If anyone believes their project should run as public infrastructure - come talk to us. If you believe that running components as public infrastructure is beneficial to the ecosystem and you have institutional funds available - come talk to us. @modalfoundation.eurosky.social Please RT

Big Tech relies heavily on thousands of data workers for their AI products. While these workers are hired through intermediaries, Big Tech firms are responsible for their unstable and unfair working conditions.🚨 Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/big-tech-set...

Important brief to add guidelines/rules to the existing discussions about digital sovereignty/digital public infrastructure. We need to make sure that discussions on procurements do not lead to "Europe first" data exploitative business models or to create European tech-oligarchies.

The European Commission launched its proposal for a '28th Regime' that companies can choose instead of national level law ➡️ Shockingly, it doesn't include real safeguards to protect workers rights 🚨 ➡️ the Commission has named the law after the corporate lobby group that pushed for it: "EU Inc" 🤯

The new report by 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media warns that continued funding and export of these AI systems expands the surveillance and repression capacities of governments and military actors. 7amleh.org/post/eu-fund...

NEW | Hundreds of companies are pitching shady surveillance tech to EU migration agencies through industry events that evade lobbying transparency rules. See the 450+ companies involved ⬇️ www.accessnow.org/companies-po...

#InTodaysOJ on #EURLex, Very large online platforms and very large online search engines designated pursuant to Article 33(4) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC ( #DigitalServicesAct) data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/1...

Together with the European Partnership for Democracy, the Civil Liberties Union for Europe analysed the second set of systemic risk reports published under the Digital Services Act in Nov 2025. Our conclusion: little meaningful progress. 🧵/1

The European Union will always be a reliable partner, a defender of the rules-based international order, and upholder of the United Nations Charter.

Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez challenges the EU #deregulation push ➡️ "cautions against reducing the competitiveness agenda to deregulation and quick fixes" ➡️ a “truly successful competitiveness strategy”, cannot sideline social cohesion or the Green Deal in the name of regulatory simplification"

US Defense Secr's line on "Stupid rules of engagement" should be wake-up call. Can @eudiplomacy.bsky.social afford letting #USA crush int'l rules without a blink? #EU's failure to stand up goes against its interests, paves way for more affronts from oppressive leaders. www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...

IRAN Another “preemptive strike”, another violation of international law. Preemptive force is only legal under a clear, imminent threat. What we’re seeing looks less like self-defense and more like regime change by other means.

Several European countries are considering social media bans for children. We must regulate platforms, not children. I urge caution: ✅ Focus on "safety by design" ✅ Demand algorithmic transparency ✅ Enforce the #DSA & #HumanRights standards Read my Shout Out👇 www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

From the creators of the high-speed and high-risk AI Act de-regulation and the "personal data is so 2016" GDPR/ePrivacy destruction" comes: A direct attack on workers. Soon in your Omnibus collection. Corporations have smelled blood, and they want more euobserver.com/204473/bruss...

Exposed: Big Tech is rewriting the rules globally 🚨 In the Big Tech Lobby Playbook we reveal how these giants are shaping laws and politics in their favour, all around the world. Spoiler alert: their influence is unprecedented. 🧐 Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/big-tech-lob...

🚨 Tomorrow, von der Leyen meets corporate lobbyists just hours before EU leader retreat. Trade union and NGO coalition warns against an (E)U-turn on protections. We call for rules that protect democracy, people & planet - not polluters. 📄 Joint Declaration: corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/t...

"In Germany, Palantir has supplied software for counter-terrorism and law enforcement(...). In Brussels, officials privately admit that the EU’s migration agenda is now technologically dependent on US-born systems." www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...

The European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in violation of the Digital Services Act on Friday, for breaching the EU’s addictive design rules — such as not adequately assessing addiction risk and implementing weak mitigation features

The EU Commission is preparing a Digital Fairness Act with measures against addictive design of social media 👏 Our new investigation reveals intense #lobbying by Big Tech to block such measures 🚨 Will EU decision-makers stand up against Big Tech lobbying? #DFA corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...

The US is asking access to EU data of citizens to impose its authoritarian surveillance views on the EU. The EU will negotiate with someone who called the ICU nurse Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist EU government and @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social are ok... "will be limited" Who believes those folks

‼️ Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality. Read Oxfam's new report ahead of #Davos 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich #WEF26

🎁 Just before the holidays, the EU Commission granted Big Tech its Christmas wish-list: an unprecedented attack on our digital rights. Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we have mapped how the Digital Omnibus closely matches Big Tech lobby demands. 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...

After taking to the streets, people in Iran have now been disconnected from the rest of the world for more than five days. That’s +120 hours in the dark! Alongside +19 orgs, we demand that authorities immediately restore internet access and uphold rights. www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

In my last working hours of 2025 I have chosen to look forward to 2026 with hope, ambition, and courage (despite feeling otherwise). The pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will, as Gramsci put it. Let's take the power (and the tech) back in 2026. www.linkedin.com/pulse/2026-y...

