The Perils of Misunderstanding Technology: The Ola Bini Case and Its Implications for Digital Rights

The ongoing legal battle surrounding Ola Bini highlights critical misconceptions about technology and digital privacy that threaten the rights of software developers and users alike. As authorities mi...

https://news.lavx.hu/article/the-perils-of-misunderstanding-technology-the-ola-bini-case-and-its-implications-for-digital-rights

Meta’s Oversight Board says Meta’s new hate speech policies were “announced hastily” in Jan 2025 and urges a full impact review on vulnerable groups. Calls for transparency, accountability, and stronger protections. #Meta #HateSpeech #ContentModeration #DigitalRights

> Make sure you own your AI. AI in the cloud is not aligned with you; it's aligned with the company that owns it.

not mine words but very true

EU's attempt to fix GDPR enforcement backfires spectacularly: How a well-intentioned regulation became a bureaucratic nightmare. https://ppc.land/eus-attempt-to-fix-gdpr-enforcement-backfires-spectacularly/ #GDPR #DataPrivacy #EURegulations #Bureaucracy #DigitalRights

Big tech’s burning, #AI’s hallucinating, #Crypto bros are still grifting, and somehow #USPolitics keeps getting worse. Meanwhile, #Trans people in the #USA are fighting for their lives—and the mainstream #News acts like it’s just another debate segment.

That’s why I’m on #Mastodon. That’s why we’re building the #Fediverse. Open, decentralized, and not run by billionaires with god complexes.

Long live #Linux. Death to walled gardens.

#NowReading: How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism

by Cory Doctorow

A tour of the last 30 years of #DigitalRights battles & the history of American monopoly - and where the two intersect. Through a deeply compelling & highly readable narrative, #Doctorow makes the case for breaking up Google, Facebook, Amazon, & Apple as a means of ending #SurveillanceCapitalism

Find a copy at your local #library or read it online:
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24243008W/How_to_Destroy_Surveillance_Capitalism?edition=key%3A/books/OL46610513M

Encryption Is Not a Crime

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/11/encryption-is-not-a-crime/

Recent reports highlight how the Chinese government is increasing its repression of Tibetans via digital controls and surveillance

https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/04/reports-describe-expanding-digital-repression-in-tibet/

Alright, #introduction time!

Hi all, I go by Julie (or Jules, on occasion) and I love #reading and #writing, mainly #SFF

As you can tell by my avatar, I am a #SuckerForStationery

I am a cat person, but don't live with a cat at the moment. I also have small hands.

My day job is in tech, and I'm also interested in #digitalRights, #UnplugTrump, #Linux, #privacy etc.

I think #AI is bullshit and should not be used in general, and particularly not for art.

#LGBTQIA rights are human rights.

Up next in the #NGI Communication Training series: GDPR Made Simple

Think you're GDPR-compliant? Join us on 16 April at 11:00 CET to break down the essentials and learn how to stay on the right side of data protection law.

Register: https://ngi.eu/training/programme/#1669814581701-b5c8c1cf-7ff2

Traineeship opportunity

Looking for an exciting path into litigation, IT law and digital rights? We’ve got you covered! As a European NGO for digital rights, we’re seeking bright new people to support our work for privacy and GDPR enforcement.

You are interested and hold a law degree from an EEA university? Apply now!

https://noyb.eu/de/traineeship

Recommend Carole RT @phatcontroller: ChatGPT is a violation of your human rights, it is the violent theft of your labour, without your consent. Carole #Cadwalladr 's new TED talk on the Tech Broliarchy, the Digital Coup that they are implementing, and the need for unity in opposition. #DigitalRights https://youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?feature=shared

ChatGPT is a violation of your human rights, it is the violent theft of your labour, without your consent. Carole Cadwalladr's new TED talk on the Tech Broliarchy, the Digital Coup that they are implementing, and the need for unity in opposition. #DigitalRights https://youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?feature=shared

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/cybersecurity-community-must-not-remain-silent-executive-order-attacking-former

The EFF is urging the cybersecurity community to speak out against an executive order targeting the former Director CISA Chris Krebs.

President Trump's executive order rescinded the security clearances of SentinelOne executives after the company hired Chris Krebs, the former director of the CISA. Krebs was dismissed by Trump in 2020 for refuting claims of election fraud.

"So in ruling for our clients, the judge found that the mere fact that DOGE could access their records was an injury that gave us standing to proceed – and also found that there were other injuries that would separately give us standing, including the possibility that DOGE's breach could expose our clients to "hacking, identity theft, and other activities that are substantially harmful."

The US government repeatedly argued that we weren't accusing them of disclosing our clients' records, every time they did this, the judge pointed to our actual filings, which plainly assert that DOGE agents were "viewing, possessing and using" our clients' records, and that this constitutes "disclosure" under the law, and according to OPM's own procedures.

The judge found that we were entitled to seek relief under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which proscribes the conduct of federal agencies – and that our relief could be both "declaratory" (meaning a court could rule that DOGE was breaking the law) and "injunctive" (meaning the court could order DOGE to knock it off)."

https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/09/cases-and-controversy/#brocolli-haired-brownshirts

When a country is worried that
forcing corporations and organizations to
respect human rights will slow down
"innovation" and "competitiveness"
it is going in the wrong direction.

#Apple #iOS age restriction blocks all #browsers except #Safari, breaks choice screen

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/ios-age-restriction-blocks-all-browsers-except-safari-breaks-choice-screen/

Reasons to be Cheerful...
Part 1, 2, and 3!

A status overview (in 3 blog posts) of our fantastic research project regarding the integration of the Fediverse in the EU administration, based on the EDPS pilot project "EU Voice-Video". Stay tuned and check our blog!
https://www.fedivariety.org/blog/reasons-to-be-cheerful-part-1-of-3-status-of-the-fedivariety-research
#research #EDPS #EU #digitalrights #fediverse #foss #fun #study #jugglingthefediverse #europe #mastodon #peertube #activitypub #saboa #FediVariety