💥 𝗙𝗢𝗦𝗗𝗘𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺 💥
📣 We are inviting you to submit your proposals for talks and panel discussions about #FreeSoftware related legal or policy topics
⏳ Deadline: Sunday 1 December at 23:59 AoE .
📝 pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2025…
More info: fsfe.org/news/2024/news-202411…
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The latest hashtag #EDRigram is here! Read about:
🔥 the EU-US hashtag#DataPrivacy framework under fire
🇩🇪 a German petition calling for right to 'a life without digital coercion'
🇬🇧 UK Home Office's electronic monitoring programme expansion with more intrusive tech
... and more ⤵️ edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-20…
What has the EDRis network been up to over the past two weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our bi-weekly newsletter.European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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🎧 Software Freedom Podcast: new episode 🎧
In this episode we focus on the 27 million euros cut of funding of the @EC_NGI initiative.
🤔 Wanna know more? Alex and Bonnie shed some light on the history of this European project and share the newest developments in this case.
fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-…
#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware
Join this new episode of our Software Freedom podcast in which Bonnie Mehring and Alexander Sander discussing current topics affecting Free Software in the...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
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BGH tedesco: risarcimento GDPR per perdita di controllo
noyb accoglie con favore l'importante decisione di ieri della Corte Federale di Giustizia tedesca in un caso Facebook
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Il post completo di Christian Bernieri è sul suo blog: garantepiracy.it/blog/dark-pat…
Tempo di lettura: 12 minuti... circa. Cara Mercedes Benz (di seguito MB), guido con piacere i vostri veicoli, li costruite proprio bene e vanno che è un
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Datenverlust = Entschädigungszahlung💸. Nur so lernen Datenkraken wie Zuckerberg's Facebook dazu, das selbst vor einer eigenmächtigen #Chatkontrolle nicht zurückschreckt.
Checke jetzt, ob Facebook deine Daten geleakt hat und du Entschädigung bekommst: test.de/Facebook-Datenpanne-Sc…
Sind Sie Opfer einer Datenpanne bei Facebook? Stiftung Warentest zeigt die Chancen auf Schmerzensgeld.Christoph Herrmann (Stiftung Warentest)
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By Chuma Akana, Former FPF Global Privacy Summer Fellow and Mercy King’ori, FPF Policy Analyst, Global Privacy The African Union (AU) Executive Council, composed of representatives of the 55 African Member States, approved the highly anticipated AU A…Future of Privacy Forum
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💥💥 Call For Participation
Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom at #FOSDEM 2025 💥💥
🗓️ 1 Feb
🔸 CfP DEADLINE: 1 Dec at 23:59 AoE
💻 pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2025…
The Legal & Policy dev room invites hackers, developers, contributors,
lawyers, and decision-makers alike to share their knowledge with the community.
Submitting your proposals for 25 or 50 minutes talks or panels about FOSS-related legal
or policy topics on intermediate to advanced level.
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Il post completo di Christian Bernieri è sul suo blog: garantepiracy.it/blog/cina-il-…
Questo tafiletto contiene tutto il peggio a cui può portare il trattamento selvaggio di dati personali. Mi immagino la telefonata: "Pronto?" - "Ni Hao, la chiamo da parte del Governo, la esortiamo a mettere al mondo più figli. Se non
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📢 Anche quest'anno gli studenti del 2° anno dell'ITS Academy LAST sono stati nostri ospiti a SFSCON!
🔗🤝 La collaborazione con Edulife e ITS Academy Last continua con entusiasmo: il team FSFE li ha guidati nella scelta dei talk da seguire.
💻 Gli studenti del 1° anno inizieranno presto lezioni online sul Software Libero e il copyright.
Pronti per un'altra edizione di condivisione e conoscenza!
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🔗🤝 The partnership with ITS Academy Last and the Edulife Foundation continues!
📢ITS second year students participated in @sfscon 2024 with official greetings & recommendation of talks to attend by the FSFE Team.
💻And soon, the first year students will engage in a series of online lessons to further develop their learning of basic legal concepts such as copyright law and licensing.
#SFSCON #SoftwareLibero #Edulife #FSFE #ITSLast #freesoftware
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NSO Group ha utilizzato exploit di WhatsApp dopo che l'app di messaggistica ha citato in giudizio lo sviluppatore dello spyware, secondo quanto riportato dagli atti depositati in tribunale
La documentazione lascia intendere anche che i clienti hanno un ruolo minimo nell'utilizzo dello spyware, in apparente contraddizione con le precedenti affermazioni di NSO Group.
