Kirsten Fiedler
@k1k1.bsky.social
job: European Parliament | previously @edri
fighting for digital rights
born 337 PPM
other: swim bike run
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only dank memes on the weekend
fighting for digital rights
born 337 PPM
other: swim bike run
🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 ヾ(-_- )ゞ
only dank memes on the weekend
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Caroline Stage Olsen, Minister for Digital Affairs: "I have no holy cows in simplification." #DigitalSovereignty
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Caroline Stage Olsen, Minister for Digital Affairs: "I have no holy cows in simplification." #DigitalSovereignty
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In our corner of the room, we think:
- European preference in procurement is a start (with conditionalities)
- DMA cloud investigations a badly needed move (but let's hit the gas, please)
- Omnibus: has European tech business asked for this? Or Big Tech? Not the ones I talk to. I'd be wary, here.
- European preference in procurement is a start (with conditionalities)
- DMA cloud investigations a badly needed move (but let's hit the gas, please)
- Omnibus: has European tech business asked for this? Or Big Tech? Not the ones I talk to. I'd be wary, here.
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
In our corner of the room, we think:
- European preference in procurement is a start (with conditionalities)
- DMA cloud investigations a badly needed move (but let's hit the gas, please)
- Omnibus: has European tech business asked for this? Or Big Tech? Not the ones I talk to. I'd be wary, here.
- European preference in procurement is a start (with conditionalities)
- DMA cloud investigations a badly needed move (but let's hit the gas, please)
- Omnibus: has European tech business asked for this? Or Big Tech? Not the ones I talk to. I'd be wary, here.
There are sooooo many dark and addictive patterns in games today - so this website is helps identify them and gives you a list of "healthy games":
www.darkpattern.games
#gaming #darkpatterns
www.darkpattern.games
#gaming #darkpatterns
DarkPattern.games » Healthy Gaming « Avoid Addictive Dark Patterns
Game reviews to help you find good games that don't trick you into addictive gaming patterns.
www.darkpattern.games
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
There are sooooo many dark and addictive patterns in games today - so this website is helps identify them and gives you a list of "healthy games":
www.darkpattern.games
#gaming #darkpatterns
www.darkpattern.games
#gaming #darkpatterns
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In a recent edition of The Torment Nexus, I wrote about Wikipedia, which I argued was one of the best things the internet ever created. There is another thing that ranks right up there with Wikipedia on the list of great things, and that is the Internet Archive mathewingram.com/work/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In a recent edition of The Torment Nexus, I wrote about Wikipedia, which I argued was one of the best things the internet ever created. There is another thing that ranks right up there with Wikipedia on the list of great things, and that is the Internet Archive mathewingram.com/work/2025/11...
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Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
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The Saudis are buying Electronic Arts in a massive $55 billion deal — but why would they want a games publisher?
This week @nathangrayson.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Saudi Arabia uses games to try to improve its image.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/302_...
This week @nathangrayson.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Saudi Arabia uses games to try to improve its image.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/302_...
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Saudis are buying Electronic Arts in a massive $55 billion deal — but why would they want a games publisher?
This week @nathangrayson.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Saudi Arabia uses games to try to improve its image.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/302_...
This week @nathangrayson.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Saudi Arabia uses games to try to improve its image.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/302_...
Digitaler Omnibus: „Größter Rückschritt für digitale Grundrechte in der Geschichte der EU“
#digitalomnibus #GDPR #AIAct
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
#digitalomnibus #GDPR #AIAct
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
Digitaler Omnibus: „Größter Rückschritt für digitale Grundrechte in der Geschichte der EU“
Die Europäische Kommission arbeitet an Plänen für einen Kahlschlag bei ihren Regeln für die digitale Welt. Das belegen unter anderem Dokumente, die wir veröffentlicht haben. Im Europäischen Parlament ...
netzpolitik.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Digitaler Omnibus: „Größter Rückschritt für digitale Grundrechte in der Geschichte der EU“
#digitalomnibus #GDPR #AIAct
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
#digitalomnibus #GDPR #AIAct
netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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This is way worse for civic rights and German democracy than you might fathom.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is way worse for civic rights and German democracy than you might fathom.
