Jan Penfrat
@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy
Policy guy @edri, working on platform regulation, content moderation, data protection and surveillance ads in Europe. For 15+ years in the Brussels maze […]
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"#AI is our opportunity to rethink life" is a real quote from the German Digital Minister.
#digitalsummit
#digitalsummit
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"#AI is our opportunity to rethink life" is a real quote from the German Digital Minister.
#digitalsummit
#digitalsummit
@EUCommission in 2020: Some #AI systems are so dangerous, they should be regulated as high-risk applications with lots of safeguards.
@EUCommission in 2025: Bah, let's wait and let the high-risk shit run wild first.
#digitalomnibus #Deregulation #AIAct
@EUCommission in 2025: Bah, let's wait and let the high-risk shit run wild first.
#digitalomnibus #Deregulation #AIAct
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@EUCommission in 2020: Some #AI systems are so dangerous, they should be regulated as high-risk applications with lots of safeguards.
@EUCommission in 2025: Bah, let's wait and let the high-risk shit run wild first.
#digitalomnibus #Deregulation #AIAct
@EUCommission in 2025: Bah, let's wait and let the high-risk shit run wild first.
#digitalomnibus #Deregulation #AIAct
RE: https://curia.social-network.europa.eu/@Curia/115575569881815247
Haha guess what: the European Court of Justice today confirmed #amazon is indeed a very large online platform under the #digitalservicesact.
Who would have guessed.
Haha guess what: the European Court of Justice today confirmed #amazon is indeed a very large online platform under the #digitalservicesact.
Who would have guessed.
curia.social-network.europa.eu
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
RE: https://curia.social-network.europa.eu/@Curia/115575569881815247
Haha guess what: the European Court of Justice today confirmed #amazon is indeed a very large online platform under the #digitalservicesact.
Who would have guessed.
Haha guess what: the European Court of Justice today confirmed #amazon is indeed a very large online platform under the #digitalservicesact.
Who would have guessed.
I just watched #TheManInTheHighCastle for the second time and gosh it hits even closer to home in 2025.
#nazism #fascism #resistance
#nazism #fascism #resistance
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I just watched #TheManInTheHighCastle for the second time and gosh it hits even closer to home in 2025.
#nazism #fascism #resistance
#nazism #fascism #resistance
What the actual f...k? How does a multibillion dollar company like #meta not mitigate against this kind of historic data leak???
"3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete #WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated" […]
"3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete #WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated" […]
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eupolicy.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you want to know in short-read format what happened at today's Franco-German #digitalsummit on #digitalsovereignty, and how much #AI #hyperscaler #innovation BS there was including from #macron and #merz themselves, read this excellent thread by @j2bryson […]
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eupolicy.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If you want to know in short-read format what happened at today's Franco-German #digitalsummit on #digitalsovereignty, and how much #AI #hyperscaler #innovation BS there was including from #macron and #merz themselves, read this excellent thread by @j2bryson […]
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Four years since Apple figured we give free support to their users. https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/11/18/free-apple-support/
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Four years since Apple figured we give free support to their users. https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/11/18/free-apple-support/
This is very welcome.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2717
#dma #digitalmarketsact
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2717
#dma #digitalmarketsact
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is very welcome.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2717
#dma #digitalmarketsact
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2717
#dma #digitalmarketsact
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Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @[email protected] as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]
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mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @[email protected] as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]
Well wouldn't that be something @EUCommission ?
https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/commission-launches-plan-accelerate-high-speed-rail-across-europe-2025-11-05_en
#mastotrains #trainbubble #CrossBorderRail
https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/commission-launches-plan-accelerate-high-speed-rail-across-europe-2025-11-05_en
#mastotrains #trainbubble #CrossBorderRail
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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APELL and 100+ partners declare: digital sovereignty is possible with Open Source. One day before the European Summit on Digital Sovereignty they are publishing their "Declaration of Digital Independence", underlining control over digital technology is needed for resilience. The signatories call […]
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eupolicy.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
APELL and 100+ partners declare: digital sovereignty is possible with Open Source. One day before the European Summit on Digital Sovereignty they are publishing their "Declaration of Digital Independence", underlining control over digital technology is needed for resilience. The signatories call […]
Love how a resident fighting the construction of a large ugly office tower in my #brussels neighbourhood casually shows off his @ubuntu #linux laptop on local TV and loads files from the city's @nextcloud instance. ❤️
#foss #freesoftware #digitalsovereignty #delta #auderghem #tourtriomphe
#foss #freesoftware #digitalsovereignty #delta #auderghem #tourtriomphe
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Love how a resident fighting the construction of a large ugly office tower in my #brussels neighbourhood casually shows off his @ubuntu #linux laptop on local TV and loads files from the city's @nextcloud instance. ❤️
#foss #freesoftware #digitalsovereignty #delta #auderghem #tourtriomphe
#foss #freesoftware #digitalsovereignty #delta #auderghem #tourtriomphe
RE: n.online/@mullvadnet/115547662877081034" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/115547662877081034
The folks over at @mullvadnet nailed it again. Do check out their backstory page with more hilarious (and sadly true) videos!