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The filing also suggests that customers have a minimal role in operating the spyware, in an apparent contradiction of past NSO Group claims.Matt Bracken (CyberScoop)
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🎁 Tired of getting presents you don’t need? This festive season, turn generosity into impact! 🌟
Ask your friends and family to skip the shopping and donate to a cause you care about instead.
Support our work so we can continue empowering people to control technology ❤️
Spread the word and ask your loved ones to make a donation: fsfe.org/support
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Heute vor einem Jahr haben wir im Ausschuss für bürgerliche Freiheiten, Justiz und Inneres (LIBE) des EU-Parlaments eine fraktionsübergreifende Position gegen anlasslose Chatkontrolle beschlossen.Patrick Breyer
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💥 REUSE Specification 3.3 and REUSE tool 5.0.0 released today 💥
fsfe.org/news/2024/news-202411…
👀 #REUSE provides all the tools and documentation that developers need to apply standards-compliant and comprehensive licensing information to their projects, without needing to be a legal expert
#softwarefreedom #freesoftware
REUSE Specification 3.3 and REUSE tool 5.0.0 are released today, making it even easier to license your code as Free Software. REUSE provides all the tools ...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
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📣 EU consultation confirms: long-term funding for #FreeSoftware is needed!
After our call to action, hundreds of answers highlight the need for sustainable funding for #SoftwareFreedom in Europe.
Read more here: fsfe.org/news/2024/news-202411…
The FSFE called on the community to participate in a consultation on the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme and demanded long-term sustainable fundi...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
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8/9 The biggest loser of the night was arguably the planet, with "clean & green" being the new buzzwords 🌎
The appetite for more data & more processing was clear, with markets put ahead of climate goals.
"Innovation" is built on the graveyard of climate justice 🪦
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🔥 We're back with our final hot takes for the new EU Commissiners.
In a few minutes, MEPs will scrutinise the nominee for Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen.
Virkkunen is up for one of the biggest portfolios, full of #digital and #tech topics. Follow along...🧵
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What do we want to see?
Virkkunen must protect the integrity of EU digital communication tools like #encryption.
We hope to see protections for the open internet & net neutrality, action toward #climatejustice, & against #surveillance ads, digital exclusion & technosolutionism.
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🚨 Henna Virkkunen is now LIVE, but the question remains: will MEPs genuinely grill her? Or will she get only a light toasting, like many of the Commissioner-designates before her?
Join us as we find out over the next three hours...⏱️
had to change language to ”original audio” to get anything.
But still keeps cutting off, i have to restart the stream every few minutes.
Do you have a youtube stream of this hearing?
If you publish one after it’s done, I’d be very interested in a link, thanks!
@gimulnautti Just to be clear, we're not streaming this, the Parliament is: elections.europa.eu/european-c…
And they said they will be posting a recording after it's over 😀
Appointment of the European Commission 2024-2029 - Find out about the confirmation hearing of Henna VirkkunenEuropean Parliament Website
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Commissioner-designate Virkkunen falls into the trope claiming that digitalisation will provide a solution to all problems, from the #TwinTransition for the #climatecrisis, to improving public services and healthcare.
But what about its exclusionary effects, #AlgorithmicBias and #discrimination? 🤔
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Virkkunnen promises to ensure that market players take responsibility in keeping online spaces safe for children.
We can only hope that she means having a more holistic approach to this, and not through blanket bans and ‘privacy-preserving’ #AgeVerification systems 😬
The tech hype bingo has started with quantum, AI factories, digital innovation for public services...🤦🏽
But will #HumanRights and tech's ecological impact be considered?
Given what we are hearing so far from Commissioner-designate Virkkunen, it will come last - if at all ☹️ ❌
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SuperTuesdays are now a thing, and so are safe online environments for minors?!
We are glad that Virkkunnen stresses her commitment to #DSA enforcement and guidelines. Fingers crossed she continues this balanced approach to protection online, after highlighting the positive impacts of online spaces and not only focusing on the scares.
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Two far-right European Parliament groups have brought out the tired trope that #EU's platform regulation rules amount to censorship.
They fail to see that #HateSpeech =/= #FreeSpeech 🙅🏽♀️
Virkkunen's responses are an attempt to defend the #DSA, but we'd have liked to hear a stronger reply.