The EU Commission has come out with its EU Democracy Communication. A lot of coordination. Not much action, no truly effecient proposals.
The file name says it all: #EUDS "JUST_template_comingsoon"
commission.europa.eu/document/253...
The file name says it all: #EUDS "JUST_template_comingsoon"
commission.europa.eu/document/253...
Communication on the European Democracy Shield | European Commission
commission.europa.eu
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The EU Commission has come out with its EU Democracy Communication. A lot of coordination. Not much action, no truly effecient proposals.
The file name says it all: #EUDS "JUST_template_comingsoon"
commission.europa.eu/document/253...
The file name says it all: #EUDS "JUST_template_comingsoon"
commission.europa.eu/document/253...
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Zusammen mit @arnesemsrott.bsky.social & @fragdenstaat.de sind Philipp Ruch & das ZPD @politicalbeauty.bsky.social unter den Wenigen, die den Ernst der Lage offen kommunizieren:
"Was wirst du tun, wenn Schwarz-Blau an die Macht kommt und die Jurist*innen sagen, das Grundgesetz gilt nicht mehr?"
"Was wirst du tun, wenn Schwarz-Blau an die Macht kommt und die Jurist*innen sagen, das Grundgesetz gilt nicht mehr?"
Philipp Ruch: „Die AfD wird stärkste Partei – und Jens Spahn macht ein Angebot“
Philipp Ruch war ein Kopf hinter der „Sommerinterview“-Störaktion gegen Alice Weidel. Jetzt warnt er: Wir müssen verstehen, wieso Rechtsextremismus so eine Anziehung ausübt. Doch wie beenden wir sie? ...
www.freitag.de
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Zusammen mit @arnesemsrott.bsky.social & @fragdenstaat.de sind Philipp Ruch & das ZPD @politicalbeauty.bsky.social unter den Wenigen, die den Ernst der Lage offen kommunizieren:
"Was wirst du tun, wenn Schwarz-Blau an die Macht kommt und die Jurist*innen sagen, das Grundgesetz gilt nicht mehr?"
"Was wirst du tun, wenn Schwarz-Blau an die Macht kommt und die Jurist*innen sagen, das Grundgesetz gilt nicht mehr?"
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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"Simplification" is a lie, this is pure deregulation and caving into pressure from the US government. Rights, values and accountability are being sacrificed in the name of innovation:
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
#digitalomnibus #gdpr #aiact
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
#digitalomnibus #gdpr #aiact
Planned EU AI Act changes to include centralized enforcement, regulatory tweaks | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
Amendments to the EU's AI Act to be proposed on Nov. 19 look to include easing compliance burdens and centralizing enforcement through the European Commission's AI Office. An early draft, obtained by ...
www.mlex.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Simplification" is a lie, this is pure deregulation and caving into pressure from the US government. Rights, values and accountability are being sacrificed in the name of innovation:
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
#digitalomnibus #gdpr #aiact
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
#digitalomnibus #gdpr #aiact
Das Internet befreien! Freiheit im Internet garantieren!
Europa muss dem Druck von Trump und seinen Tech-Kumpanen entschlossen die Stirn bieten:
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Europa muss dem Druck von Trump und seinen Tech-Kumpanen entschlossen die Stirn bieten:
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Donald Trump und die US-Techkonzerne: Grüne wenden sich gegen US-Dominanz
Angriff auf Meta und Google: Bundes- und Europapolitiker der Grünen fordern die Bundesregierung auf, sich innerhalb der EU stärker gegen die Vorherrschaft von US-Konzernen in der Digitalwirtschaft ein...
www.spiegel.de
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Das Internet befreien! Freiheit im Internet garantieren!
Europa muss dem Druck von Trump und seinen Tech-Kumpanen entschlossen die Stirn bieten:
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Europa muss dem Druck von Trump und seinen Tech-Kumpanen entschlossen die Stirn bieten:
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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📢 As the EU's deregulation agenda rolls out the red carpet for corporate interests, our new study shows that the tech industry has ramped up its lobby power:
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory
New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.
corporateeurope.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 As the EU's deregulation agenda rolls out the red carpet for corporate interests, our new study shows that the tech industry has ramped up its lobby power:
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
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The United States wants the unilateral authority to decide who should be able to use certain technologies.
