Show threadNemo_bis 🌈1d ago

@Laurielle AM34 passed with 307 votes and the final text only got 228. The 80 votes lost (mostly among Greens, Left, Renew) were presumably people who voted for the amendment not because they liked it but because they knew EPP wouldn't like it. 157 MEPs in the EPP voted against the amendment and 137 ended up voting against the final text once it passed.

Cf. https://framapiaf.org/@boud/116295844606323488

#EUpolicy #ChatControl

Boud (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Looks like you need to find the "Amendments" section at top of [1] to find Amendment 34 (Am 34) [2], which passed by 307 vs 306. IIUC, Am 34 put strong restrictions requiring specific justification to justify spying, and forbidding spying that bypasses E2EE. IIUC, if the vote on the overall Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 had passed, then thanks to Am 34, the regulation would have hypothetically been weakened. [1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0040_EN.html [2] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0040-AM-004-006_EN.pdf

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al2d ago
Anyone actually read the EU AI Act 2026 due in August this year?
Thoughts?
#EU #AI #eupolicy #selfhosting
elmine4d ago

The Open Web, Apple and the DMA. A good listen/read this one.

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/question-and-answer-with-simonetta-vezzoso--the-open-web--apple-and-the-dma/

#DMA #EUPolicy #OpenWeb

Q&A with Simonetta Vezzoso: The Open Web, Apple, and the DMA - Open Web Advocacy

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Phoenix Paulina Schmid4d ago

@EUCommission The EU Inc proposal must be on the EU level on a par with the legal regimes of the member states. We and Europe don't need 27 sets of EU Inc rules, we need one set of EU Inc rules covering the whole of Europe.

#EUInc #EUPolicy

information labsMar 18
Europe Is Looking to Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban as a Model
But the law passed in six days, despite opposition from mental health groups and scholars—and Australia still doesn’t know if it works.
👉 https://informationlabs.org/youve-been-murdoched-australias-teen-ban-offers-a-warning-for-europe/
#DigitalPolicy #TechPolicy #EUPolicy #DigitalServicesAct
You’ve Been Murdoched: Australia’s Teen Ban Offers a Warning for Europe

Originally published onTech Policy Press On March 5, the European Commission convened the first closed-door meeting of its special panel on child safety online, opened by President von der Leyen herself. Its…

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Show threadGinaMar 18

The trigger was a statement by Prabhat Agrawal, the EU Commission's lead Digital Services Act (DSA) enforcer, who told civil society groups in February that his colleagues had switched from email to Signal under US pressure, with messages set to auto-delete.

The Judiciary Committee states that its earlier subpoenas cover auto-deleted messages as well, and demands full compliance.

This is why we have to choose #opensource, European alternatives. 🇪🇺

#eupolicy #digitalsovereignty #usfascism

GinaMar 18

The US Congress Judiciary Committee is pushing US tech companies, such as Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok and X, to provide access to ALL communications with European Commission officials that relate to the enforcement of EU digital rules, in letters sent Monday. 🚨🇪🇺

The committee said its subpoenas require that documents are not deleted or modified, and that it expects “full compliance.”

Behold, the CLOUD act in practice.

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-congress-judiciary-committee-big-tech-private-communication-eu-officials/

#digitalsovereignty #usfascism #eupolicy

US committee demands Big Tech share private comms with EU officials

US has accused EU of censorship through its Digital Services Act.

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Association REDefineMar 15

You’ve probably seen the CE mark thousands of times.

On phone chargers, toys, kitchen appliances, power tools.

Two tiny letters printed somewhere on the label.

Most people never notice them.

But those letters represent one of the most quietly powerful systems in Europe: a shared framework that helps ensure products sold across the EU are safe to use.

It’s a small symbol with a very big system behind it.

#EuropeanUnion
#EUPolicy
#CivicEducation
#SingleMarket
#ConsumerProtection

Show threadHannah GraceMar 15

The correct answer here was HERA, the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority.

Here’s the website of DG HERA: https://commission.europa.eu/about/departments-and-executive-agencies/health-emergency-preparedness-and-response-authority_en

#EPSOprep#EU #PandemicResponse #EUPolicy

Directorate-General for Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority

Read about what the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority is doing, about its leadership and how to get in touch

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Hannah GraceMar 14

One thing about me: I LOVE #trains.
And so does the #EU.
From the high speed rail plan to passenger rights legislation, #EUPolicy touches #transport policy in countless ways.

I’m preparing a deep dive on trains next.
Is there anything you want to know more about? Ask me questions, tell me fun facts.