Denying reality? 🧐
Commissioner-designate Virkunnen says she and the EU_Commission support #OpenSource tools and development.
But the Commission recently cut funding for open-source software out of Horizon 2025 funding.
Read more from @fsfe ⤵️ edri.org/our-work/european-com…
The Next Generation Internet initiative has supported Free Software projects with funding and technical assistance since 2018.European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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S&D MEP Alex Saliba calls on Virkkunen to commit to protecting #GDPR & #encryption, achieving the goals of #ePrivacy, and tackling #spyware 👏
🚨 Her response, sadly, says very little, and doesn't assuage our concerns of deregulation & attacks on vital #DataProtection rules.
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Barack Obama’s visit to Berlin may have sparked a wave of commentary and analysis, but it was an offhand remark from German Chancellor Angela Merkel that gave birth to a meme.Park MacDougald (Foreign Policy)
Responding to the Left's question about #cybersecurity, Virkkunen emphasises that our information & data must be safe in the digital world, that the #GDPR is crucial, and that - wait for it - the Commission has been very focused on cybersecurity in recent years 🤔
Hasn't she heard of #ChatControl? edri.org/our-work/most-critici…
An unprecedentedly broad range of stakeholders have raised concerns that despite its important aims, the measures proposed in the draft EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation are fundamentally incompatible with human rights.European Digital Rights (EDRi)
To our horror, a far-right MEP asked Henna Virkkunen
if she considers herself up to the task or a 'token woman' candidate 😠
Worse, Virkkunen fails to address sexist comments, choosing instead to take the hit.
A sad day for those who have been accused of being ‘diversity hires’ and ‘quota hires’ who are way more competent than this display of right-wing machismo 🙅🏽♀️
S&D MEP Eero Heinaluoma presses the Commissioner-designate for a commitment to the open internet & to upholding #NetNeutrality.
Virkkunen's limited answer speaks volumes: network fees might be coming, despite warnings from #DigitalRights groups 🚨
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Virkkunen acknowledges that access to the internet remains a challenge for many Europeans.
But speeding up infrastructure investments and updating the 2030 Digital Decade targets will NOT address the root cause of digital exclusion and ensure offline access to public services 🙅🏽♀️
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Virkkunen supports the uptake of #AI in public services and considers the #AIAct a sufficient safeguard.
She missed a crucial opportunity to acknowledge the many gaps in the #AIAct and that we need much more to protect our #FundamentalRights.
Read an analysis of the AI Act by civil society ⤵️ edri.org/our-work/eu-ai-act-fa…
A round-up of how the EU AI Act fares against the collective demands of a broad civil society coalition that advocated for prioritising the protection of fundamental human rights in the law.European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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Renew Europe's McNamara warns about Germany's post-AIAct push for biometric #MassSurveillance and the risks of the NationalSecurity exemption in the #AIAct.
In response, Virkkunen merely describes the implementation plan of #AIAct, without committing to a #HumanRights focused enforcement.
Looks like she's even worse than Christine Albanel, known for "OpenOffice (and M$office) firewall"…
That's must be a be a politician thing to open their mouth about shit they know nothing about, to defend abusive business pratices, with the stupidest arguments they can come up with… It's quite amazing… 🤔
@aral
I have. They have funded #StreetComplete with a lot of features: github.com/streetcomplete/Stre…
Which is now lost and #ios support will come later, maybe.
Also many other @NGIZero / @ngi projects were AFAIK funded by that. #ngi #projectHorizon
And you can or could advocate, to keep it!
@edri @kik1 @fsfe
This ticket is something like the master ticket to coordinate development on an iOS port of StreetComplete. It replaces #1892 which also included a lot of discussion and research / observation work...GitHub
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Annunci: Meta vuole essere "meno illegale", ma molto più fastidioso...
Nella battaglia sull'uso illegale dei dati personali per la pubblicità, Meta ha annunciato un'altra variazione: Questa volta Meta proverà annunci "meno personalizzati", che potrebbero infastidire gli utenti e indurli ad acconsentire.
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Annunci: Meta è orgoglioso di essere "meno illegale", ma presto più fastidioso
Nella battaglia sull'uso illegale dei dati personali per la pubblicità, Meta ha annunciato un'altra variazione: Questa volta Meta proverà annunci "meno personalizzati", che potrebbero infastidire gli utenti e indurli ad acconsentire.
mr12 November 2024
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Il post completo di Christian Bernieri è sul suo blog: garantepiracy.it/blog/ricette-…
Mi sa che il giornalismo sgombro ha colpito ancora. Ma quale whatsapp? Per favore, siamo seri e non diciamo vaccate!
