The @EUCommission's open source #Simpl project presented at #fosdem! Read more at https://simpl-programme.ec.europa.eu/dashboard/home about data spaces
Join us tomorrow for the #OpenSourceEUPolicy Devroom at #fosdem, we will be in UA2.118 from 9:00am!
Find the overview of our sessions here:
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/open-source-eu-policy/
Here is the nearest entry/exit (that I know of):
https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.811849&mlon=4.382968#map=19/50.811849/4.382968&layers=N // @jmaris @JDEmeritus @apell @EclipseFdn Linux Foundation @mozilla @OpenForumEurope @openssf @osi
🚨 Alert: The use of #Spyware and an attack on #Encryption have been tabled in the French Parliament. These measures pose a serious threat to everyone’s online privacy and security.
In an urgent letter to members of the French National Assembly, 22 digital rights organisations from all around Europe, including EDRi, call to reject the proposed articles.
https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EDRi-open-letter-to-French-National-Assembly-re-Narcotrafic-bill.pdf
EDRi-member @LaQuadrature is mobilising against the „narcotrafic“ legislation:
https://www.laquadrature.net/en/warondrugslaw/
#PPLNarcotrafic
"We have ceded so many of the core operations of our lives and institutions to tech, we must recognise that strong encryption isn’t the enemy of security — it *is* security." - Signal President
@Mer__edith for the Financial Times on the war on encryption
https://www.ft.com/content/a934150f-e0f5-4e75-a2d1-a3671ea52ca0
🗞️ Fresh off the press! The latest #EDRigram just landed in your inbox. In this edition, we cover:
🚨 Why the new #Europol regulation is a Trojan Horse for #surveillance
🇵🇱 Poland's attempts to break the deadlock on the controversial #CSAR
🔓 Attacks on #encryption by #France and the #UK
Get up to speed on EU #DigitalRights now ⤵️ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-5-march-2025/
ENCORE UNE LOI DE MERDE - Surveillance et narcotraficotage