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Age verification on social media raises familiar questions: how to protect young users without over-regulating speech or innovation
#AgeVerification #SocialMediaPolicy #OnlineSafety #Australia #DigitalGovernance https://www.netopia.eu/comparing-age-ratings-and-pears/

Comparing Age Ratings and Pears - Netopia

The world has a love/hate-relationship to age ratings. In my country – Sweden – cinema age ratings came about in the early 20th Century following mainly aesthetic criticism from what appears to be a loud minority. “Ugly hats” was one objection that may have contributed to instituting the Cinema Bureau – Statens Biografbyrå – which […]

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Netopia EU Oct 10

Netopia EU May 28

Europe thrives with a plurality of languages and cultures, generating jobs and global exports. The TV and film industry alone demonstrates the power of EU creative industries across languages.

www.advanced-television.com/2025/05/27/r... #geoblocking #mediaplurality #tv #film #publishing

Netopia EU Oct 10

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Disinformation isn’t harmless — it’s a weapon. We must flip the script: understand how false narratives are built, then dismantle them piece by piece.

#BustingFakeNews #MediaLiteracy #DigitalResilience https://www.netopia.eu/busting-fake-news-like-a-crazy-cat-lady/

Busting Fake News Like a Crazy Cat Lady - Netopia

No shortage of disinformation, trolling, propaganda, fake news… whichever term you prefer. Some of it is just brain rot material; some of it is brought by an actor with an agenda. How can anyone navigate it? One novel approach is to take the role of the instigator. How would you go about spreading dissent and […]

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Netopia EU Oct 8

Disinformation isn’t harmless — it’s a weapon. We must flip the script: understand how false narratives are built, then dismantle them piece by piece.

#BustingFakeNews #MediaLiteracy #DigitalResilience https://www.netopia.eu/busting-fake-news-like-a-crazy-cat-lady/

Busting Fake News Like a Crazy Cat Lady - Netopia

No shortage of disinformation, trolling, propaganda, fake news… whichever term you prefer. Some of it is just brain rot material; some of it is brought by an actor with an agenda. How can anyone navigate it? One novel approach is to take the role of the instigator. How would you go about spreading dissent and […]

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Netopia EU Oct 8

Starter Packs for Mastodon - they are coming!

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/mastodon-is-taking-cues-from-bluesky-with-plans-for-its-own-starter-packs/

Mastodon is taking cues from Bluesky with plans for its own starter 'Packs' | TechCrunch

Mastodon is planning to make it easier for newcomers to discover curated collections of users to follow by launching a new starter packs feature.

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Netopia EU Aug 26

In June, Amazon began blocking apps used for illegally streaming pirated TV content on its Fire TV platform.

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1751008189 #Firestick #Piracy #AntiPiracy #Streaming #FireTVUpdate #VegaOS #TVFilm

Amazon starts blocking piracy apps on Fire TV

But that may not be the whole story

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Netopia EU Jul 27

💀 Local users are up to 65x more likely to get malware from piracy sites than legit ones.
👉 https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/07/23/study-highlights-piracy-site-malware-risk/

#CyberSecurity #PiracyRisks #MalwareAlert #ThinkBeforeYouClick #DigitalSafety

Study highlights piracy site malware risk

A new study from antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) highlights the increased cyber risk for those in Southeast Asia who en

Netopia EU Jun 24

Judge Alsup’s ruling is historic—but far from ideal. It should recognise that all scraping of copyrighted content is a flagrant violation of creators' rights, regardless of how “transformative” the tech claims to be. https://grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/judge-sides-with-anthropic-in-pivotal #FairUse #IPrights #AuthorsRights #LLMs

Judge sides with Anthropic in pivotal fair use ruling but hands victory to authors on use of pirated books to train AI

Technology is the 'most transformative many of us will see in our lifetimes' he says

Charting Gen AI

Netopia EU May 28

Europe thrives with a plurality of languages and cultures, generating jobs and global exports. The TV and film industry alone demonstrates the power of EU creative industries across languages.

www.advanced-television.com/2025/05/27/r... #geoblocking #mediaplurality #tv #film #publishing

Netopia EU May 28

CJEU + Chatbots and ©️
Article 15 of the DSM Directive grants press publishers related rights over their publications, controlling reproduction and public availability by ISPs. The protection scope aligns with Articles 2 and 3(2) of the InfoSoc Directive. https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/cjeu-receives-first-referral-on.html

CJEU receives first referral on chatbots and copyright

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