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Il post completo di Christian Bernieri è sul suo blog: garantepiracy.it/blog/trasloco…
Il sito Garantepiracy.it ha traslocato. Alcuni avranno notato che tra sabato e domenica, per alcune ore, il sito è rimasto irraggiungibile. I più attenti mi hanno anche scritto e voglio ringraziare di cuore ognuno per averlo fatto: con amici così, i servizi di monitoraggio dei…
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First day of #sfscon24 was a blast!!! We attended really interesting talks, learned about #freesoftware projects and engaged in fruitful discussions. We also enjoyed a yummy regional lunch and our traditional pizza evening at the FSFE 
booth.. and 🍦🍨.
If you are coming today, don't forget to say hi and get some stickers at our booth!
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Prendo spunto da un recente fatto di cronaca,
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Vim developer Bram Moolenaar posthumously receives the European SFS Award at @sfscon 🚀🚀
More info: fsfe.org/news/2024/news-202411…
#freesoftware #softwarefreedom #sfscon24
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and Linux User Group Bolzano-Bozen (LUGBZ) posthumously honored Bram Moolenaar, creator of the widely used Vim t...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
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Ready for #sfscon24 ? Most of the has just arrived in Bolzano among them @johas @floriansnow @Tobias @llas @dario @lnceballos (and ready to meet with the rest 😉)
See you tomorrow at NOI park! Can't wait to get into fruitful discussions with all of you!!🚀
Don't forget to visit our booth between talks! We came with our hands full of merch, stickers , and more! ‼️
Safe trip to everyone who is still on their way to @sfscon
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#Ampel-Aus: Mit einer #GroKo drohen entfesselte biometrische #Massenüberwachung, flächendeckende #Vorratsdatenspeicherung und #Chatkontrolle.
Innenpolitiker von #NieMehrSPD und #NieMehrCDU wie #Faeser sind überzeugte #Grundrechtsterroristen!
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Bei allem Support für mehr Bürger*innenrechte, bitte überdenke deine Wortwahl und Hashtag „Grundrechtsterroristen“.
Nicht alles, was einem falsch vorkommt, ist „Terrorismus“. Damit übernimmst du ein Framing aus einer ganz anderen politischen Ecke.
Arbeite bitte unbedint weiter gegen Massenüberwachung und VDS – aber mach dir nicht die Krieg- & Kampf- & Untergangs-Sprache gemein – danke.
La dichiarazione sulle raccomandazioni del gruppo ad alto livello sull'accesso ai dati per un'applicazione efficace della legge sottolinea che i diritti fondamentali devono essere salvaguardati quando le autorità di contrasto accedono ai dati personali delle persone fisiche. Pur sostenendo l'obiettivo di un'efficace attività di contrasto, l'EDPB sottolinea che alcune delle raccomandazioni del gruppo ad alto livello potrebbero causare gravi intrusioni nei confronti dei diritti fondamentali, in particolare il rispetto della vita privata e della vita familiare.Pur prendendo atto con soddisfazione della raccomandazione, l'EDPB può portare alla creazione di condizioni di parità in materia di conservazione dei dati, ma ritiene che un obbligo ampio e generale di conservazione dei dati in forma elettronica da parte di tutti i fornitori di servizi creerebbe un'interferenza significativa con i diritti delle persone fisiche. Pertanto, l'EDPB si chiede se ciò soddisferebbe i requisiti di necessità e proporzionalità della Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell'UE e della giurisprudenza della CGUE.
Nella sua dichiarazione, l'EDPB sottolinea inoltre che le raccomandazioni relative alla cifratura non dovrebbero impedirne l'uso né indebolire l'efficacia della protezione che fornisce. Ad esempio, l'introduzione di un processo lato client che consenta l'accesso remoto ai dati prima che siano crittografati e inviati su un canale di comunicazione, o dopo che siano decifrati presso il destinatario, in pratica indebolirebbe la crittografia. Preservare la protezione e l'efficacia della cifratura è importante per evitare ripercussioni negative sul rispetto della vita privata e della riservatezza e per garantire che siano salvaguardate la libertà di espressione e la crescita economica, che dipendono da tecnologie affidabili.