#chatcontrol #Privacy #digitalrights
The folks over at @mullvadnet nailed it again. Do check out their backstory page with more hilarious (and sadly true) videos!
#chatcontrol #Privacy #digitalrights
mastodon.online
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
RE: n.online/@mullvadnet/115547662877081034" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/115547662877081034
The folks over at @mullvadnet nailed it again. Do check out their backstory page with more hilarious (and sadly true) videos!
#chatcontrol #Privacy #digitalrights
The folks over at @mullvadnet nailed it again. Do check out their backstory page with more hilarious (and sadly true) videos!
#chatcontrol #Privacy #digitalrights
RE: https://curia.social-network.europa.eu/@Curia/115547376942907592
Not to miss!
Next Wednesday, the EU's Court of Justice will decide whether the @EUCommission was right in designating #amazon as Very Large Online Platform under the #digitalservicesact. 🍿
(Yes, Jeff Bezos really thought it […]
Not to miss!
Next Wednesday, the EU's Court of Justice will decide whether the @EUCommission was right in designating #amazon as Very Large Online Platform under the #digitalservicesact. 🍿
(Yes, Jeff Bezos really thought it […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
RE: https://curia.social-network.europa.eu/@Curia/115547376942907592
Not to miss!
Next Wednesday, the EU's Court of Justice will decide whether the @EUCommission was right in designating #amazon as Very Large Online Platform under the #digitalservicesact. 🍿
(Yes, Jeff Bezos really thought it […]
Not to miss!
Next Wednesday, the EU's Court of Justice will decide whether the @EUCommission was right in designating #amazon as Very Large Online Platform under the #digitalservicesact. 🍿
(Yes, Jeff Bezos really thought it […]
There are lots of good reasons for regulating shared public #escooters, but drug #dealers being to fast and escaping #police is not one of them.
https://bx1.be/categories/news/les-trottinettes-partagees-bientot-interdites-a-bruxelles-les-bourgmestres-planchent-sur-la-question/
#brussels […]
https://bx1.be/categories/news/les-trottinettes-partagees-bientot-interdites-a-bruxelles-les-bourgmestres-planchent-sur-la-question/
#brussels […]
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eupolicy.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
There are lots of good reasons for regulating shared public #escooters, but drug #dealers being to fast and escaping #police is not one of them.
https://bx1.be/categories/news/les-trottinettes-partagees-bientot-interdites-a-bruxelles-les-bourgmestres-planchent-sur-la-question/
#brussels […]
https://bx1.be/categories/news/les-trottinettes-partagees-bientot-interdites-a-bruxelles-les-bourgmestres-planchent-sur-la-question/
#brussels […]
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I want to make it clear: this is not a victory. They will still get to charge developers who don't even distribute on their app store, just like Apple do […]
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eupolicy.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I want to make it clear: this is not a victory. They will still get to charge developers who don't even distribute on their app store, just like Apple do […]
Excellent call by @offene_netzwerke for better public funding for the #fediverse:
1. #fediversefund for user-centred development, €30 million annually
2. Anchoring the +1 principle in the work of the governments & public institutions
3. Recognition of non-profit status in the field of […]
1. #fediversefund for user-centred development, €30 million annually
2. Anchoring the +1 principle in the work of the governments & public institutions
3. Recognition of non-profit status in the field of […]
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eupolicy.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Excellent call by @offene_netzwerke for better public funding for the #fediverse:
1. #fediversefund for user-centred development, €30 million annually
2. Anchoring the +1 principle in the work of the governments & public institutions
3. Recognition of non-profit status in the field of […]
1. #fediversefund for user-centred development, €30 million annually
2. Anchoring the +1 principle in the work of the governments & public institutions
3. Recognition of non-profit status in the field of […]
Hey @EUCommission I hope you read The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/12/eu-gdpr-data-law-us-tech-giants-digital
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/12/eu-gdpr-data-law-us-tech-giants-digital
The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy, child harm and foreign political interference. Deregulation plans are misguidedEurope is hurtling toward digital vassalage. Under Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, EU...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Hey @EUCommission I hope you read The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/12/eu-gdpr-data-law-us-tech-giants-digital
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/12/eu-gdpr-data-law-us-tech-giants-digital
"#siliconvalley isn’t building apps anymore.
