So remember folks, support huge EU corporations like this German one instead of US ones because our European Values™ are… oh…

“What Europe needs is something like DOGE.” – Tim Höttges, CEO, Deutsche Telekom AG (also, an asshole)

#EU #USA #fascism #corporatocracy #corporations #capitalism #EuroDOGE https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/114109161159516607

heise online

2025-03-05 09:40:20

Telekom-Chef Tim Höttges hat auf dem MWC in Barcelona eine drastische Reduzierung der Regulierung in der EU gefordert, um im globalen Wettbewerb bestehen zu können. 📣

Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-10304244?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Telekom #Regulierung #Bürokratie #MWC #Barcelona

Telekom-Chef: "Europa braucht ein DOGE"

Auf dem MWC Barcelona plädiert der Telekom-Chef leidenschaftlich für Bürokratieabbau in der EU – und wünscht sich ein europäisches DOGE nach US-Vorbild.

^{Volker Briegleb (heise online)}

🎈 US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal
—noyb.eu

｢ This deal was always built on sand, but the EU business lobby and the European Commission wanted it anyways. Instead of stable legal limitations, the EU agreed to executive promises that can be overturned in seconds. Now that the first Trump waves hit this deal, it quickly throws many EU businesses into a legal limbo ｣

https://noyb.eu/en/us-cloud-soon-illegal-trump-punches-first-hole-eu-us-data-deal

#uspol #eu #privacy #surveillance #tadpf

US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal

Trump paralysed the "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" (PCLOB), a key element of the EU-US data transfer deal that allows EU-US data flows.

^noyb.eu

Fragen über #Syrien von Martin ...

Siehe:

Und wieder einmal zeigt sich, ob du als Terrorist, Freiheitskämpfer oder moderater Rebell gelabelt wird hängt von der momentanen Stimmung der Deutungshoheit ab. Deswegen seid immer kritisch, wenn solche Begriffe in der Mainstream-Presse verwendet werden.

#politik #völkerrecht #menschenrechte #problem #krieg #terror #rebellen #freiheit #zukunft #usa #russland #IS #Daesh #Nahost #Kolonialismus #Besatzung #Israel #Türkei #Islamismus #Presse #journalismus #EU #Umsturz #Regierung #Hamas #Hisbollah #Palestina

[l] Elon Musk plant eine Live-Debatte mit Alice Weidel. Da könnte man sich jetzt noch einreden, dass das halt seine politische Position ist, oder dass das eine Werbekampagne für seine schrottige Plattform werden soll, aber mit dieser Meldung, wo er die Freilassung von Tommy Robinson aus dem Gefängnis fordert, wird da meiner Ansicht nach ein anderer Schuh draus.

Elon wird schlicht gemerkt haben, dass die Europäer weniger zum Regulieren kommen, wenn er sie mit für die EU höher priorisiertem Scheiß bewirft. Genau wie die Amerikaner weniger zum Regulieren kamen, als Trumps Wiederwahl immanent wurde.

#fefebot #trump #EU

britischer Aktivist

^{Autoren der Wikimedia-Projekte (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

Today, we ordered TikTok to freeze and preserve all data and evidence linked to the Romanian elections.

This follows recent declassified information pointing to foreign interference from Russia.

We are also intensifying contacts with digital and cyber regulators across Europe in light of emerging evidence of systematic inauthentic activity.
A key step to enforce the Digital Services Act.

More: https://europa.eu/!fN4Xt6

#EU #DSA

Der Prototype Fund wird um vier Jahre verlängert

Mit der Neuauflage des Prototype Fund wird die Förderung von Freier und Open- Source-Software (FOSS) in Deutschland über vier weitere Jahre abgesichert und ausgebaut.