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PS: qualcuno ha notato le differenze tra la versione inglese e quella italiana?
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1/7 Good evening from Brussels! 🌃
Following a 3 hours, fairly wobbly hearing, here are EDRi's key takeaways for what MEPs' questions and Brunner's answers mean for #DigitalHumanRights ⬇️
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7/7 Lastly, for fans of evidence-based and transparent lawmaking🔎, the hearing was bad news.
Despite a push from several MEPs, Brunner said he could not commit to producing Impact Assessments for all his future proposals. #transparency
We're live (again)! This time, following nominee for #EU Home Affairs Commissioner, Magnus Brunner by the European Parliament's Civil Liberties committee.
Join us here or on Twitter.
Hearing livestreamed at: elections.europa.eu/european-c…
Appointment of the European Commission 2024-2029 - Find out about the confirmation hearing of Magnus BrunnerEuropean Parliament Website
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If confirmed, Brunner would lead DG HOME, the Commission unit that'll propose laws on data retention, encryption & other surveillance issues.
In short, the topics most relevant to EDRi's mission to stop discriminatory & arbitrary #StateSurveillance will fall to him!
As Commissioner, he would have the opportunity to ensure that #AIAct implementation follows international human rights standards for people at EU borders, and to protect encryption from chat control or the #GoingDark group.
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Brunner's opening is a practiced exercise in balance & euphemism. He puts forward a "firm" approach to migration & "returns", and sets his top priority as developing an EU Internal Security Strategy. He's open to "new ideas" for the Migration Pact (EU-speak for externalisation).
He simultaneously posits himself as a champion of rights: "We must manage our border the #EuropeanWay, in full compliance with fundamental rights". BUT...
🚨 Policing the net: the MEP grilling kicks off with the Conservatives asking about organised crime.
Brunner points to the recommendations of an EU police group called #GoingDark (which has been strongly criticised by EDRi). Despite a nod to the importance of upholding CJEU case law, he makes a deeply worrying comment about obliging companies to break online anonymity. We'll be watching with concern 👀
Read EDRi's analysis of the Going Dark group here: edri.org/our-work/high-level-g…
On 13 June, the Justice and Home Affairs Council, composed of EU Member States’ ministers of the Interior, will discuss the recommendations of the High-Level Group (HLG) on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement (“Going Dark”).European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Better regulation: it's good to see Greens MEP Saskia Bricmont challenge the Commission's systemic failure to fulfill their own 'better regulation' commitments for Home Affairs laws, e.g. no Impact Assessments for the Facilitators package.
But worryingly, Brunner says this will not be possible in all cases, and that he cannot make such a commitment to future Impact Assessments.
Europol: Bricmont also rightfully points out that the Commission still has not delivered the evaluation of #Europol's 2016 reform - 2 years after the deadline. When can we expect it then, she asks? Brunner remains silent, declining to commit that procedural problems would be rectified.
Meanwhile the Commission has since put forward two (!) mandate reforms massively expanding Europol's powers, rubber-stamping the agency's rogue data handling & without solid evidence.
Privacy: 2+ hrs into the hearing, protecting #encryption, #privacy & stopping #spyware are finally raised, thanks to S&D's Kaljurand. But Brunner's response pits safety against privacy - a common trope of the outgoing Commissioner.
What's more, despite an outright ask for him to commit to protecting #E2EEncryption, Brunner skirts the question. A silver lining? He compliments the Parliament's position on the #CSAReg, which rejected the Commission's mass surveillance and encryption-breaking plans
Europol: Brunner says he shares the Conservative group's view of #Europol as a "success story" and its wish that the agency becomes "more operative & effective" in the future. How? With a bigger budget and double the staff.
This massively disregards the agency's repetitive illegal data collection & storage, its constant disrespect for people's right to access to their data, its responsibility in perpetuating racism in policing tech tools - all documented here: s.42l.fr/NlFSuK8I
This document pool gathers all the relevant documentation regarding Europol’s powers and legislative reforms, critical analysis and research as well as tools for action.European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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Border Management: Renew MEP Joveva asks how the Commissioner-designate will **concretely** protect privacy in cross-border data exchanges and use of AI for border management.
Brunner fends off the question by joking around. Did he not do his homework to prep this hearing? 🫠
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Moreover, Brunner seemed to deliberately ignore Gregorová first question on spyware, despite it being clear as water: "How will you make sure that the EP PEGA Committee recommendations are followed?".
