If you think this is US-only, it's not. If you think the GDPR protects you, it's doesn't. If you hadn't realised privacy is a national security and corporate espionage issue, it is. If you think politicians can't tackle this, they can. If you believe that tech or business need this, they don't.

We'll be at #PrivacyCamp25 tomorrow! Join our colleague @lutecia.bsky.social at 9:55 to discuss all things strategic litigation. Our colleagues @nickbotton.bsky.social and @laurelinelmn.bsky.social will also be around, come chat with us!

"Every country was put on notice by the ICJ that there was a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.. every country became obliged under the law.. not to speak fine words, to take action to prevent genocide.. that obligation was activated on 24th Jan 2024" Chris Sidoti spells it out

#EUGeneralCourt dismisses @Zalando’s appeal against the designation of its platform as a very large online platform #DigitalServicesAct 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

A California teen sought advice from OpenAI's GPT-4o on how to end his life. The chatbot gave him explicit instructions and encouragement. His parents are suing the company and its CEO, Sam Altman, alleging “it was the predictable result of deliberate design choices."

X is being investigated in France for foreign interference because of its algorithms 👀

Très gros travail aussi bien sur le fond que la forme 👏

"This is not a decision of statutory interpretation. It is an ideological declaration by the heads of the Judiciary."

Do you want all your Facebook and Instagram photos, posts and data to be used by Meta to train AI? If not, then *now* is the time to object. This article explains how. datenschutz-hamburg.de/news/meta-st...

Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams told a US Senate subcommittee on Wednesday that the tech giant undermined its self-proclaimed free speech values and put US national security at risk by vigorously pursuing business opportunities in China. Full transcript @viacristiano.bsky.social:

Case closed! 🤩💥🚀. In settling my case, Meta has agreed to stop processing my personal data for direct marketing purposes. In non-legalese, that means I will no longer be shown surveillance-ads on Facebook. www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...

🚨 Breaking news in our client's High Court claim against Meta: Facebook avoids trial with settlement in landmark privacy case 🚨

French prosecutors open investigation into X's algorithms

1/ In a groundbreaking ruling, the High Court today found that an online gambling company had unlawfully processed our client’s data. A 🧵 and analysis 👇 on the major implications for data processing in the gambling and AdTech industries. https://buff.ly/3EiOvQX

Photo of the Day, if not the Year. Solidarity and admiration. 📸This brilliant photo of Gisele Pelicot, leaving court for the final time yesterday, was taken by Arnold Jerocki for Getty Images.

Collecting the #DSA risk and audit reports here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Still many lines to fill, curious to see which ones come next

Lots of articles today about Bluesky potentially violating the Digital Services Act (DSA) after this FT article came out. But Bluesky is legally NOT required to publish user numbers in my opinion. The spokesperson of the European Commission has mixed up things. (1/5) www.ft.com/content/9083...