Gateklons
@gateklons.bsky.social
EU digital policy nerd | data protection & privacy | competition | platform & media regulation | identity | cybersecurity
Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability
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Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability
https://gateklons.substack.com/
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@gateklons.bsky.social
· May 14
NEW BLOGPOST: what's being overlooked about Meta's (defeat in) challenging the #EDPB #consent-or-pay opinion (case #T-319/24)
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🚫 Russia goes offline
Russia is undergoing a dramatic process of de-digitalisation. Under the pretext of protection from Ukrainian drones, it is evident that the Kremlin is exploiting security concerns to extend its control over the internet.
Read more here faridaily.substack.com/p/putins-int...
Russia is undergoing a dramatic process of de-digitalisation. Under the pretext of protection from Ukrainian drones, it is evident that the Kremlin is exploiting security concerns to extend its control over the internet.
Read more here faridaily.substack.com/p/putins-int...
⛔️ Putin’s internet firewall has arrived
Hello and welcome to your essential guide to Russian politics and economics!
faridaily.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🚫 Russia goes offline
Russia is undergoing a dramatic process of de-digitalisation. Under the pretext of protection from Ukrainian drones, it is evident that the Kremlin is exploiting security concerns to extend its control over the internet.
Read more here faridaily.substack.com/p/putins-int...
Russia is undergoing a dramatic process of de-digitalisation. Under the pretext of protection from Ukrainian drones, it is evident that the Kremlin is exploiting security concerns to extend its control over the internet.
Read more here faridaily.substack.com/p/putins-int...
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The GUARD Act’s sponsors claim it will keep our children safe, but that’s not true. It will undermine safety and autonomy by replacing parental guidance with government mandates and building mass surveillance infrastructure instead of privacy controls. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
A Surveillance Mandate Disguised As Child Safety: Why the GUARD Act
A new bill sponsored by Sen. Hawley (R-MO), Sen. Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Britt (R-AL), Sen. Warner (D-VA), and Sen. Murphy (D-CT) would require AI chatbots to verify all users’ ages, prohibit minors
www.eff.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The GUARD Act’s sponsors claim it will keep our children safe, but that’s not true. It will undermine safety and autonomy by replacing parental guidance with government mandates and building mass surveillance infrastructure instead of privacy controls. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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When the Trump administration demanded ICEBlock’s removal, Apple complied—no rival app stores, just one gatekeeper’s decision, explains Meher Sethi. The takedown exposed how easily government pressure can travel through Apple and Google’s app-store duopoly and the risk it poses to democracy.
No Kings, No Monopolies: How App Store Gatekeepers Enable Authoritarianism | TechPolicy.Press
Meher Sethi discusses how the app-store duopoly enables government pressure, including censorship of apps like ICEBlock, and poses growing risks to democracy.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When the Trump administration demanded ICEBlock’s removal, Apple complied—no rival app stores, just one gatekeeper’s decision, explains Meher Sethi. The takedown exposed how easily government pressure can travel through Apple and Google’s app-store duopoly and the risk it poses to democracy.
How come a few ECR MEP are carrying water for American Big Tech companies? Just not wanting to miss any opportunity to take shots at the Commission? Clueless policy-wise? Something to do with the EU being the baddie?
At the end of September a group of right-wing European Parliamentarians posed questions to the EC on the impact the DMA was having on users, and whether it was resulting in fewer innovative services or delays in product launches. www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum...
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
How come a few ECR MEP are carrying water for American Big Tech companies? Just not wanting to miss any opportunity to take shots at the Commission? Clueless policy-wise? Something to do with the EU being the baddie?
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Erasmus may become one of the few programmes that escape the Commission's recasting of everything into "competitiveness" in the next EU budget
www.euractiv.com/news/an-undi...
www.euractiv.com/news/an-undi...
'An undisputed success' EU countries sceptical of Commission’s strategic Erasmus-reform | Euractiv
“Most” countries stressed that education and personal development should be the main focus, according to a council report
www.euractiv.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Erasmus may become one of the few programmes that escape the Commission's recasting of everything into "competitiveness" in the next EU budget
www.euractiv.com/news/an-undi...
www.euractiv.com/news/an-undi...
