Two far-right European Parliament groups have brought out the tired trope that #EU's platform regulation rules amount to censorship.

They fail to see that #HateSpeech =/= #FreeSpeech 🙅🏽‍♀️

Virkkunen's responses are an attempt to defend the #DSA, but we'd have liked to hear a stronger reply.

Could it be that the “tax the rich” citizen’s initiative doesn’t have the number of votes it could because the site is erroring?

Incompetence or malice?

What transparency is there in how this voting system works? Is there a third-party audit? Published stats on how many votes are not processed due to system errors like this?

@EUCommission

#EU #TaxTheRich #vote #citizensInitiative https://bsd.network/@guido/113261799768356342

Guido Kollerie (@guido@bsd.network)

@ronnie_bonkers@mastodon.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al You too? Got exactly the same error. https://bsd.network/@guido/113260744458039036

^{BSD Network}

I just used for the first time #GNUtaler to pay my Mate at #Datenspuren. GNUtaler is a #FreeSoftware secure electronic payment system funded under the #EU's Next Generation Internet programme #NGI which the EU just decided to cut by €27 mio.

The payment worked awesome - and Free Software needs sustainable, long-term financial support! This is what we at the @fsfe demand from the EU, to ensure Europe's technological independence.

Please support our work!
https://fsfe.org/donate

#PublicCode

‼️ The Free Software Foundation Europe needs your help ‼️

The EU Commission aims to remove funding from free software projects which are crucial to our digital lives.

We spoke with the #FSFE to learn more.
👉 https://youtu.be/mNZgSCvg6Ew

Please share this post with your friends to spread the message and rally support for free software! 📣

#freesoftware #opensource #eu #europe #freedom

Se siete cittadini europei e volete migliorare i diritti dei consumatori per i prodotti digitali, firmate questa petizione!

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/

L'Italia è ancora lontana dalla soglia di sbarramento!
Forzaaaa

#petition #digitalproducts #consumerrights #eu #italy #italia

European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

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Apple has committed to allowing rivals to access the 'tap and go’ technology of iPhones.

Today’s decision opens up competition.

From now on, competitors will be able to effectively compete with Apple Pay for mobile payments using iPhone in shops.

Read more: https://europa.eu/!tmg37y

#EU4Consumers #EU

Hummm this is the #geekproblem talking to the #burocracy not actually what's happening. Though the #EU tech #openweb funding is doing some good the majority of this tech funding has been poorer down the drain https://hamishcampbell.com/how-to-work-eu-bureaucracy-in-tech-funding/ any movement to prosecution on any of this?

#NGI #NLnet #EU

🎉 EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control: "Lack of majority thanks to severe pushback puts the proposal on hold."

Discussion: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/eu-council-has-withdrawn-the-vote-on-chat-control/19021

Source: https://stackdiary.com/eu-council-has-withdrawn-the-vote-on-chat-control/
Original Reporting (German): https://netzpolitik.org/2024/etappensieg-belgien-scheitert-mit-abstimmung-zur-chatkontrolle/

#ChatControl #EU #Privacy

EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control

The EU Council and its participants have decided to withdraw the vote on the contentious Chat Control plan proposed by Belgium, the current EU President.

^{Alex Ivanovs (Stack Diary)}