#dsa

The European Commission pauses the investigation into #DSA violations by #X / #Twitter to maintain peace with the United States.

WHAT A SHAME ! Application of the law is not a bargaining chip !!!

https://itdaily.com/news/business/dsa-x-receives-delay/

Also, can we normalize saying “VLOPSEs”? I know it is not legally defined, but come on, who wants to say “VLOPs/VLOSEs” forever? Do we pluralize “VLOP/VLOSEs” or “VLOPs/VLOSEs”? Or “VLOPs and VLOSEs”? I've seen all of those and I just want to say “VLOPSEs”…
#DSA #VLOPSEs

Impressed by the results of the survey from Coimisiún na Meán on data access under #DSA Article 40(4): 103 researchers are planning 602 applications in total, with 448 data access requests planned within the first 6 months of applications opening, out of which 317 relating to #VLOPs/VLOSEs established in Ireland.
Obviously, “TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X were the most common VLOP/VLOSEs that researchers were planning to request data from”.
https://mailchi.mp/cnam.ie/vetted-researcher-newsletter-issue-1

#Bluesky is moving its #DSA contact point from to , thus stopping to handle EU authorities requests in French, accepting them only in English and further reinforcing the concentration in Ireland and the work of the Irish regulator Coimisiún na Meán.
https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/pga-versions/commit/b1a978f22b73067d9b08ea5cf37fd752fcc6139d
#TermsSpotting with @opentermsarchive

We’re issuing new guidelines under the Digital Services Act to protect minors online.

These recommendations target:

️ Addictive design
Cyberbullying
Harmful content
Unwanted contact from strangers

We will ensure that children and young people can continue to enjoy the online world while minimising risks and exposure to harmful content.

https://europa.eu/!QvQBqR

#DSA

#EU presses pause on probe of #X as US trade talks heat up - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/eu-presses-pause-on-probe-of-x-as-us-trade-talks-heat-up/ cowardice is not the way to deal with a bully #dsa

@lauren I'm not that familiar with legal stuff but ask myself if we could get Google fined for infringement of the DSA act or GDPR laws in the EU? https://www.disinfo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221020_DSAUserGuide_Final.pdf By complaints we should get the @EUCommission to an investigation: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/dsa-enforcement

Or am I too optimistic?

#Google #gemini #GoogleMail #DSA #GDPR #AItraining #privacy

EU-App zur Alterskontrolle: Fünf Staaten beginnen mit den Tests | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/EU-App-zur-Alterskontrolle-Fuenf-Staaten-beginnen-mit-den-Tests-10487184.html #Datenschutz #privacy #DigitalServicesAct #DSA

"Their complaints are practical — they don’t want to pay more taxes. But they’re also ideological, as Dimon’s comments suggest: they don’t want to see left-wing ideas go mainstream. Their declarations sound almost plaintive. Take the frightened whine of another wealthy Mamdani foe, television star Dr Phil, at a recent fundraiser for Eric Adams: “Nothing is for free, folks.”

Asked to describe the reaction of the New York City ruling class, the level-headed Kathy Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City (essentially the city’s chamber of commerce) on the Bloomberg News podcast Odd Lots said, “‘Hysteria’ is the word I would use.” She laconically noted that these business elites didn’t seriously consider the possibility that Mamdani would win until 10 p.m. on primary night.

“How do we stop this guy?” asked Bo Dietl, former New York Police Department detective and prominent right-wing media personality, who is planning on raising $10 million with former mayor Rudy Giuliani, a disgraced former Trump adviser.

Dr Phil? Bo Dietl? Rudy Giuliani? The anti-Mamdani forces aren’t exactly sending their best. Then again, maybe they are."

https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders

#USA #NYC #Mamdani #DemocraticSocialism #DSA #Socialism

Jetzt ist es fertig, das Wasserrätsel. Finde es ziemlich cool, auch wenn ich aufgrund der etwas fitzeligen Bedienbarkeit von einem realen Zeitlimit absehe und das erzählerisch lösen werde.

#pnpDE #Piratenrunde #DSA

We’re hiring analysts at Open Terms Archive!
Freelance · Remote · 6 months
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#Hiring #DigitalRights #PlatformGovernance #OpenSource #Transparency #DSA #RemoteWork

Proud to be able to support the excellent #DSA complaint drafted by @aiforensics_org against the illegal use of personal data by #X to target people with #SurveillanceAds.

https://eupolicy.social/@edri/114862312731261161

#DigitalServicesAct #TrackingFreeAds #privacy

Yesterday, nine civil society organisations, including @edri, submitted a joint complaint against X for violating the #DSA by using people’s sensitive personal data for targeted ads.

This is banned under the DSA because it can lead to higher risk of discrimination, harm and violations of users’ fundamental rights.

