Mastodawn

The EU Parliament voted to end Chat Control, stopping mass scanning of private messages by Meta, Google, and Microsoft, effective 4 April 2026. ✋📩
This decision restores digital privacy for European citizens and ends indiscriminate surveillance of private chats. 🔒

🔗 https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/end-of-chat-control-eu-parliament-stops-mass-surveillance-in-voting-thriller-paving-the-way-for-genuine-child-protection/

#TechNews #EU #Europe #Parliament #Government #ChatControl #Privacy #DigitalRights #FOSS #Meta #Google #Microsoft #Surveillance #Encryption #OpenInternet #UserControl #FreedomOfSpeech #Freedom #Security

End of “Chat Control”: EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveillance in Voting Thriller – Paving the Way for Genuine Child Protection!

The controversial mass surveillance of private messages in Europe is coming to an end. After the European Parliament had already rejected the indiscriminate and blanket Chat Control by US tech companies on 13 March, conservative forces attempted a democratically highly questionable maneuver yesterda

Patrick Breyer

knoppix 5d ago

The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that ISPs like Cox aren’t liable for users’ copyright infringement, even if they know it occurs. ⚖️
The decision limits “contributory” copyright claims, affecting music, film, and AI content enforcement while protecting user access and ISP neutrality. 🌐

🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/supreme-court-cox-music-copyright.html

#TechNews #SupremeCourt #CoxCommunications #Copyright #Piracy #InternetLaw #Privacy #DigitalRights #FOSS #OpenInternet #ISP #MusicIndustry #UserControl #Encryption #Security

Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider in Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music

Leading music labels sued Cox Communications for failing to terminate accounts of subscribers flagged for distributing copyrighted music.

The New York Times

Reel Tubes Mar 23

Catch Jeremie Zimmermann's insightful interview from Cape Town (Dec 15, 2013) — a must-watch on privacy, digital rights and the fight for an open internet. Historical, sharp and still relevant. Dive in and share your take! #JeremieZimmermann #Privacy #DigitalRights #OpenInternet #Capetown #Interview #LaQuadratureDuNet #English
https://peertube.we-keys.fr/videos/watch/2791d2bd-e099-4a6d-9d88-8cec895efa5d

Jeremie Zimmermann interviewed in Capetown Dec 15 2013

PeerTube

jaimedavid327 Mar 22

Stop S08102A: How New York’s Proposed Digital ID Bill Threatens Privacy and the Internet

The internet has long been one of humanity’s most dynamic spaces, a place where creativity, connection, and information flow freely across borders and boundaries. For decades, it has thrived on decentralization, anonymity, and the ability for individuals to interact without constant oversight. But now, with New York’s proposed bill S08102A, that freedom is under serious threat. This is not a minor tweak or a simple safety measure. It is a sweeping, invasive attempt to embed a device-level […]

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/03/22/19/55/41/analysis/jaimedavid327/10251/stop-s08102a-how-new-yorks-proposed-digital-id-bill-threatens-privacy-and-the-internet/

Reel Tubes Mar 22

FOSDEM 2025 talk: how Podcasting 2.0 + open standards helped save the open internet! A celebratory deep-dive with practical wins for creators, devs, and listeners — must-watch for anyone who cares about the open web. Get inspired! #Podcasting #Podcasting2_0 #OpenStandards #OpenSource #OpenInternet #FOSDEM #Fediverse #English
https://podlibre.video/videos/watch/b67e498c-f929-4eb1-8df2-21fb092e370b

Celebrating Open Standards: How Podcasting 2.0 Shaped the Future of Podcasting (FOSDEM 2025)

PeerTube

Show thread

Till Grallert Mar 20

Today in "The end of the open internet“: the Internet Archive @internetarchive is offline

#OpenInternet #AIScraping #Enshittification

🐦‍🔥nemo™🐦‍⬛ 🇺🇦🍉Mar 20

Cloudflare challenges Italy's €14M "Piracy Shield" fine, calling the rapid anti-piracy blocks a "black box" threat to internet freedom—no judicial oversight or due process. ⚠️🌐 Will this chill open web access? https://cyberinsider.com/cloudflare-calls-italys-piracy-shield-a-threat-to-the-open-internet/ #PiracyShield #Cloudflare #OpenInternet

Cloudflare calls Italy’s “Piracy Shield” a threat to the open internet

Cloudflare has appealed a €14M fine imposed by Italy’s communications regulator, disputing the country’s “Piracy Shield” anti-piracy system.

CyberInsider

Till Grallert Mar 19

Has #Worldcat fully retreated behind log-in with user accounts? Trying to access titles by their #OCLC ID from our institutional IP range at HU Berlin, I get the following response:

```
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="resource://content-accessible/plaintext.css">
</head>
<body>
<pre>This content is available to authenticated users only.
Please sign in to continue.</pre>
</body>
```

#OpenInternet

Bradalot “

”Mar 17

Has anyone thought through the ramifications of SCION adoption (a more secure BGP alternative) with respect to Open Internet access?

Yes, it gives much better, more performant, more robust routing. It seems imposing strong trust controls, regionally (or nationally) managed, on routing would be a big security improvement.

But doesn't it give the nation state an iron hand in who is allowed to route? Does it create risks for the open internet?

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/switzerland_bgp_alternative/

#Internet #Routing #BGP #OpenInternet