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The sad state of mobile web continues.
The median mobile page is now 2.6 MiB, blowing past the size of DOOM (2.48 MiB) in April. The 75th percentile site is now larger than two copies of DOOM.
🧵 👇🏻
The median mobile page is now 2.6 MiB, blowing past the size of DOOM (2.48 MiB) in April. The 75th percentile site is now larger than two copies of DOOM.
🧵 👇🏻
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The sad state of mobile web continues.
The median mobile page is now 2.6 MiB, blowing past the size of DOOM (2.48 MiB) in April. The 75th percentile site is now larger than two copies of DOOM.
🧵 👇🏻
The median mobile page is now 2.6 MiB, blowing past the size of DOOM (2.48 MiB) in April. The 75th percentile site is now larger than two copies of DOOM.
🧵 👇🏻
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"Macron promised to push for action at the EU level, adding: “We have a geopolitical battle to fight. This is not Russian interference, it is clearly American because these platforms do not want us to bother them.”
French President Emmanuel Macron said Brussels is too slow in its handling of probes into American Big Tech companies due to U.S. pressure over the EU’s digital laws.
Macron says Brussels is ‘afraid’ of tackling US Big Tech
An “American offensive” has cowed the European Commission and some EU capitals, French president complains.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Macron promised to push for action at the EU level, adding: “We have a geopolitical battle to fight. This is not Russian interference, it is clearly American because these platforms do not want us to bother them.”
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Russian government posts new rule requiring any scientist or researcher to inform the FSB about proposed collaboration with foreign scientists or institutions. FSB has 60 days to approve or forbid the collaboration.
Every week the isolation gets a little more stifling.
Every week the isolation gets a little more stifling.
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Russian government posts new rule requiring any scientist or researcher to inform the FSB about proposed collaboration with foreign scientists or institutions. FSB has 60 days to approve or forbid the collaboration.
Every week the isolation gets a little more stifling.
Every week the isolation gets a little more stifling.
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Here’s a sad example of how hyper-localized deepfake scams are:
“former [Finnish] prime minister Sanna Marin and former president Sauli Niinistö… he clicked on an ad for a phony investment scheme after seeing images of the two politicians seeming to endorse it. ->
www.occrp.org/en/project/s...
“former [Finnish] prime minister Sanna Marin and former president Sauli Niinistö… he clicked on an ad for a phony investment scheme after seeing images of the two politicians seeming to endorse it. ->
www.occrp.org/en/project/s...
Scam Operations Relied on Third-Party Marketing Companies for Steady Stream of Potential Victims
Two professional scam call-center operations depended on affiliate marketing firms to supply them with contact details of people who had clicked on ads for phony investment platforms. The marketers we...
www.occrp.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Here’s a sad example of how hyper-localized deepfake scams are:
“former [Finnish] prime minister Sanna Marin and former president Sauli Niinistö… he clicked on an ad for a phony investment scheme after seeing images of the two politicians seeming to endorse it. ->
www.occrp.org/en/project/s...
“former [Finnish] prime minister Sanna Marin and former president Sauli Niinistö… he clicked on an ad for a phony investment scheme after seeing images of the two politicians seeming to endorse it. ->
www.occrp.org/en/project/s...
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Fairphone users in Sweden find out that repairability means nothing. Without the ability to make emergency calls over 4G (which needs support from telcos, chipset vendors, network vendors) the @fairphone.com is still going to be blocked and bricked. #VoLTE #Fairphone www.reddit.com/r/sweden/com...
From the sweden community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the sweden community
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November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fairphone users in Sweden find out that repairability means nothing. Without the ability to make emergency calls over 4G (which needs support from telcos, chipset vendors, network vendors) the @fairphone.com is still going to be blocked and bricked. #VoLTE #Fairphone www.reddit.com/r/sweden/com...
The judgement in the Russmedia Digital and Inform Media Press case (C-492/23) on the interaction between intermediary liability and data protection law coming on Tuesday!
