The Debugger

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Your resource on tech and politics, based in Europe.
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#ChatControl is lurking in the back. We said it already, and we say it again. This initiative is disastrous from every point of view. From ineffective protection by scrapping fundamental rights to increased technological and political vassalage.

https://www.thedebugger.org/chat-control-the-eus-biggest-mass-surveillance-initiative-ever/

#surveillance #EU

Chat Control: the EU's biggest mass surveillance initiative ever

The EU is once more debating the chat control initiative, a mass surveillance law that would rely on a US company to scan every piece of communication of (almost) all EU citizens by October 2025.

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Here's the last Monthly Report, the #newsletter where we comment on some of the latest news (and editorialise a bit, because why not).

https://www.thedebugger.org/monthly-report-october-2025/

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Monthly Report | October 2025

Your resource on tech and politics, based in Europe.

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The European Commission green-lights the creation of the #DigitalCommons EDIC:

"The aim of this organisation, integrated by France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, is to enable EU member states to build open-source alternatives to much of the proprietary - mostly US - software used by companies and governments across the EU."

https://www.thedebugger.org/european-commission-launches-digital-commons-european-digital-infrastructure-consortium/

#EU #tech #digitalsovereignty #opensource

European Commission launches Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium

The initiative aims at fostering Europe's digital sovereignty by enabling cross-border collaboration to build open-source European tech alternatives

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We are back with our Monthly Report #newsletter

https://the-debugger.ghost.io/monthly-report-summer-edition/

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Monthly Report | Summer Edition

Your resource on tech and politics, based in Europe.

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In politics, intention is important. Responsibility is even more. And mass surveillance can never be the answer.

Here is our latest article on the EU's #ChatControl:

https://the-debugger.ghost.io/chat-control-the-eus-biggest-mass-surveillance-initiative-ever/

#surveillance

Chat Control: the EU's biggest mass surveillance initiative ever

The EU is once more debating the chat control initiative, a mass surveillance law that would rely on a US company to scan every piece of communication of (almost) all EU citizens by October 2025.

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Is #Palantir taking over #Europe ? We examine some of the relations between the US corporation and several European entities.

https://the-debugger.ghost.io/is-palantir-taking-over-europe/

"We are not talking just about purchasing a service, but about handing highly sensitive data to companies linked with foreign intelligence and defence agencies, which are naturally not concerned about Europe's interests - when not in direct opposition to them."

#digitalsovereignty #EU #tech #spyware #surveillance

Is Palantir taking over Europe?

The increasing adoption and dependence from Palantir is at odds with Europe's ambitions of digital sovereignty.

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Hi everybody. After a long break, we will resume our activity soon, with more articles coming during the next weeks. Thank you for being there, it means a lot!

Here is our latest Monthly Report #newsletter , and this one is full of news! We mention some of the latest electoral developments in Europe, particularly in Romania, as well as what has been going on lately in the project.

https://the-debugger.ghost.io/monthly-report-may-2025/

Thank you always for reading us. More soon!

Monthly Report | May 2025

Dear reader, This month has been full of movement. Only in Europe, over the last few weeks, we have witnessed elections in Romania, Portugal, and Poland. I had the opportunity to follow closely Romania's electoral process, as I was in the country a week before the elections. I realised that

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#AI has sparked a renewed arms race. In this context, where does #Europe stand? In this article, we go through the latest report on #defence and AI, issued by the European Parliamentary Research Service.

While the #EU is ramping up its military spending, including research on AI, it still endorses a ban on lethal autonomous weapons.

We also mention some of the report's blind spots, such as AI's use in the ongoing #war in #Gaza and #India 's role in AI governance.

https://the-debugger.ghost.io/defence-and-artificial-intelligence-where-does-europe-stand/

Defence and Artificial Intelligence. Where does Europe stand?

In this article we go through the briefing on defence and artificial intelligence, delivered by the European Parliamentary Research Service.

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Just switch to #linux ; it's easier than it looks!
(Picture is not mine but I like it)

#switchtolinux #RemoveWindows #deletewindows #OS #FOSS