It’s building empires."
"Under the banner of "patriotic tech", this new bloc is building the infrastructure of control—clouds, #AI, #finance, #drones, #satellites—an integrated system we call the #authoritarianstack. It is faster, ideological, and […]
It’s building empires."
"Under the banner of "patriotic tech", this new bloc is building the infrastructure of control—clouds, #AI, #finance, #drones, #satellites—an integrated system we call the #authoritarianstack. It is faster, ideological, and […]
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eupolicy.social
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"#siliconvalley isn’t building apps anymore.
It’s building empires."
"Under the banner of "patriotic tech", this new bloc is building the infrastructure of control—clouds, #AI, #finance, #drones, #satellites—an integrated system we call the #authoritarianstack. It is faster, ideological, and […]
It’s building empires."
"Under the banner of "patriotic tech", this new bloc is building the infrastructure of control—clouds, #AI, #finance, #drones, #satellites—an integrated system we call the #authoritarianstack. It is faster, ideological, and […]
"When Enforcing #Copyright Starts Breaking the Internet’s Plumbing"
(Where it should be used to break #AI.)
https://quad9.net/news/blog/when-enforcing-copyright-starts-breaking-the-internets-plumbing/
#quad9 #dns #criticalinfrastructure #digitalrights
(Where it should be used to break #AI.)
https://quad9.net/news/blog/when-enforcing-copyright-starts-breaking-the-internets-plumbing/
#quad9 #dns #criticalinfrastructure #digitalrights
Quad9 | A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
quad9.net
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"When Enforcing #Copyright Starts Breaking the Internet’s Plumbing"
(Where it should be used to break #AI.)
https://quad9.net/news/blog/when-enforcing-copyright-starts-breaking-the-internets-plumbing/
#quad9 #dns #criticalinfrastructure #digitalrights
(Where it should be used to break #AI.)
https://quad9.net/news/blog/when-enforcing-copyright-starts-breaking-the-internets-plumbing/
#quad9 #dns #criticalinfrastructure #digitalrights
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Working in a company, NGO, think tank or university and have expertise on political advertising?
The European Commission might be looking for your advice.
They're establishing an "expert group of providers of political advertising services" to advise on the […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
The European Commission might be looking for your advice.
They're establishing an "expert group of providers of political advertising services" to advise on the […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Working in a company, NGO, think tank or university and have expertise on political advertising?
The European Commission might be looking for your advice.
They're establishing an "expert group of providers of political advertising services" to advise on the […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
The European Commission might be looking for your advice.
They're establishing an "expert group of providers of political advertising services" to advise on the […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
#apple again weaponises its dominant market position and influence over millions of users to undermine a democratically enacted law in Europe:
Rumour has it that the #gatekeeper might rather disable its WiFi sync functionality than make it interoperable with competitors, as it's obliged to […]
Rumour has it that the #gatekeeper might rather disable its WiFi sync functionality than make it interoperable with competitors, as it's obliged to […]
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eupolicy.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
#apple again weaponises its dominant market position and influence over millions of users to undermine a democratically enacted law in Europe:
Rumour has it that the #gatekeeper might rather disable its WiFi sync functionality than make it interoperable with competitors, as it's obliged to […]
Rumour has it that the #gatekeeper might rather disable its WiFi sync functionality than make it interoperable with competitors, as it's obliged to […]
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Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
Gotta love The Guardian for those quotes from Europeans on #mamdani's win in NYC:
"Verbeek backed this with a comment he had overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal."
“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his […]
"Verbeek backed this with a comment he had overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal."
“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his […]
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eupolicy.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Gotta love The Guardian for those quotes from Europeans on #mamdani's win in NYC:
"Verbeek backed this with a comment he had overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal."
“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his […]
"Verbeek backed this with a comment he had overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal."
“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his […]
Remember the historic break-in and jewelry heist at the #louvre in #paris the other day?
Looks like the camera surveillance system supposed to protect the museum was running on #windows 2000 and the #password was "Louvre". 🤷
#digitalsecurity
Looks like the camera surveillance system supposed to protect the museum was running on #windows 2000 and the #password was "Louvre". 🤷
#digitalsecurity
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Remember the historic break-in and jewelry heist at the #louvre in #paris the other day?
Looks like the camera surveillance system supposed to protect the museum was running on #windows 2000 and the #password was "Louvre". 🤷
#digitalsecurity
Looks like the camera surveillance system supposed to protect the museum was running on #windows 2000 and the #password was "Louvre". 🤷
#digitalsecurity