#ECJHighlights
⚖️ 02/12 (J): #Jurisdiction – #AppStore antitrust 🇳🇱 (C-34/24)
⚖️ 02/12 (J): E-commerce platforms as data controllers 🇷🇴 (C-492/23)
⚖️ 04/12 (J): #Copyright – utilitarian objects 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 (C-580/23, C-795/23)
⚖️ 02/12 (J): #Jurisdiction – #AppStore antitrust 🇳🇱 (C-34/24)
⚖️ 02/12 (J): E-commerce platforms as data controllers 🇷🇴 (C-492/23)
⚖️ 04/12 (J): #Copyright – utilitarian objects 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 (C-580/23, C-795/23)
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The judgement in the Russmedia Digital and Inform Media Press case (C-492/23) on the interaction between intermediary liability and data protection law coming on Tuesday!
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Hungary’s free-riding on EU integration while serving foreign interests, be it Russian or American, has become incompatible with the principle of loyal cooperation and trust required by EU membership #EUCO
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Hungary’s free-riding on EU integration while serving foreign interests, be it Russian or American, has become incompatible with the principle of loyal cooperation and trust required by EU membership #EUCO
If the mandate for legally binding browser consent signals is not well-drafted, this is where the goalposts will shift to
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If the mandate for legally binding browser consent signals is not well-drafted, this is where the goalposts will shift to
🤔🤔🤔
If the past is any indication, I think Apple succeeds with the rebuttal on both, at least for now. Ads may be a bit more important given the importance of the App Store and how ads there drive the entire down stream app economy though...
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
If the past is any indication, I think Apple succeeds with the rebuttal on both, at least for now. Ads may be a bit more important given the importance of the App Store and how ads there drive the entire down stream app economy though...
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
EU says Apple Ads and Maps likely qualify as gatekeepers, Apple disagrees
The European Commission said on Friday that Apple's Apple Ads and Apple Maps likely meet the thresholds to be considered "gatekeepers" as defined by the Digital Markets Act, a designation the U.S. tec...
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🤔🤔🤔
If the past is any indication, I think Apple succeeds with the rebuttal on both, at least for now. Ads may be a bit more important given the importance of the App Store and how ads there drive the entire down stream app economy though...
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
If the past is any indication, I think Apple succeeds with the rebuttal on both, at least for now. Ads may be a bit more important given the importance of the App Store and how ads there drive the entire down stream app economy though...
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
I'm sure it's a coincidence that Sony also has its own music label. I'd be quite surprised if they weren't using the aggregated (anonymized) statistics to inform their business decisions there.
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I'm sure it's a coincidence that Sony also has its own music label. I'd be quite surprised if they weren't using the aggregated (anonymized) statistics to inform their business decisions there.
This is awesome: a browser-based file converter that runs locally, is open source and is built using Svelte. Mandatory bookmark! vert.sh
VERT.sh — Free, fast, and awesome file converter
With VERT, you can quickly convert any image, video, audio, and document file. No ads, no tracking, open source, and all processing (other than video) is done on your device.
vert.sh
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This is awesome: a browser-based file converter that runs locally, is open source and is built using Svelte. Mandatory bookmark! vert.sh
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I feel like AT Protocol, once it has user managed access to repositories (i.e., "private data"), will ultimately supersede Solid, just because the DX of Solid isn't great and it's very hard to build real-world applications with it because the learning curve is so high.
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I feel like AT Protocol, once it has user managed access to repositories (i.e., "private data"), will ultimately supersede Solid, just because the DX of Solid isn't great and it's very hard to build real-world applications with it because the learning curve is so high.
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Consumers will get more protection after EU deal on payment services 💳🔒
Payment Services Providers will be liable if they don't have preventive measures (e.g. transaction monitoring).
Consumers will be protected from scams when their bank's imitated...but not when others (e.g. family) are.
Payment Services Providers will be liable if they don't have preventive measures (e.g. transaction monitoring).
Consumers will be protected from scams when their bank's imitated...but not when others (e.g. family) are.
Payment services deal: More protection from online fraud and hidden fees | News | European Parliament
Parliament and Council have struck a deal on a more open and competitive EU payment services sector, with strong defences against fraud and data breaches.
www.europarl.europa.eu
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Consumers will get more protection after EU deal on payment services 💳🔒
Payment Services Providers will be liable if they don't have preventive measures (e.g. transaction monitoring).
