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How Researchers Won a Legal Fight to Access X's Data Under the DSA A Berlin court has delivered a consequential ruling, ordering X to grant Democracy Reporting International access to its publicly available data.

A Berlin court has ordered X to grant researchers API access under the Digital Services Act. Daniela Alvarado Rincón, Simone Ruf and Jürgen Bering explain how they won the case, and why it’s a major step for researcher data access.

Rubio: “Let me tell you, Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics.”

Palantir faces challenge to remove Anthropic from Pentagon's AI software Palantir is the latest company to face the painful task ​of unwinding from Anthropic in the wake of the AI lab's dispute with the Pentagon over safety guardrails, raising ‌questions about a key milita...

"Palantir's Maven Smart Systems – a software platform that supplies militaries with intelligence analysis and weapons targeting – uses multiple prompts and workflows that were built using Anthropic's Claude code, according to two people familiar with the matter"

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How Has the DSA Performed in Protecting Election Integrity? A look back at three recent national elections offers a sobering picture of the DSA’s effectiveness in safeguarding civic discourse and electoral processes.

Contrary to Trump administration claims that the European Commission is interfering in elections across Europe, the Commission has not yet published any DSA decision related to electoral processes and civic discourse, writes Luise Quaritsch.

Turning on the ‘for you’ feed on X shifted political opinions, but turning it off did not Users started and continued following right-wing accounts even after switching back to a chronological feed.

Turning on the ‘for you’ feed on X in 2023 shifted political opinions to the right, but turning it off did not:

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#DSA

The money that Germany spends for Microsoft licences 😱

This looks like Trump's tactic of "it's not me, it's you" is spreading

4 people standing together and smiling at the camera. Panel at fosdem on the Fediverse and the DSA Pic by Elena Rossini

My highlight of #Fosdem was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act'

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our alliance ‘Open Networks'

Thanks @jmason.org for his excellent moderation.

Thanks @alexandrageese.bsky.social who took the time for this important debate.

Ex-Abteilungsleiter wechselt zur Tech-Lobby | abgeordnetenwatch.de Ein wichtiger Abteilungsleiter arbeitete an der Regulierung von Künstlicher Intelligenz. Jetzt setzt er sich für ihre Deregulierung ein.

Lobbyismus: Benjamin Brake arbeitete im Ministerium an der Regulierung von Künstlicher Intelligenz. Jetzt setzt er sich für ihre Deregulierung ein. www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/recherchen/l...

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI.

Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
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There have been increasingly shrill accusations against the EU over its digital legislation, based on accusations of "censorship" by defenders of "free speech" -- including, so it appears, the right to peddle an AI app that seemingly produces child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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So where is the censorship if not in the DSA? It's in the USA.

The Trump administration has censored free speech in 236 actions as of today trumpcensorship.com/

Who would have thought.
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Addicted to the algorithm: how Big Tech lobbies to keep us hooked on social media | Corporate Europe Observatory As the EU prepares the Digital Fairness Act to tackle the addictive nature of social media design, big tech aggressively protects its business models. With Trumpists and far-right allies likely to joi...

Der Digital Fairness Act der EU könnte Europas erstes Gesetz gegen süchtigmachendes & manipulatives Design digitaler Dienste werden. Noch bevor der erste Entwurf überhaupt veröffentlicht ist, laufen die Lobby-Armeen von Big Tech Sturm gegen die mögliche Regulierung. Bericht von @corporateeurope.org:

New US TikTok owners hoovering data on immigration status, transgender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and ethnicity. App deletions spike 150%. Home Affairs watching closely | Mi3 For US TikTok's new owners, it's a case of if you can't beat them buy them, copy them, and replicate the worst aspects of their business plans. TikTok has long been accused of siphoning data to Beijin...

Trump TikTok impact, privacy. www.mi-3.com.au/27-01-2026/n...

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

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Commission investigates Grok and X\'s recommender systems under the Digital Services Act The European Commission has launched a new formal investigation against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Good to see the Commission reacting to the latest horrors - but the opened cases are taking far too long, while the damage to people & our democracies is ongoing - on all of the major platforms.
Commission investigates #Grok and #X, #DigitalServicesAct: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Palantir und ICE Artikel Screenshot

Palantir tötet und ist offensichtlich verfassungswiedrig im Einsatz: Ohne Palantir könnte ICE seine Deportationsziele nicht erreichen!

USA: Die Architektur der Abschiebung und Palantirs Rolle im neuen ICE-System

"Die US-Einwanderungsbehörde ICE digitalisiert..."
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ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.

The latest evidence that broadcasting people’s movements and intimate data in the Real-Time Bidding online advertising system is truly dangerous.

www.wired.com/story/ice-as...

Done, looking forward 💪🏽

Heute Abend. Mit Dolmetschung in Deutsch und Englisch. Anmeldung und Details: europe-calling.de/webinar/empi...

Was soll das? Und ganz vorne wieder mit dabei: die völlig entfesselte Skandalhorde „Polizei Berlin“, politisch verantwortlich für sie ist übrigens die SPD Berlin! Die lässt alles laufen. Seit Jahren!
Polizei Berlin versucht sich um den Preis „Beamte des Jahres“ verdient zu machen.

Europe Is Bending the Knee to the US on Tech Policy The Trump administration’s pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures.

The Trump administration’s pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures. wrd.cm/3XibTVd

"Digitale Auslöschung": Wie US-Sanktionen einen europäischen Richter lahmlegen Nicolas Guillou ist von beinahe allen digitalen Diensten dieser Welt gesperrt – von Amazon bis Paypal. Europa wirkt dagegen völlig machtlos

"Digitale Auslöschung": Wie US-Sanktionen einen europäischen Richter lahmlegen.
Sämtliche Konten des Richters bei US-Unternehmen wurden geschlossen. Dazu zählen Amazon, Airbnb und PayPal.
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Parliament is also calling for "a ban on sites not complying with EU rules".

LOL

Same energy

EU-Parlament: Jugendliche sollen TikTok & Co. erst ab 16 nutzen dürfen Die EU-Abgeordneten fordern umfassende Maßnahmen zum Schutz von Minderjährigen im Netz. Dazu zählt ein EU-weites Mindestalter von 16 Jahren für Social Media.

Kinderschutz ja - aber nicht unter dem Vorwand biometrische Überwachungssysteme zu etablieren, bei denen Kinder Gesichtsaufnahmen oder Ausweisdaten an externe Dienstleister zu übermitteln: www.heise.de/news/EU-Parl...

London.

when its definitely not a hostage situation

Fundamental what now? Innovation! Lower tariffs!

Statement by President von der Leyen at the G20 Summit, Session III: A Fair and a Just Future for All Dear Cyril, you introduced us to philosophy of Ubuntu: “I am because we are”. It applies well to how the European Union sees the future of AI, namely as fueling a collective well-being for all, throug

Wow, how useful this is! We can now use the same AI that drives climate change and contributes to "extreme events"... to model and prepare for disasters! 🤦‍♀️
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