🔥 Another bump in the road for the EC’s #DigitalNetworksAct?! @theophane.euractiv.com reports that Germany prefers a Directive over a Regulation. The ride gets rougher: first a delay, now Germany's suggesting a different route entirely. 🔗 www.euractiv.com/news/germany...

It Is Time to Put Research First in Europe! In our #5thFreedom series, Stephen Wyber of @ifla.org explores how the ERA Act could open access, empower libraries, and put research at the heart of EU policy. 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/9063bef3 📺 youtu.be/TeEUGZji3lM #SciencePolicy #EUPolicy #ERA

Shaping the Future of Our Past with AI AI isn’t a threat to culture — it’s a partner in preserving it. Watch Humans of AI, our new series on how tech keeps memory alive. 👉 informationlabs.org/shaping-the-... #DigitalPreservation #CulturalHeritage

We’re thrilled to launch our new Humans of AI podcast! Prof. @melissaterras.bsky.social of @transkribus.bsky.social — a cooperative AI platform transforming how libraries, archives, and museums bring history to life. 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/ce0399b5 📺 youtu.be/qK5x4j7jiuQ #AI #CulturalHeritage

🔥 20 January 2026: A New Date for the DNA to Land? The latest tentative agenda for upcoming College of Commissioners meetings suggests the possible adoption of the #DigitalNetworksAct proposal on 20 January 2026 in Strasbourg. 🔗 ec.europa.eu/transparency... #DisputeResolution

Oct 2025 information labs recap 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/octobe... ⇒ #5thFreedom with @eesc.bsky.social's Dr Paul Rübig & @communia.bsky.social's @justusdreyling.bsky.social ⇒ #DigitalSovereignty reflections ⇒ 3-part post on #GenAI, copyright & #TDM ⇒ ‘F’ for EC #DigitalNetworksAct impact assessment

🔥 A fight is brewing in Italy about #CDNs! Italian regulator #AGCOM gets pushback from @cloudflare.social and @netflix.com for its attempt to reclassify CDNs as Electronic Communications Networks. A move that was criticised by others for opening the door to #NetworkFees! #DNA

When AWS went dark for 14 hours, half the internet followed. Europe’s answer? “Digital sovereignty.” But control isn’t resilience. Power lies in design, not in slogans. 👉 informationlabs.org/the-great-aw... #DigitalSovereignty #TechPolicy

🔥 #DigitalNetworksAct (DNA) Impact Assessment: Pass or fail? On 22 Oct, the EU Regulatory Scrutiny Board reviewed the EC's DNA impact assessment. From what we hear, the Board took out a red pen, and F is the outcome, implying a possible pushback till 2026. What have you heard?

Is it time to give the 5th Freedom its breakthrough? In our #5thFreedom series, @justusdreyling.bsky.social shows how the #ERA Act can make knowledge flow freely—unlocking faster science, stronger innovation & a more competitive Europe. 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/896317d7 📺 youtu.be/y7-sf2OvnFU

Europe can write the rules, but it doesn’t build the tools. “Digital sovereignty” sounds decisive — until you ask what it means. Power isn’t in the slogan, it’s in the capacity to create. informationlabs.org/digital-sove... #DigitalSovereignty #EUPolicy #Tech #Innovation

🔥 A reality check on European telecom health! Timely evidence for the #DigitalNetworksAct: A new study for @cciaeurope.bsky.social concludes that the overall story is positive, contrary to incumbent operators’ “gloomy narrative”. 🔗 The study: www.commcham.com/telco-finances #DNA #FairShare

Building a Europe Where Knowledge Flows Freely! In our new #5thFreedom episode, Dr. Paul Rübig shares why free knowledge flow is key to Europe’s future. 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/c423db96 📺 youtu.be/qtXZUOQv6x0 #EUPolicy #Innovation

Is training AI on copyrighted material legal in the EU? Yes — under the Text & Data Mining (TDM) exceptions. The “loophole” narrative? Misleading. informationlabs.org/ai-training-... #Copyright #AIRegulation

AI ≠ only about art & entertainment. 🧬 In healthcare: diagnosing fractures & epilepsy. 🚢 In supply chains: forecasting & logistics. 💊 In science: designing new drugs & materials. informationlabs.org/the-hidden-h...

Generative AI didn’t start with ChatGPT. 🚫 From ELIZA (1960s) → GANs (2014) → Transformers (2017), the foundations were laid long before the hype. informationlabs.org/beyond-the-h... #AIHistory #GenAI

information labs August-September 2025 recap 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/august... AI LAB - Reflections on: • The Danish Presidency’s #AI conference • #Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement • #Cloudflare’s “pay-per-crawl” plan • The #Gikii2025 conference & more!

"AI in education is not a tech problem. It’s a cultural challenge, a democratic challenge, and a governance challenge," Caroline De Cock reflects after a recent Google Cloud #Education Policy Series Roundtable in Brussels. Learn more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-edu... #AI

Still thinking about the Gikii 2025 conference. The "Villain Era" theme was fun, but it shows a common policy trap: regulating technology. My take: We need tech-neutral laws on harmful behavior—Anything else is writing rules that are obsolete. informationlabs.org/is-technolog... #Gikii2025

🔥 Another #FairShare push? 8 EU telecom CEOs call for ambitious #DigitalNetworksAct (DNA) to boost investment, echoing Draghi’s report. The EC's choice: side with telcos or listen to opposition against payment obligations. A reminder of the DNA stakes: informationlabs.org/ceci-nest-pa...

🚧 Cloudflare’s “pay-per-crawl” sounds like a win for creators. But it risks breaking the open web—blocking archives, accessibility, and research while creating a 2-tier internet. The cure may kill the patient. 👉 informationlabs.org/walling-off-... #OpenWeb #Cloudflare #AI

Anthropic's $1.5B settlement is NOT the AI copyright reckoning you think it is. It's a story about data sourcing and a punitive legal system, NOT the illegality of AI training itself. A HUGE distinction. Read more: informationlabs.org/anthropics-1... #AI #Copyright #FairUse #Anthropic

The Danish Presidency's AI & Copyright conference is pure policy capture: an echo chamber for Big Tech & entertainment, with zero voices from research, education, or libraries. The EU needs a bigger table, not a louder echo chamber. Read more: informationlabs.org/an-echo-cham... #AI #Copyright #EU

☀️ August summer reading picks: AI, copyright, deepfakes & media in flux. 5 standout pieces show how law, policy & audience shifts collide to reshape creativity & information — A landscape in motion. 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/summer...

🚨 Italy just reclassified #CDNs as telecom networks. AGCOM’s decision risks slower services, stifled innovation & higher costs — all to serve legacy telcos. CDNs ≠ telcos. This isn’t fair regulation — it’s protectionism. 🔗 www.agcom.it/provvediment... #OpenInternet #AGCOM #NetNeutrality #TechPolicy

AI isn’t just rewriting the rules—it’s forcing us to rethink creativity itself. My July reading list explores copyright, culture & compensation in the age of AI. 📚 Read more: linkedin.com/pulse/summer...

🔥 Will the US-EU trade deal put a stop to #NetworkFees? Don’t celebrate just yet! This might change nothing as the EC switched to "dispute resolution," not fees. Moreover, the EC claims it made “no commitment on digital regulation”. 🔗 www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/... #DigitalNetworksAct

1/ 🗞️ information labs June-July 2025 recap 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/june-j... ☀️ Summer: We're back in late August 📢 Our Future Memory campaign: Learn about this initiative by the @internetarchive.eu & our take on why libraries need a #DigitalFairnessAc to #ProtectOurFutureMemory

🔥 20 European telco CEOs push network fees disguised as “mandatory arbitration” in new letter to EC. Same old Big Telco playbook, demanding a “fair share" while framing it as a “level playing field.” Learn why a majority considers this a bad idea: www.linkedin.com/posts/inform...

Article 15 was supposed to save journalism by making Big Tech pay. 5 years later: millions paid, zero accountability. No one knows where the money went. New blog on the democratic failure no one’s tracking.👇 informationlabs.org/the-missing-... #EU #Article15 #Journalism #Copyright #AIpolicy

1/🔥 It’s joint statement season with the EC call for evidence on the #DigitalNetworksAct (DNA) closing today, 11 July! 1️⃣ Call to preserve #NetNeutrality by a broad-based group of 84 stakeholders rejecting large telcos’ #FairShare/#NetworkFees push 🔗 www.beuc.eu/letter/joint...

EU Libraries are renting knowledge under Delaware law, barred from AI, and liable for student clicks. It’s 2025, not a dystopian novel. The #DigitalFairnessAct must end this circus—memory institutions guard our future memory. 📚 informationlabs.org/protectourfu... #ProtectOurFutureMemory

🔥Hot Item: Dispute Resolution or Regulatory Trojan Horse?🔥 A new @plumconsulting.bsky.social report unpacks how EU’s Digital Networks Act could backfire. w/ insights from @fibreguy.bsky.social 📺 Watch:: youtu.be/BWE2CCVZBtQ 📄 Report: plumconsulting.co.uk/study-on-the... #DigitalEU #TechPolicy

Can Europe make the 5th Freedom a reality? 🇪🇺 In our new #5thFreedom episode, Peter Spyns breaks down how the #ERA, the "knowledge cube," and real policy tools can turn vision into action. 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/ddb7c684 📺 youtu.be/N6cHOlkFzT4 #EUPolicy #OpenScience

“Ceci n’est pas un Level Playing Field.” The @ec.europa.eu is opening the door to a gatekeeper internet. Dispute resolution? A telco power play. Clarification? A threat to #OpenInternet. 📢 Have your say here: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... 📝 Full blog: informationlabs.org/ceci-nest-pa...