In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.
In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.
Why should the US decide who can have certain tech?
Restrictions on Iranian and Chinese technology are about preserving US geopolitical power
www.disconnect.blog
June 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The United States wants the unilateral authority to decide who should be able to use certain technologies.
In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.
In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.
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Digital platforms run by men in an authoritarian and intransparent way censor women and harm their health. At the same time they accuse the EU of "censorship“ @alexandrageese.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...
How the men‘s internet is censoring women‘s health | Alexandra Geese
How the men‘s internet is censoring women‘s health
Amazon, Google, Meta and Tiktok suppress content related to women‘s health.
Meta rejects ads about breast cancer prevention, but accepts explicit a...
www.linkedin.com
June 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Digital platforms run by men in an authoritarian and intransparent way censor women and harm their health. At the same time they accuse the EU of "censorship“ @alexandrageese.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...
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"If your decentralised protocol is missing features, the market will add them with centralisation." — @goat.navy
*This*:
- is why why the web was captured;
- is why email became concentrated;
- is why ActivityPub, as defined today, isn't capture-resistant.
*This*:
- is why why the web was captured;
- is why email became concentrated;
- is why ActivityPub, as defined today, isn't capture-resistant.
June 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"If your decentralised protocol is missing features, the market will add them with centralisation." — @goat.navy
*This*:
- is why why the web was captured;
- is why email became concentrated;
- is why ActivityPub, as defined today, isn't capture-resistant.
*This*:
- is why why the web was captured;
- is why email became concentrated;
- is why ActivityPub, as defined today, isn't capture-resistant.
The FTC now tries to save Twitter's ad revenues or what?
"A proposed consent decree would prevent the merged company from boycotting platforms because of their political content by refusing to place their clients’ advertisements on them."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/b...
"A proposed consent decree would prevent the merged company from boycotting platforms because of their political content by refusing to place their clients’ advertisements on them."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/b...
F.T.C. May Put Unusual Condition on Ad Mega-Merger: No Boycotting
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The FTC now tries to save Twitter's ad revenues or what?
"A proposed consent decree would prevent the merged company from boycotting platforms because of their political content by refusing to place their clients’ advertisements on them."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/b...
"A proposed consent decree would prevent the merged company from boycotting platforms because of their political content by refusing to place their clients’ advertisements on them."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/b...
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Tech companies' abandoning fact-checking on their platforms has led to disinformation about the protests against the #ICERaids in LA to go viral.
And AI-powered chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT are making the situation considerably worse
www.wired.com/story/grok-c...
And AI-powered chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT are making the situation considerably worse
www.wired.com/story/grok-c...
AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse
Amid fast-moving events in Los Angeles, users are turning to chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT to find out what’s real and what’s not—and getting inaccurate information.
www.wired.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Tech companies' abandoning fact-checking on their platforms has led to disinformation about the protests against the #ICERaids in LA to go viral.
And AI-powered chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT are making the situation considerably worse
www.wired.com/story/grok-c...
And AI-powered chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT are making the situation considerably worse
www.wired.com/story/grok-c...
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Google’s illegal advertising monopoly harms businesses, newspapers, and puts an AdTech tax on every internet user. To break Google’s stranglehold over our digital lives, the EU must break up Big Tech.
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05-breakupbigtech-petition-EN/
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05-breakupbigtech-petition-EN/
Break up Big Tech
Every time you open a news site, Google gets paid, but independent journalism dies. Big Tech monopolies like Google are sucking up ad revenue that used to fund journalists, leaving newsrooms strugglin...
action.wemove.eu
June 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Google’s illegal advertising monopoly harms businesses, newspapers, and puts an AdTech tax on every internet user. To break Google’s stranglehold over our digital lives, the EU must break up Big Tech.
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05-breakupbigtech-petition-EN/
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05-breakupbigtech-petition-EN/
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ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.