#Prototype_Fund #Förderung #EU #Projektförderung #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/prototype-fund-um-vier-jahre-verlaengert

Der Prototype Fund wird um vier Jahre verlängert

^GNU/Linux.ch

#Apple, #Google, and Meta are failing #DMA compliance, #EU suspects

Not even three weeks after the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) took effect, the #EuropeanCommission (EC) announced Monday that it is already probing three out of six gatekeepers—Apple, Google, and Meta—for suspected non-compliance.
#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012401

Apple, Google, and Meta are failing DMA compliance, EU suspects

Tech giants must defend against EU's "concrete evidence" of non-compliance.

^{Ars Technica}

💡 The campaign for elections in the 🇪🇺 #EuropeanUnion is heating up… It is important to get active and ensure #SoftwareFreedom is part of the larger political debate ‼️

How can you do this? 🤔

ℹ️ We have just published some practical advices on how to advocate for #FreeSoftware in the coming months! 🚀

#EUelections #EU #PMPC #PublicCode

https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240321-01.html

Let’s advocate together for Free Software in the European Elections - FSFE

European citizens will hit the ballot boxes from 6 to 9 June 2024 to choose their next representatives in the European Parliament. As the campaign heats up...

^{FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe}

We've fined Apple over €1.8 billion over abusive App Store rules for music streaming providers.

For a decade, Apple abused its dominant position by restricting developers from informing consumers about alternative, cheaper music services available outside of the Apple ecosystem.

This is illegal under #EU #antitrust rules.

More info: http://europa.eu/!yyFVPj

If you are a citizen of any EU Member State, I implore you to consider signing the Tax-the-Rich citizens' initiative:
https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/

The idea is to tax the super rich and then use the money for climate transition. :blobcathappypaws:

This is an official EU citizens' initiative, meaning that if it reaches certain thresholds, it *will have to be* considered by the EU institutions. That's a really powerful tool, if actually used.

So we should use it. :blobcatcool:

#TaxTheRich #EU

Tax The Rich

Nous voulons un impôt européen sur les grandes fortunes pour financer la transition climatique et sociale et aider les pays victimes des dérèglements climatiques.

^{Tax The Rich}

Cathedral or Bazaar? We made our choice.

Over the last 15 years, we have supported the use of open technologies in public administration.

The Open Source Observatory has helped the European public sector leverage open technologies effectively and efficiently by providing various resources, including a knowledge centre to reveal the benefits and follow #EU open source software development.

Join us on 21 November to discuss #OpenSource policies, funding, and more → https://osorturns15.eu

#OSS

🇪🇺 €61 billion.

This is the amount of value-added tax (VAT) revenues lost in the #EU in 2021 mainly to fraud, evasion, non-fraudulent bankruptcies, miscalculations and financial insolvencies.

Yet, it is an improvement from the €99 billion lost in 2020.

Lost VAT revenues can severely hamper governments' ability to finance essential public goods and services, including schools, hospitals, and transportation.

We will continue to sustain and amplify efforts towards reinforcing VAT compliance.

Morgen Abend veranstalten wir nach längerer Pause wieder ein OpenChaos. @snoopy berichtet morgen Abend über die aktuellen Gesetzgebungsprojekte der Europäischen Union mit netzpolitischem Bezug.

Das OpenChaos beginnt morgen, Donnerstag, am 12. Oktober in unseren Räumlichkeiten in der Heliosstraße.

Beginn ist um 20:00 Uhr.

https://koeln.ccc.de/updates/2023-10-03_OC_European-Union.xml

#chatcontrol #Chatkontrolle #eu #edri #aiact #ehds #ccc #c4

‘The ‘non-profit start-up’ Thorn, founded by actor Ashton Kutcher, is a driving force behind the EU’s campaign to scan the net for child abuse material. Newly public documents and financial information obtained by Follow the Money reveal the blurred boundaries between Thorn’s do-good public face and the powerful business behind it.’

https://www.ftm.eu/articles/ashton-kutchers-non-profit-start-up-makes-millions-from-fighting-child-abuse-online
#tech #law #eu #privacy #surveillance #gdpr

How Ashton Kutcher’s ‘non-profit start-up’ makes millions from the EU’s fight against child abuse on the net

^{Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism}