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00__00··on Google's move to restrict Android sideloading could face EU pushback
This has a fair bit more to do with protecting consumers rather than just sideloading.
00__00··on EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass surveillance proposal
Direct democracy in reality is people doing a mexican wave at a sports game.... anything more complex is doomed to failure!
00__00··on EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass surveillance proposal
Those articles 13 and 15 may also protect you from AI thieving all your work!
00__00··on Take It Down Act: A Flawed Attempt to Protect Victims That'll Lead to Censorship
They didn't destroy the internet, but they did embolden the platforms at the cost of smaller players, who couldn't step up
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article titled "Why No Amount of Public Money Will Buy a Euro-Amazon." The piece examines the challenges Europe faces in replicating the success of e-commerce giants like Amazon, despite potential public funding efforts. It discusses issues related to scale, market dynamics, consumer preferences, and the necessity for substantial investment in innovation.
00__00··on EU sues Member States who refuse to bring in new copyright rules
The fuller process is described as:

Under Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU), if the Member State concerned does not comply with the reasoned opinion within the period laid down by the Commission, the latter may bring the matter before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Additionally, under Article 260(3) TFEU, the Commission can call on the Court of Justice of the EU to impose financial sanctions on the Member States that failed to fulfil their obligation to notify measures transposing a legislative directive

00__00··on EU sues Member States who refuse to bring in new copyright rules
Good point.
00__00··on Digital Services Act: agreement for a transparent and safe online environment
This is not new, Google alone spent $30 on lobbying against the CopyrightDirective in 2019.

See here https://twitter.com/NetopiaEU/status/1518004597335506944

00__00··on Today might be D-Day for the Digital Services Act
It's a done deal, and includes the following

  https://twitter.com/NetopiaEU/status/1517664736665645057
00__00··on [dead]
Room for a family - this is the home offered.
00__00··on Platforms want to be utilities, self-govern like empires
See also an interview with the MEP leading the changes https://www.netopia.eu/digital-services-act-mep-saliba/
00__00··on GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si
Simple for GitHub to understand:

"and/or GitHub’s Terms of Service, which prohibit use of your facilities for copyright infringement, see https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service. "

00__00··on EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech
Excellent comment, and fully agree with that.

With freedom comes responsibility and so forth. One persons freedom should not remove another's - which is what the platforms are doing.

The EU are ready to act https://twitter.com/NetopiaEU/status/1338879633392070656

00__00··on Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access
The internet is not a parallel universe. Of course, if you are in one country and your country has not trade with country B, then you adhere to those rules. There are many examples of this, not just in the sanction sense.

People getting pissed. Seriously, this is macro economics!

00__00··on Philipp Hagemeister, former YouTube-dl maintainer re: takedown
This was not a copyright claim, the tools that were being hosted in one place (Github) allowed widespread infringement. The tool is not banned. Like cameras are not banned. It's a stupid comparison.
00__00··on With questionable copyright claim, Jay-Z orders deepfake parodies off YouTube
If your image if your income, having it defamed via a deep fake or the image rights, aka copyright is only fair. Can't understand why anyone would not back a creator. So many on here are themselves working to create a unique creation that they can live off of.
00__00··on Privacy-friendly alternatives to Google
If you own a telephone you are stuffed, google will get you. Your friends have you in their contacts - that's it. You are done for.
00__00··on After 15 Years, the Pirate Bay Still Can’t Be Killed
AFTER 10 YEARS THOUGH.... Pirate Party Founder Calls For Legalization Of Child Pornography Possession

https://www.businessinsider.com/pirate-party-rick-falkvinge-...

00__00··on Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on social acceptance
Facebook is a cesspit. How did people come to see it as somewhere acceptable - a walled garden, akin to AOL circa 1997. Awful,

Besides, what if it's not addiction, but something worse!

http://www.netopia.eu/not-tech-addiction-something-worse/

00__00··on Criticisms of EU plans for copyright censorship machines removed from Google
FALSE ALARM!!!! The Blog post is live, indexed and searchable - see below.

Tested on http://Google.com / .de / .co.uk

E.g: https://www.google.co.uk/search?num=100&ei=qpN4W_vLDcPgkgXe_... … No need to #SaveYourInternet it's a Red Herring, with no #censorshipmachines here or #uploadfilters either.

00__00··on HUD Files Housing Discrimination Complaint Against Facebook
This is simply WEBLINING, an online version of the 1960s Redlining.

See http://www.netopia.eu/weblining-why-eating-at-nandos-could-c...

00__00··on Beyond Fake News and Threats to Journalists
There was a previous event which concentrated on Lygenpresse, this is moving on from that with the reported increase in attacks on Journos.