This week's net.wars, "The sovereignty paradox", goes to Computers, Privacy, and Data Proetction 2026 #cpdp and finds a lot of discussions of European values: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/05/29/the-sovereignty-paradox/ #privacy #NetWars
The sovereignty paradox

The year since the 2025 Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection has made Europe more distinct as an entity. Two years ago, we were being chastised for paying in

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🎙️ #Recap of last week's @CPDPconferences - thank you to everyone who stopped by and took part! 🩷 Recordings will be made available by #CPDP in the coming weeks. #CPDP2026 #Brussels #Privacy #DigitalOmnibus @maxschrems
Funky (and scary) early morning session at #CPDP: Algo-rhythms: How data-driven systems perpetuate unnecessary suffering  🎵 www.cpdpconferences.org/culture-club...

Sadly, and unsurprisingly

We are 30 in this workshop on #FemTech:
--> 28 persons have a woman-passing
--> 2 persons have a man-passing

And it saddens me how when we talk about FemTech and women's health data, there are very little representation of men within these discussions.

#CPDP #CPDP2026

And now the workshop Lessons from Feminist Femtech, including amazing speakers

🔸Judith Zoë Blijden,
🔸Marie Kochsiek,
🔸and Sophie-Louise Feith.

#CPDP #CPDP2026
And feel free to check the podcast The Digital Period

Did you know about Drip? @dripapp

It's a menstrual app, which is NOT selling your data 😱 #CPDP

It is made by a German organisation.
https://dripapp.org/

Hanging in the feminist areas of #CPDP and heard:

"Yeah, consent is sexy, but we are talking about GDPR consent" 🥹🙏

RE: https://mastodon.xyz/@privacyint/116611390751602426

At #CPDP2026, sponsored by Google (Alphabet) and Microsoft, companies complicit in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people according to the UN:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un-report-lists-companies-complicit-in-israels-genocide-who-are-they

If you can’t even abide by #BDS to show solidarity with the people of Gaza are you truly an ally?

https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft

https://bdsmovement.net/no-tech-oppression-apartheid-or-genocide

If you’re anti genocide you would be boycotting Microsoft and Google and thus boycotting #CPDP2026 which is sponsored by them.

#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #privacyInternational #CPDP #BDS #complicity #privacy #humanRights #tech

Early morning panel at #CPDP by @[email protected] on the Digital Omnibus and what "simplification" means for consumers (= lowered protections), citizens (= fewer rights), European businesses (= less legal certainty) and innovation (= less competition and no level-playing field).