simplification done well. now I understand. t.hanks

who could have seen AI become weaponized by a corrupt government, except for literally everyone, as well as decades of science fiction

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. How it works: www.404media.co/this-app-war...

> We aren’t raising children for a world without algorithms. We are raising them for a world shaped by artificial intelligence, public visibility and constant comparison. Removing access doesn’t build resilience, judgment or self-regulation. It simply […] Read it at: www.wsj.com/opinion/if-t...

"But what if a problematic kink artist gets SFW work?! Their art will be linked to that stuff!" Yall dont want to know the type of shit disney animators got up to in their free time.

The EU is undergoing Treaty change. You just weren’t supposed to notice. 5 reforms to EU law-making. No Convention. No ratification. No democratic debate. I call it the Castle Method — and it’s constitutional drift hiding in plain sight. 🔗 verfassungsblog.de/the-castle-method/​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Excellent. A further, untouched question is whether the Council, Commission and Parliament are basically being hijacked by the EPP, liberated by the rise of a hard-right it can make ideologically Singular majorities with

EU leaders are informally reshaping the rulebook, shifting power toward the Council and reducing democratic safeguards by Parliament and Commission. Understandable and yet not a great outlook with rising foreign and far-right influence.

Please speak up about this too, folks. There's power-grab stuff going on in the EU and it's a big problem #europe #eu #chatcontrol #savespeech

5. Tuta delivers what they promise to deliver

Tired of Gmail ads? You’re not alone. 😒 Here’s how to block them (at least most of them): 1️⃣ Go to Settings → "See all settings" 2️⃣ Open the Inbox tab 3️⃣ Uncheck Promotions, Social, and Forums 4️⃣ Hit Save ✅ Or skip the hassle: switch to Tuta Mail🔒💌 More: 👉 tuta.com/blog/block-g...

⚖️ A proposed change to the definition of personal data could soon make it easier for #BigTech to bypass European privacy laws – at least if the EU Commission's #DigitalOmnibus passes. Watch now to learn more and stay tuned for further videos! 👉 youtube.com/shorts/bGn80...

#savespeech #eu #chatcontrol #privacy #stopchatcontrol #GDPR #digitalomnibus HEY PLEASE CALL YOUR MEPS/REPS IN THE EU THEY WANT TO GUT YOUR DATA PRIVACY TELL THEM NO!

On the good news. #gaming Before vs. After: personal record. I'll try to record another one and maybe post it on #youtube

I should not have woken up today. Should've slept the whole year away at this rate. There may be light at the end of the tunnel but it is, so dark today.

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

And with this statement, people begin to side with an AI company. If this doesn't tell you how bad it is over there then I don't know what does.

Anthropic responds to Hegseth. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

It's basically them admitting to #masssurveillance

“if you won’t let us use your product to spy on Americans and kill without supervision we will single-handedly destroy your business by fiat” is the single most authoritarian anti-business action I can ever remember any administration taking

text your representatives and tell them to vote NO on the bill that deletes the whole internet! call your congresscritter! sign this petition! don't forget to write a polite letter to your reps to STOP the Grind Everything You Love To Gritty Paste Act

Every single god damn week at this point honestly lmao We need to keep it up though.

#DigitalSovereignty aye, @tuta.com you briefly mentioned cutting away from US tech. there's another article about it. cybernews.com/tech/canada-...

motherfuckers who say that crap literally havent seent he state of the job market. I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO WORK FOR SIX MONTHS NOW and holy FUCK is it impossible to find a job, even a shitty job. They just DO NOT respond to you, they just DO NOT call you, and when they do its usually always No.

Don doesn’t take no for an answer, weird, no such stories like this before

Don't know if anyone else knows this but: Discord pushed back its age verification to sync with the possibility of KOSA (Senate version) passing, which has a section dedicated to age verification and how all online platforms and video game companies must go about it by employing their own service.