The French intelligence agaency DGSI renews its contract with Palantir.

Announcing eurosky.social accounts - launching January 2026. ✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative ✅ Hosted on European cloud ✅ Governed by European law www.eurosky.social/register

ICYMI The EU's digital omnibus is deregulation dressed up as innovation and weakens also rights and protections of workers by Aida Ponce @etui.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social On deregulation see @corporateeurope.org On how the omnibus attacks GDPR rules see @noyb.eu On big tech @parismarx.com

Palantir should not be anywhere near critical systems in Europe. Yet national government are quietly allowing it to operate inside intel services, police and public health systems. This should be banned instantly

"Red-tape cutting has become a ‘terrible political spectacle,’ EU’s Ribera says. The European Commission’s No.2 official criticized a “Trumpist” approach to EU #deregulation." 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...

Good round-up of current state of affairs on ICC, Microsoft and which EU state and sub-state entities have publicly abandoned US tech for open source solutions: "larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."

OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation. This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommend...

When EU digital sovereignty started gained traction it was grounded to a different way of doing business, one bound by EU rules. With this week's #DigitalOmnibus ,the EU is sacrificing digital rules for the sake of an over-hyped AI race. Who wins? Big Tech of course www.somo.nl/the-real-win...

❗🇪🇺 The ‘Digital Omnibus’ has now been officially presented by the European #Commission.👀 Read all about what this means for the #GDPR on our website 👉 noyb.eu/en/digital-o...

📰 "With the 'Digital Omnibus', the #Commission claims to reduce burdens and simplify regulation for businesses. However, this premise rests on a misleading assumption: that Europe’s #innovation is being held back by excessive regulation." Read more 👉 epicenter.works/en/content/d...#Commission

🚨 Brussels, today 🚨Ursula! Stand up for Europe – not for Trump’s tech bros! As the EU unveils its “Digital Omnibus” today, we're rolling out billboards calling on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stop bending to US and Big Tech pressure and enforce our digital laws #StandUpUrsula✊

Data collection at scale is a national security issue. This trading is happening even with GDPR protections. And yet the Commission is advocating changes that would remove such data from the scope of the regulation.

REACTION: Latest UNEP Emissions Gap report shows that the super-rich are putting world on track for climate catastrophe❗️ More 👉 oxf.am/emissions-gap #MakeRichPollutersPay #EmissionsGap

I remember when the CSO/Big Tech gap was huge in 2014 when I started working on digital rights in Brussels. The gap is just exploding now. Thankfully, many CSOs started working on digital since then and there is a growing opposition to Big Tech domination and the de-regulatory agenda.

Doing things simpler may be a good idea. Deregulating may leave people behind and incentivise 27 different answers to replace the common one. www.ft.com/content/adba...

Preliminary findings: 🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data. 🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions. This is a duty, not a choice. link.europa.eu/JYQrBX

We are publishing an "Ideas for Europe" series from leading experts on how Europe can turn its sovereignty ambitions into action. In this piece, MEP @alexandrageese.bsky.social asks: Does Europe lack control over the digital infrastructure it depends on? www.techpolicy.press/europe-cant-...

Europe’s punitive welfare systems are fuelling the far-right

🇵🇸 what a nice excuse to upgrade to a paid plan with Proton ⤵️

🇪🇺💰How ‘independent’ can Brussels-based think tanks really be when one third of their funding comes from the U.S? 🔗 Read what this means for Europe: www.ftm.eu/articles/a-t...

Exploring the European Commission's 2026 Work Programme: Key items for Rule of Law and Technology... and the missing ambitions 😒 www.diegonaranjo.eu/ec-work-prog...

I have supported @liberties.eu in the preparation of the submission to the consultation on the Digital Omnibus: - 🛡️Data Protection and Privacy - 🤖 Artificial Intelligence: Safeguarding Standards - 🌳 Simplification Must Serve the People, Not Corporations www.liberties.eu/en/stories/d...

"Signal, an encrypted messaging service designed to resist government surveillance and corporate data harvesting, becomes unreachable because Amazon’s servers fail. Wikipedia (...) relies on the same centralized infrastructure as multinational banks." www.techpolicy.press/amazon-cloud...

Me alegra por fin ver poco a poco que se toma el asunto de la soberanía digital en serio en España, y que se hace desde una perspectiva progresista.

Tomorrow 22nd, 15h00 CET, #EP Delegation for #Iran exposes how the Iranian Regime weaponises the internet: ➡️blackouts ➡️mass surveillance ➡️and #DigitalRepression against activists & civil society. Experts from MIAAN & ASL19 reveal the hidden battlefield. Watch live 👇

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...