Consumers will be protected from scams when their bank's imitated...but not when others (e.g. family) are.
Payment Services Providers will be liable if they don't have preventive measures (e.g. transaction monitoring).
Consumers will be protected from scams when their bank's imitated...but not when others (e.g. family) are.
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A Canadian court has ordered OVHcloud to hand over customer data from Europe. See theregister.com/2025/11/27/c...
Have you been able to find the decision, Mr. @privacylawyer.ca?
Have you been able to find the decision, Mr. @privacylawyer.ca?
Canadian data order risks blowing a hole in EU sovereignty
: OVH stuck between a rock and a hard place as investigators demand access
theregister.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A Canadian court has ordered OVHcloud to hand over customer data from Europe. See theregister.com/2025/11/27/c...
Have you been able to find the decision, Mr. @privacylawyer.ca?
Have you been able to find the decision, Mr. @privacylawyer.ca?
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I gave a talk about Case C-769/22 (Commission v. Hungary), the most awaited pending case before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social
For the first time, the Commission invoked Article 2 TEU "separately". But what could that add?
You can watch the full recording here: www.linkedin.com/posts/john-m...
For the first time, the Commission invoked Article 2 TEU "separately". But what could that add?
You can watch the full recording here: www.linkedin.com/posts/john-m...
This week I have the very distinct pleasure of visiting Unitelma Sapienza as a guest of ReCLEI (Giulio Fedele, Marco Fisicaro).
In that context I was fortunate to give a talk about perhaps the most… ...
This week I have the very distinct pleasure of visiting Unitelma Sapienza as a guest of ReCLEI (Giulio Fedele, Marco Fisicaro).
In that context I was fortunate to give a talk about perhaps the most a...
www.linkedin.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I gave a talk about Case C-769/22 (Commission v. Hungary), the most awaited pending case before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social
For the first time, the Commission invoked Article 2 TEU "separately". But what could that add?
You can watch the full recording here: www.linkedin.com/posts/john-m...
For the first time, the Commission invoked Article 2 TEU "separately". But what could that add?
You can watch the full recording here: www.linkedin.com/posts/john-m...
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Is Omnibus Legislation legal under EU Law?
On the day @ombudsman.europa.eu found that Omnibus I is not, read my Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
On the day @ombudsman.europa.eu found that Omnibus I is not, read my Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Legality of Omnibus Legislation Under EU Law: A Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order
This paper provides a preliminary analysis of the legal issues arising from the European Union's use of the Omnibus as the privileged legislative technique to '
papers.ssrn.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Is Omnibus Legislation legal under EU Law?
On the day @ombudsman.europa.eu found that Omnibus I is not, read my Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
On the day @ombudsman.europa.eu found that Omnibus I is not, read my Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Belgian DPA fined a data broker for sharing personal data without consent. This is the first instance I've seen of a fine under Article 24(1) GDPR for failing to demonstrate consent. Interestingly, the DPA did not impose a sanction for Article 7 but did for Article 24(1).
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Belgian DPA fined a data broker for sharing personal data without consent. This is the first instance I've seen of a fine under Article 24(1) GDPR for failing to demonstrate consent. Interestingly, the DPA did not impose a sanction for Article 7 but did for Article 24(1).
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If your data is public then you do not control it in any meaningful way.
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If your data is public then you do not control it in any meaningful way.
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Die Frequenzvergabe für Digital-TV in Italien war nicht nur unionsrechtswidrig (EuGH 26.7.2017: curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...), sondern verletzte auch Art. 10 EMRK: EGMR 27.11.2026 Europa Way / Italien: hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-24...: willkürlicher Eingriff in die Unabhängigkeit des Regulators
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Die Frequenzvergabe für Digital-TV in Italien war nicht nur unionsrechtswidrig (EuGH 26.7.2017: curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...), sondern verletzte auch Art. 10 EMRK: EGMR 27.11.2026 Europa Way / Italien: hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-24...: willkürlicher Eingriff in die Unabhängigkeit des Regulators
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