Together, we are calling for Digital Services Coordinators and the European Commission to investigate X, and hold it to accountable

Read more https://edri.org/our-work/civil-society-files-joint-dsa-complaint-against-x-for-targeting-people-with-ads-using-their-sensitive-personal-data/

This is an example of someone who is as beautiful on the outside, as he is evil and ugly on the inside: #AIPAC shill #RichieTorres of #NY

(the dude who kvetches about how guys refuse to date him now, because he's an anti-Palestinian pro-genocide MONSTER!!)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=di1pLyjOb1g&pp=ygUTdGhlIGh1bWFuaXN0IHJlcG9ydA%3D%3D

#TheHumanistReport

Rep Torres disses #DSA (hopefully at his own political peril!!!)

C'mon #NYC. You can do better than a heartless schmuck)

#Elections

To the Field First, Comrades!

The #NYC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has pulled off another stunning upset through #ZohranMamdani’s campaign. An insider shares DSA’s grassroots strategy.

from #DropSiteNews
Michael Thomas Carter
Jul 12, 2025

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/zohran-mamdani-democratic-socialists-campaign-new-york-city-dsa?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Mamdani’s success, according to mainstream narratives and prominent pundits, is due to a mixture of individual political acumen, social media savvy, a talented video production team, and his appealing message of a more affordable city for all New Yorkers. All of this helped, but the fact that #Mamdani secured the most total votes in a primary in #NewYorkCity’s history marks the culmination of a grassroots political project that began at least back in 2015, when the #DemocraticSocialistsOfAmerica (#DSA) announced a “New Strategy for a New Era,” energized by the early days of #BernieSanders’s first presidential run.

#USA #US #USPolitics #NewYork #DemocraticSocialism
#news #press #politics #AOC

I must have picked twenty #tomatoes from one #plant over the past two weeks. I wish I had someone to #share them with, because they're perfectly ripe and super flavorful.

My great-great-grandfather grew tomatoes for #survival money after he immigrated from #Sicily. The #FarmersMarket he sold them at is still around and one of my favorite places, but it's in a different place. It turns out that the local #DSA chapter meets near where it used to be.

#Gardening

So, slightly annoyed that #TomTomorrow isn't using alt-text on his cartoons. I want to post them, but it will have to be when I have the energy to write. Was glad to see #TheModernWorld appearing on the #InTheseTimes website though!

https://inthesetimes.com/article/49-06-comics-chuck-schumer-art-trump-2025

#Cartoons #DSA

Mein Hirn fragt sich ernsthaft noch, ob denn wohl 14 A4 Seiten Planung für einen Tag des Wochenendes ausreichen werden. Im vollen Bewusstsein, dass wir manchmal von meiner gesamten Vorbereitung gerade mal 5 Seiten am ganzen Wochenende schaffen.

Weißte, im Studium 20 Seiten Hausarbeit = Weltuntergang!! Wie nervig, liest eh kein Mensch...

Sumire als SL schreibt dir aber locker mal ne ganze Doktorarbeit runter, wenns gerade rappelt.

#pnpDE #Piratenrunde #DSA

"The GDPR serves as a “backbone of the EU’s digital rulebook”, but has also been a source of intense debate and criticism from the outset. Broadly, two main sides have emerged: some say the GDPR constitutes an excessive regulatory burden on businesses and the economy; others warn that revising it risks undermining fundamental rights.

In the current political climate, shaped by lobbying pressure from powerful private actors, political narratives are increasingly aligned with the first view. The Commission, as well as the coalition treaty of the current German government, call for reducing the burden on SMEs (small and medium enterprises) from GDPR obligations and other “bureaucratic” requirements.

While easing burdens on non-commercial actors, such as associations, is arguably reasonable and legitimate (as data protection is, after all, a balancing of interests between processors and data subjects), the debate is overly fixated on simplification, efficiency, and competitiveness. These terms, however, lack intrinsic normative value. Without clear reference points, they remain empty rhetoric. One can, after all, dismantle democracies very efficiently. Unless they are linked to fundamental rights and sustainable social and political objectives, an exclusive focus on these buzzwords will ultimately benefit only those actors who already dominate the market.

Meanwhile, several structural challenges remain unresolved: the dysfunctional instrument of consent; the increasing impossibility of distinguishing between data categories, especially in the age of AI; the structural erosion of data protection principles; the lack of coordination with other legal acts, and the continuing unbridled power of global players in the digital economy, whose aggressive data extraction continues."

https://verfassungsblog.de/reforming-the-gdpr/

#EU #DataProtection #GDPR #FundamentalRights #AI #DSA

"Der #DSA wird seit Februar 2024 in der ganzen EU angewandt und soll einen sichereren digitalen Raum schaffen, in dem die Grundrechte aller Nutzerinnen und Nutzer digitaler Dienste im EU-Binnenmarkt geschützt sind. Die Plattformen sollen dafür sorgen, dass illegale Inhalt entfernt werden, und sie müssen das Risiko minimieren, dass illegale Inhalte auf die Plattformen gelangen. Was offline illegal ist, ist auch online illegal."

https://germany.representation.ec.europa.eu/digital-services-act-dsa-eu-regeln-fur-digitale-plattformen-schutz-der-meinungsfreiheit-und-von_de