Caroline De Cock (@informationlabs.org ) explains AI regulation through the classic tale of the “blind men & the elephant”, where tunnel-vision regulation risks ushering in a “data winter” where AI lacks quality input. 📖 Read on @techdirt.com.web.brid.gy 👉 www.techdirt.com/2025/06/20/t... #AI

🧠 The #5thFreedom is more than a metaphor—it’s a roadmap for Europe’s future. Thomas Sturm calls for a borderless #ERA where researchers, knowledge & funding move freely. Let’s make it a right, not just a goal! 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/d29b281e 📺 youtu.be/TjZ12zJwfRU #ERAAct #EU #research

Journalism isn’t dying because of AI. It’s evolving with it. 🧠From small newsrooms using AI to break big stories, to giants like NYT & FT rethinking how they work: the bots are boosting, not busting, the press. Brussels, take note.⬇️ informationlabs.org/dont-blindly... #AI #journalism #EU

🔥 @theophane.euractiv.com analyses who stands to win & lose from the EC’s deregulation push in the upcoming #Digital Networks Act. 🏆 Winners: A few billionaires owning large telecom groups 😟 Losers: European consumers & businesses 🔗 @euractiv.com‬: www.euractiv.com/section/tech... #DNA #DigitalEU

🚀 Time to make the #5thFreedom reality! Sergej Možina calls for turning ideas into infrastructure: let researchers, knowledge & tech circulate freely across 🇪🇺. 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/7fe21673 📺 youtu.be/SITGVO5xwak #ERA #EU #EUpolicy #OpenScience

Humans are now pretending to be AI on TikTok. 🤯 The #EUAIAct wants all #AI content labeled—but what if humans act like AI? A new blog explains why “label everything” falls short and what real transparency should look like. 🔗 informationlabs.org/too-much-too... #TechPolicy #GenerativeAI

🔥 @euractiv.com‬ examines EC’s 2030 #DigitalDecade data “cherry-picking” in telco deregulation push. 🍒 “This year’s presentation was skewed to support the forthcoming #DigitalNetworksAct (DNA),” argues @theophane.euractiv.com. He sees no structural market failure! 🔗 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

🔥 EU is on track for full 5G & fibre coverage by 2030, @euractiv.com reports! 💡 @theophane.euractiv.com highlights this is “bolstering arguments for keeping the current regulatory framework on telecommunications.” 🕵️ Timely findings for the #DigitalNetworksAct! #DNA 🔗 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

🧠 Europe needs free movement of knowledge! Julien Chicot (@guildeu.bsky.social) explains why it’s time for a strong #ERAAct in our #5thFreedom innovation lab with an academic culture reform & more legal certainty for R&I. 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/6b2e61cc 📺 youtu.be/7Onoe4wruWg #Science4EU #EU #ERA

🎭AI & copyright policy keeps centering music & movies—but what about science? 🧪Researchers are creators too. AI helps them cure diseases & fight climate change—but only if they can access data. Copyright rules block that. Time to fix it. #ERA2025 #AIpolicy 🔗 informationlabs.org/copyright-cr...

1/ 🗞️ info labs April-May 2025 recap 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/april-... 🧠 NEW: innovation lab 🔸 Discover the first capsule of our #5thFreedom project, in collaboration with @knowledgerights21.org, featuring none other than Janez Potočnik, a true pioneer of the freedom of knowledge!

🔥 EC ‘call for evidence’ on the #DigitalNetworksAct: closing 11 July! DNA's objectives for so-called ‘level playing field’ could include: ↪️ 1) #FairShare in disguise ( #DisputeResolution ) ↪️ 2) Modifying #OpenInternet rules 💪 Time to give your feedback 👉 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

🚀 The #ERA needs legal teeth! Kurt Deketelaere makes the case for a strong #ERAAct in our #5thFreedom innovation lab: anchor EU research in law & remove national barriers. 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/81a75a40 📺 youtu.be/ks6zx7pHQ9o #EU #Research #Innovation

Japan’s AI law proves flexible, principle-based regulation works. While EU risks stifling innovation, Japan enables #AI & #TDM through smart, #OpenNorms & dynamic guidelines. A roadmap EU & UK should watch closely. 👉 linkedin.com/pulse/rethin... #Copyright #EUAIAct #AIGovernance

🎨📼🎧 From "Home Taping Is Killing Music" to "AI Is Killing Creativity" — the panic script doesn’t change, just the tech. The creative sector’s history? Fear, fight, then flourish. Will #AI be any different? 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/spinni... #MakeItFair #creativity #Copyright