC
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EDRi
in reply to EDRi • • •✅ The Commission's decision makes the power of EU's digital rulebook clear
❌ The low fines may not be enough to get #BigTech companies like Meta and Apple to change
❓The Commission decision declared Meta's binary hashtag#PayOrOkay model unlawful, but did not give a final decision on the so-called 'third alternative' with 'less personalised ads'
It's great to see the #DMA in action, protecting our #FundamentalRights from tech corporations' voracious, profit-driven motives 🤩
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Kethianna
in reply to EDRi • • •Nemo_bis 🌈
in reply to Kethianna • • •@Kethianna You mean, by creating rents for the landed gentry proportional to the amount of (digital) land they hoarded? Better not.
We already have a good approach, @NGIZero and #NLnet. Just need to scale it up by two or three orders of magnitude.
Kethianna
in reply to Nemo_bis 🌈 • • •didn't know about NGI zero initiative from NLnet foundation. Thanks for the info - just looked it up.
Yeah, it needs to be upscaled by at least thrice the current amount.
KarlE
in reply to EDRi • • •Personally, I feel that hundreds of millions are quite substantial, and they could be repeated if violations persist.