Ouch. Harsh but fair.

blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10... An article I was recently shared. The writer does make a fair point: working around all the age verification mandates & dismissing it as impossible isn't enough. We MUST oppose all efforts & repeal all enacted bills. Only then will we be safe & free. #savespeech

Die politische Diskussion über eine Altersbeschränkung für Soziale Medien #SocialMediaVerbot ist eine Symboldebatte par excellence. An der Realität von Heranwachsende ändert ein solches Verbot nichts. Es hätte jedoch Nebenfolgen, die häufig verschwiegen werden: load-ev.de/2026/02/26/s...

"If providers in scope of the law use age verification then the tool must meet several high privacy and security guarantees. If the final CSA Regulation goes beyond this threshold, it will be essential for the digital rights community [...]

Btw this is also an EU wide age-verification/gating bill for THE ENTIRE INTERNET #savespeech #chatcontrol #stopchatcontrol #privacy #stopKOSA #discord #stopcensorship #notodigitalid

Let's be real, Discord only really did these stupid verification things cause of the laws that caused it. Cancelling Nitro is good, but if truly want to solve the problem forever it must be stopped at the source (the governments in various countries that passed these stupid laws to begin with)

In England we have pretty much blanket age verification almost everywhere. It's the same thing as the payment processors. Unfortunately for me my current MP is a PoS. If you can get ahead of it and prevent it from happening in you're country do so.

A thing from #denmark Looks like the government's been working on essentially dismantling their disability aid system, or something of that sort. May be worth spreading awareness of. #eu

Boosting this now. Call your reps ASAP. Acts like KOSA, Screen, and repealing Section 230 will only bring greater harm to everyone online, including children. The US government does NOT get to dictate our speech or violate our privacy. #SaveSpeech #StopKOSA #StopDigitalID #StopAgeVerification

“But I nEvEr SaW aNyThInG iLlIcIt” Bullshit.

Ofcom basically admits that it can't do much to companies that aren't based in the UK or don't willingly comply with their regulations. Which means responsible platforms get devastated by traffic cuts and massive fines while their non-compliant competitors just throw Ofcom's letters in the trash.

NOW is the time to make calls to your reps about KOSA, SCREEN act, section 230 and more Call your legislators. Speak to office aides. Leave messages. Do so every day. Be loud and annoying. Get family and friends to join in. www.congress.gov/members/find...

Finally, after waiting for so long... I have joined @eurosky.social Greetings! And welcome everyone moving from bsky!

Avec le "Digital Omnibus", la Commission européenne prépare une vaste remise en cause des régulations numériques de l'UE Le projet est déjà influencé par Big Tech Et maintenant, pour son examen au Parlement, la rapporteuse désignée est... une ex lobbyiste de Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp)

Wenn unser Innenminister mal die Verfassung schützen würde, statt offensichtlich verfassungswidrige Software wie Palantir zu befürworten :| Überwachungssoftware: SPD will Palantir auf Bundesebene blockieren "Nach monatelangem Druck der Zivilgesellschaft verspricht..." www.heise.de/news/Ueberwa...

Rewriting thread as I realized there is a second clause I missed on first pass and only found after further reading This amendment WOULD make it against the law in the UK to create pornography where two people are “pretending to be related” … IF the persons involved appear to be real individuals

I know this is like, “eww squick” it wouldn’t hurt me, but this basically bans the first episode of Game of Thrones, a significant amount of Greek mythology, and every open fanfiction website on the planet. And I wouldn’t trust an authoritarian govt with “nuance” about what is art and what is porn.

Hi everyone, here are some important links again and tomorrow is the deadline for chatcontrol 1.0 Keep in mind that two of the links are in German. fightchatcontrol.eu edri.org/take-action/... netzpolitik.org/2026/ein-kus... digitalegesellschaft.de/2026/02/upda...

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Just a reminder while this is a victory, it's not over yet until Discord completely gives up on the age verification nonsense. Don't resubcribe to Nitro immediately.