EU official should not get top privacy job, says think tank

The letter – signed by a list of privacy professors – stresses that if the role is awarded to long-time EU official Bruno Gencarelli, the EDPS' legitimacy is at stake and poses a risk of conflict. Early last year, the EDPS ruled for example that the Commission’s use of Microsoft 365 was not legitimate.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/01/31/eu-official-should-not-get-top-privacy-job-says-think-tank

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Crossposting: Elezioni Europee: nell'Europarlamento uscente solo 4 italiani hanno preso una posizione netta contro #Chatcontrol

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Sono i tre MEP ex M5S Corrao, che non si ricandida, Pedicini, candidato con Pace, terra, dignità di Santoro e Rosa D'Amato, candidata con Alleanza Verdi SInistra come il 4o MEP, Smeriglio che allora votò in dissenso con il PD e col gruppo PSE).

Qui potete vedere le posizioni dei MEP di tutti i paesi:

https://mepwatch.eu/9/vote.html?v=164216&country=

Google pulls Binance, other global crypto apps from India store

FIU, an Indian government agency that scrutinizes financial transactions, late last month issued show cause notices to nine crypto firms and alleged that they weren’t compliant with India’s anti-money laundering rules. Apple pulled the apps earlier this week and various telecom networks and internet service providers began blocking the URLs of the crypto exchange websites Thursday evening.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/13/google-pulls-binance-other-global-crypto-apps-from-india-store/

Trasparenza e dati finanziari di TOR Project relativi al 2021-2022

Le dichiarazioni fiscali federali e i rendiconti finanziari certificati dell’anno finanziario 2021-2022: tutti i documenti fiscali che dimostrano la trasparenza del più importante progetto globale in favore dell'anonimato online e dell’accesso libero alla conoscenza.

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https://blog.torproject.org/transparency-openness-and-our-2021-and-2022-financials/

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‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content

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An investigation uncovers a web of influence in the powerful coalition aligned behind the European Commission’s proposal to scan for child sexual abuse material online, a proposal leading experts say puts rights at risk and will introduce new vulnerabilities by undermining encryption.

https://balkaninsight.com/2023/09/25/who-benefits-inside-the-eus-fight-over-scanning-for-child-sex-content/

A feminist critique of the CHATCONTROL regulation. Feminist digital politics critically questions whether the use of technologies is paternalistic.

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The CSA regulation shows the complexity of the relationship between social problems and potential digital solutions, and how rapidly technosolutionism can lead to unintended negative consequences.

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https://feministtechpolicy.org/en/case-studies/csa-regulation/

Apple’s Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy

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Apple’s Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy

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https://www.wired.com/story/apple-csam-scanning-heat-initiative-letter/

The next Privacy Pride will be held on September 23, 2023. Here's why…

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🏖 The next #PrivacyPride will be held on September 23rd!

🇪🇺 As some of you may already know, the governments of the EU Member States are planning to adopt their official position, called the “general approach”, on the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (for ChatControl friends 😅) at the meeting of ministers of Justice and Home Affairs of 28 September 2023.

https://privacypride.org/