Brunner's answer was a VERY loud - and telling - silence.
IIRC the .nl spooks recently made a similar statement.
At this point, I don't even care *why* #chatcontrol gets shot down (it should've been an utter non-starter from the beginning), just that it gets shot down and hard ...
1/8 As the European Parliament hearing of the Justice Commissioner-designate wraps up, what stood out the most for us from a #digital #HumanRights perspective?
It was a pretty smooth three hours for Michael McGrath but here are the points that caught our attention ... 🧵
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Lastly from us, if elected, the Commissioner-designate says he would welcome engagement with #civilsociety 👏🏽
Mr. McGrath, look out for @edri!
📣 November newsletter📣
Our team heads to Bolzano for #SFSCON, still thrilled by the inspiring 2024 Youth Hacking 4 Freedom award ceremony! 🤩
We’ve also launched a new page to keep you updated on the latest developments in our involvement with the Apple vs. EC litigation, and we are coming with updates on Router Freedom and more info:
fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202411.en.…
#FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom
In November, our team heads to Bolzano for SFSCON, still thrilled by the inspiring 2024 Youth Hacking 4 Freedom award ceremony! We’ve also launched a new p...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
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Today sees the next batch of #EU #Commission hopefuls put through the ringer by the European Parliament. We're tuning in to justice & rights nominee Michael McGrath to share our hot takes 🔥 on what this means for everyone's digital rights!
Join EDRi colleagues @ella, @ilumium, @Aajanovic17 & @chlobemy live here and on X to watch #MEPs from the the Justice, Internal market and Legal Affairs committees put the Commissioner-designate through his paces - a thread....
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Ireland's pick 🇮🇪🇪🇺 has been put forward for a crucial portfolio for us - that of justice and fundamental rights - although with McGrath's finance background, some in Brussels have seen this as a bit of a snub for the country.
You can also follow live directly at elections.europa.eu/european-c… - starting right now!
Appointment of the European Commission 2024-2029 - Find out about the confirmation hearing of Michael McGrathEuropean Parliament Website
It's a polished start for Commissioner-Designate McGrath as he says that his portfolio sits at the "core" of what the #EU stands for. He shows off his credentials as a national Parliamentarian and politician with 25 years of experience.
However, he's already talking about the importance of "competitiveness" - something that EDRi has worried was given too much prominence in McGrath's written answers to the Parliament. Competitiveness should not be the goal of the Justice and Rights Commissioner!
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A super hot topic 🔥: the #GDPR. McGrath hails the law as a "success", but the first MEP question from the EPP Group attacks this vital data protection law, asking McGrath how he plans to "overcome" (!) it!
Luckily McGrath doesn't take the bait, instead stating that "I do not believe that it [the GDPR] is contradictory to ... fostering and supporting innovation." 🥳 This is an important statement and push-back against the toxic political narrative that protecting people's rights is a 'barrier'!
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McGrath has repeated several times that he will use the whole "EU toolbox" to protect rule of law, including infringement procedures. It's been over 10 years since the CJEU invalidated the #DataRetentionDirective.
Yet national data retention laws transposing it are still in place in the majority of MS (!) This is against EU law. The EC never lifted a finger to address this rule of law crisis. Will McGrath have the necessary courage where so many before have wilfully failed to act?
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The European Commissioner for Justice must provide further clarity on the decision to renew Israel’s status in the adequacy review.European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Generative AI is a powerful tool, both in elections and more generally in people’s personal, professional, and social lives. In response, policymakers across the U.S.Future of Privacy Forum
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Il post completo di Christian Bernieri è sul suo blog: garantepiracy.it/blog/document…
Tempo di lettura: 10 minuti. Ma la parte utile è alla fine. (Lo so, sono malefico) In questi giorni è iniziata la fase di test dell'integrazione di IO, l'app di PAGO-PA
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Il post completo di Christian Bernieri è sul suo blog: garantepiracy.it/blog/blocati-…
https://x.com/xeng/status/1852934762144698736?s=46&t=h5DrgTbndHlziv2P4_H0NQ Oggi inizia l’attivazione dell’annunciata modifica alla funzione “blocca” di X. Per me è un grave errore che può avere conseguenze negative nella vita reale delle persone. Forse
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in reply to Free Software Foundation Europe • • •Meanwhile on the exact same spot of the planet...
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