Stop Using Google Search (Use These Instead)

https://techlore.tv/w/dzES9pFGJhP3Un3se2aLUE

Stop Using Google Search (Use These Instead)

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#DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org

“This past year has shown us that our privacy is being decided between giant tech companies and governments. That's not how it should be. We need strong privacy laws that protect all of us, and EFF needs you to help us ad...”

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Session is dying. WhatsApp isn't. #encryption #opensource #techlore

https://techlore.tv/w/aA8A7FmNYFwWkdRXy9sYuL

Session is dying. WhatsApp isn't. #encryption #opensource #techlore

PeerTube
Amazon, Facebook, ICE, and the FBI have access to a private intelligence-sharing network operated by Seattle police

Seattle Shield requests suspicious activity reports from companies, which are then circulated with members as part of surveillance apparatus

Prism
The Dark Patterns Keeping You From Opting Out of Data Sharing Are Darker Than Ever, Study Finds - The #enshittification of the internet not only continues, it is accelerating. #internet #Online #DigitalRights #DigitalSovereignty https://gizmodo.com/the-dark-patterns-keeping-you-from-opting-out-of-data-sharing-are-darker-than-ever-study-finds-2000761379
The Dark Patterns Keeping You From Opting Out of Data Sharing Are Darker Than Ever, Study Finds

A privacy nonprofit says online platforms are using ‘manipulative’ design tricks to make opting out of data sharing harder than it needs to be.

Gizmodo

TL;DR:

A federal highway bill amendment would cut funding to states and cities unless they shut down automated license plate tracking programs, effectively banning the tech nationwide except for toll collection, over privacy and surveillance concerns.

https://www.wired.com/story/a-bipartisan-amendment-would-end-police-license-plate-tracking-nationwide/

#Privacy #Surveillance #CivilLiberties #DigitalRights #LicensePlateReaders #ALPR #PoliceSurveillance #DataPrivacy #FourthAmendment #GovernmentSurveillance #TechPolicy #PrivacyRights #FacialRecognition #Cybersecurity #EFF

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

One line tucked into a federal highway bill would strip funds from cities and states unless they kill their automated plate tracking programs—effectively banning the tech for all but toll collection.

WIRED

#DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

We work across sectors, #cultures and geographies to close gaps between education and digital human rights.

Concerns around the effects of the digital age on individuals, society and the environment have grown exponentially, especially since the COVID-19 brutal digital transformation.

Nevertheless, education has incorporated few #digitalrights topics; and the right to a quality education in the digital age has remained outside agendas.

Een groep Nederlandse queer organisaties, waaronder COC Nederland, begint een juridische procedure tegen Meta, het moederbedrijf van Instagram. Aanleiding is de massale verwijdering van Instagram-accounts van queer organisaties die recent plaatsvond.

https://coc.nl/blog/2026/05/20/queer-organisaties-beginnen-juridische-procedure-tegen-meta/

#LGBTQIA, #Queer, #DigitalRights, #Decentralization, #Nederland, #Fediverse

Queer organisaties beginnen juridische procedure tegen Meta

COC

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