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3. the development of standardisation tools is important to strengthen comparability, but there is a risk of adopting tools not based on a scientifically robust methodology, and of inspiring behaviors that prevent standardisation.
18.12.2025 14:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 02. the emergence of "frugality" (optimizing resource consumption) is positive, but risks inspiring misleading behaviour and lack of transparency on real environmental footprint.
18.12.2025 14:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 01. access to energy (electricity grid) and at a competitive and predictable price may be a barrier to entry. special attention to nuclear energy.
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French Competition Authority study on competition issues related to the energy and environmental impact of AI.
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They identify three types of issues 👇
Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features.
We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.
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Why does transparency matter?
Just last Friday, X became extremely transparent.
Their "about this account" feature reveals that foreign actors and inauthentic activity still dominate the platform, driven by monetary reward.
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We have no idea what content is most viral on YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, or X — because they refuse to share basic data.
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@netzpolitik.org has the latest #ChatControl draft text and analysis
14.11.2025 15:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Our Investigations Team has commenced a formal investigation into the provider of the X online platform (X), under the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). The investigation will assess whether X has contravened Article 20 of the DSA. cnam.ie/coimisiun-na...
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Today in Tech Policy Press: @markscott.bsky.social and our coordinator @lkseiling.bsky.social write about the precarious state of data access - and the care required to realise its potential as a foundational democratic function.
The full article is freely accessible through the link below ⬇️
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Last month, #NothingPersonal gave #WhatsApp a 6/10 for privacy 📱
Good news: they’re now adding encrypted chat backups using fingerprint or face ID.
Progress? Yes. Perfect? Not yet.
See what else needs fixing — and how you can protect your data 👇
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Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached
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The International Criminal Court is ending its dependency on Big Tech cloud solution by adopting the open-source solution OpenDesk. Univention is part of this process. It is a critical step to insulate international organizations from political pressure.
#opensource
"In the leaked document, Amazon executives warned that transparency was “a one-way door” and advised keeping its projections confidential, even as they feared inviting accusations of a cover-up"
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EC Preliminary Findings - Meta and TikTok in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the #DigitalServicesAct
SOV-8 refers to Environmental Sustainability factors
It's weighted lowest, but still present.
meme with cake in background that says E2EE text overlay that says "how come its always hey let's conduct mass surveillance and not hey let's ask platforms to do more than the bare minimum to protect their users?
Global Encryption Day is for celebrating the wild idea that maybe platforms could protect us on purpose🔐
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Today's AWS outage, which affected a range of websites and applications—from Signal to Fortnite to key UK government services—reveals the dangers of relying on a handful of Big Tech firms, write Article 19's Corinne Cath and Don Le. These are not glitches; they are democratic failures, they say.
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Perplexity, despite its modest size, gave $1M to Trump’s inaugural - so this tracks.
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From Africa to Asia, a movement is threatening Big Tech's business model of harvesting data abroad while keeping profits at home
New from @tarykuh.bsky.social:
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BEUC is currently looking for a Digital Policy officer to reinforce its Digital Team. Reporting directly to the Head of Digital Policy, you will be in charge of coordinating BEUC’s advocacy work on simplification of the EU digital rulebook and supporting team members on specific files.
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#Shein was fined €40 million by French authorities on Thursday after an investigation found the Chinese fast-fashion giant had misled #consumers about its discounts and environmental impact. 🎉
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dark blue background. on it, there is text saying "The Delegated Act on 40.4 DATA ACCESS is here", "Delegated Act on 40.4 DATA ACCESS" is yellow, the other text is white.
📢 Big news for platform researchers across Europe and beyond:
Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.
