I find it wild that #ElonMusk literally does a #Nazi salute in front of the whole world several times and @FRANCE24 is like "oh strange gesture" and #NYT editor Anne Bagamery is like "I think he doesn't know what he's doing, he's never opened a history book".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xdjHdb5Bxs
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@edri Ooooh #Twitter, thank you for reminding me why I didn't miss you
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Haha I can't believe it but it looks like I'm gonna do a "#Twitter Space" (are they called #X spaces now??)
about @edri leaving the hellsite and discuss where people can find us instead (aka here).
Me -- who hasn't touched Twitter in almost 3 years. This is the last thing I'm gonna do on that platform. 😆
And I am super grateful to be joined by the wonderful @catileptic and @jim 🙏
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[#]Search engine = You go to the market and at the entrance a person shows you the way to the various shops.
[#]AI / #LLM-based search = You go to the market and at the entrance a person sells you all the items they stole before from the various shops (and some of them are fake).
[#]capitalism #genAI #bigtech #copyright
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I just learned that there are still direct flights from #Brussels to #Frankfurt, that's 3 hours by train. How the F is this even allowed??? 😠
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Six days on a small boat in rough seas: my terrifying, death-defying escape from the #Taliban
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/15/six-days-on-a-small-boat-in-rough-seas-my-terrifying-death-defying-escape-from-the-taliban
[#]refugeeswelcome #uk #racism #BorderChecks #afghanistan
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“No one forces #Zuckerberg to offer #Meta services in the EU. If he does not like to pay fines, he could start making sure Meta complies with #DSA, #GDPR, etc.,” MEP @ChristelSchaldemose said in remarks shared with #Politico Morning Tech. 💥
[#]DigitalServicesAct #dataprotection #contentmoderation #digitalrights
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I guess in the future foreign tech companies might think twice before incorporating or even investing in the US.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/china-discusses-sale-of-tiktok-us-to-musk-as-one-possible-option
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There's a really cool online panel going on tonight CET, entitled ‘Hostile Takeover? – How tech billionaires are undermining our democracies & what the EU can do’
Great speakers including @markus_netzpolitik, Shoshana #Zuboff, and @alexandrageese :
https://europe-calling.de/en/webinar/tech-billionaires/
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"The use of #Microsoft is likely to be a hot topic in the hearings [for the next #EDPS]. As Parliament and member states are also Microsoft users, the election may come down to whether #Council and #LIBE members value extra #privacy and #security over not having to change their IT systems."
https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/internal-documents-reveal-commission-fears-over-microsoft-dependency/
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Corporations are not going to protect #democracy.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/meta-ending-dei-program
[#]meta #dei #diversity #mcdonalds #walmart #lowes
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It's always nice when people openly declare they despise #humanrights so at least folks know what they're getting themselves into by using #Telegram.
(Screenshot from @antonproitzelhaimer)
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[#]Quaker group pulls #NYT ad over paper’s refusal to let it call Israel’s Gaza bombing ‘#genocide’ | #NewYorkTimes
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/08/new-york-times-ad-cancel-gaza-genocide
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Important side note from the @EUCommission today:
“We have always been extremely clear about the fact that nothing, but absolutely nothing in the #DSA, forces or asks or requests a platform to remove lawful content,” Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told reporters on Wednesday when asked about #Zuckerberg’s remarks.
[#]DigitalServicesAct
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From what I gather from my sources:
@lemonde's claim that #VdL had ordered the EU Commission services to "pause" or "freeze" #DSA investigations are very likely incorrect.
The Commission enforcement units appear to continue their work as far as I can tell.
And official statements confirm that: "The Commission is determined to energetically advance with the case [against X] and, while respecting due process, come to a conclusion as early as legally possible."
[#]DigitalServicesAct #zuck #meta
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My bank yesterday: "Rejoice customer! We give you real-time #SEPA transactions for free. We're the best bank!"
Me reading the news today: "EU makes real-time transfers mandatory: this will change from January 9."
[#]capitalism
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[#]Standards people! Do I know anyone who works or has worked in multi-stakeholder internet governance and who can tell me whether this whole #web4 / #virtualworlds thing at the EU Commission is actually a thing or am I correct in assuming that we're looking and #industry-driven hot air?
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/event-web-4-governance
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[#]Google has so far completely ignored the #DMA's easy-switching requirements. It’s still more than 15 steps to change the default #searchengine on #Android devices, and search websites can't guide users to the setting in #Chrome.
On the choice screen obligation (art. 6(3)): Google also hasn’t rolled out updated Android choice screens to 250+ million #EU users according to competitor #Duckduckgo, who has lodged a complaint against the #gatekeeper in 2024.
Source: https://spreadprivacy.com/investigate-google-dma/
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So, issuing a #Sectigo Business #SSL certificate via #IONOS requires you to lie about your country of residence because the order form has a mandatory "German Bundesland" field no matter which country you select. I'm sure that's fine. 🤷♂️
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"The success of century-scale #storage comes down to the same thing that storage and preservation of any duration does: #maintenance. The everyday work of a human being #caring for something. If a collection enjoys proper maintenance and care for 400 years, odds are, that collection will survive 400 years."
Century-Scale Storage is a beautiful exploration of and homage to #archivists, #librarians and simply people who care to preserve.
https://lil.law.harvard.edu/century-scale-storage/
[#]publiclibraries #preservation
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