📣 Attention all custom ROM users and advocates for digital rights! 📣

Google's Play Integrity is limiting access to certain functionalities and applications for those using custom operating systems. This is a direct attack on the open-source community and a step towards further consolidating Google's monopoly in the mobile ecosystem.

The European Commission is aware of the situation, but has deemed it a low priority: europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum…

It's time for us to take action and show Google and the EU how much we care about this issue! 💥

Sign the petition now to stop Google from limiting access to custom ROMs: change.org/p/stop-google-from-…

#StopGoogleMonopoly #CustomROMs #DigitalRights #OpenSource #PlayIntegrity #Google #deGoogle #privacy #right2repair #rightorepair #r2r #EU

Let's unite and fight for our right to use and develop custom operating systems! 💪

Today marks 1,000 days since Russia began its full-scale war against Ukraine. 1,000 days of loss and devastation, but also of resilience and courage.

From dismantling tanks to liberating occupied land, every act of defiance showcases Ukraine’s unbreakable spirit. Victory isn’t just hope—it’s a determined plan.

Together, with unity at home and support from global allies, Ukraine will prevail.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war

Tomorrow will mark 1,000 days since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

On this despicable anniversary, we honour the brave Ukrainians working and fighting for a free Ukraine with the colours of its flag on our headquarters.

Our enduring friendship and solidarity are here to stay. So is our commitment to work shoulder to shoulder towards a peaceful future within our Union.

Слава Україні! Europe is with you!

#EU #StandWithUkraine

BREAKING NEWS 🚨

The underwater fiber-optic communication cable C-Lion-1, the only one connecting Finland with Central Europe, has been cut!

It is 1,200 kilometers long and runs close to the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream.

The cable is torn. The cause is unknown. An investigation is currently underway.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

Sperrminorität im EU-Rat: Niederlande bekräftigen Nein zu Chatkontrolle

Die Niederlande wollen den Kompromiss der EU-Ratspräsidentschaft zur Messenger-Überwachung nun doch nicht unterstützen.

heise.de/news/Sperrminoritaet-…

#EU #news

Two and a half weeks are left, to make the official European Citizens Initiative #TaxTheRich work!

We still need 690,000 signatures, which sounds like a lot, but for a union of 450 million people, it should be a piece of cake!

We also still need 4 more countries to reach their national threshold of supporters:

BE, NL, IT, ES, SE are on a good way.

If you are an #EU citizen, and have not signed yet:

What are you waiting for?

eci.ec.europa.eu/038/public/#/…

Interne Untersuchung zu Pushbacks: Schwere Vorwürfe gegen Frontex

Anfang des Jahres war Frontex offenbar erneut in Pushbacks involviert - das haben Recherchen von NDR und WDR gezeigt. Jetzt stellen auch interne Untersuchungen schwere Fehler fest. Frontex-Direktor Leijtens steht unter Zugzwang.

➡️ tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr…

#Frontex #EU #Pushbacks #Griechenland

As much as we fight the EU Commission's push for #chatcontrol, we applaud the EU for protecting users' #privacy with the #GDPR.

It's about time the #EU Commission reflects on European values and increases data protection, not undermining it. ✊

Read here what Tuta does to achieve GDPR-compliance: 👉 tuta.com/blog/gdpr-compliant-e…

#DSGVO #RGPD

🇦🇹 🇨🇿 🇵🇱 🇷🇴 🇸🇰 Europe is by your side in this difficult moment.

Today, President von der Leyen is in 🇵🇱 Wrocław to visit the areas recently affected by heavy floods and rains in Central Europe.

She also discussed the response with the leaders of Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Austria.

Through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, the EU is working to provide emergency equipment.

When the time comes, we will be ready to help rebuild.

This is #EUSolidarity.

ℹ️ europa.eu/!DBcpR3

#EU

‼️ 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.
👉 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

Macht doch bitte mal mit allen Euren Freund*innen, Eurer Familie, Menschen an Eurem Arbeitsplatz folgendes, ganz einfaches Experiment:

Fragt, ob die Person im Schnitt mehr als 1000 Euro am Tag an Zins- und Dividendengewinnen auf ihrem Konto gutgeschrieben bekommt, oder entsprechende Aktiengewinne einstreicht.

Wenn das nicht der Fall ist, habt Ihr eine weitere Person gefunden, die von einer Vermögenssteuer profitieren würde und keinesfalls selbst von der Steuer (als zahlende*r) betroffen wäre. Dann ist es nur noch ein kleiner Schritt, die Person davon zu überzeugen, die Europäische Initiative zur Einführung einer Vermögenssteuer mitzuzeichnen:

eci.ec.europa.eu/038/public/#/…

Da braucht es nämlich noch ein paar Stimmen ... ein paar viele sogar.
Im Gegensatz zu den zahlreichen Klickibunti-Petitionen, die keinerlei Verbindlichkeit haben, ist das hier eine, die in einem Gesetzgebungsverfahren münden könnte, wenn genügend Menschen sich anschließen.

#Vermögenssteuer #EU #Petition

🚨 From today, #EU governments could start endorsing the #ChatControl draft law.

🫵 We need you to object to this client side scanning of all your private messages.

✅ Here’s how you can help stop this #surveillance : patrick-breyer.de/en/take-acti…

#XSF Announcement

XMPP Standards Foundation has decided to sign the Open Letter to the European Commission:

xmpp.org/2024/08/the-xsf-signs…

#jabber #chat #interoperability #standards #rtc #Europe #europa #OpenSource #EU #Brussels

We are pleased to be one of the many projects supported by the EU's NGI programmes, with NLnet's contribution.

Open, decentralized solutions are essential for user freedom on the Internet and for the resilience of our services. What would happen if one of these centralized services were blocked tomorrow?

The NGI programmes are a strength, let's hope they continue: pad.public.cat/lettre-NCP-NGI

#EU #FOSS #NGI #NLnet

L'Union Européenne doit poursuivre le financement des logiciels libres - HedgeDoc

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The Matrix.org Foundation joins the FOSS community and advocates of digital sovereignty in calling on the European Commission to sustain its funding for the Next Generation Internet program.

The European Union must keep funding free software: matrix.org/blog/2024/07/17/ngi…

#Advocacy #Policy #EU #FOSS #OpenSource

The European Union must keep funding free software

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^{Josh Simmons (matrix.org)}

APPLE OR ANDROID? 🧐

Either way, we've got you covered ✌️

Read our #tips for protecting your #privacy on iPhone and Android here👇

✅Android users: tuta.com/blog/android-settings…
✅iPhone users: tuta.com/blog/iphone-security-…

#apple #android #security #tips #privacytips #securitytips #Tuta #encrypted #Eu

Buenos días, gente. Hoy sale el boletín de noticias de Administración Electrónica del ministerio competente y os traigo algunas.

El estudio de indicadors de salud electrónica muestra mejoras en la UE para el acceso a datos sanitarios. España entre los 4 países que no ofrecen acceso centralizado. administracionelectronica.gob.…

Informe especial del Eurobarómetro 2024 sobre percepción de los ciudadanos en materia de digitalización. 75% considera que la digitalización pública y privada les hace la vida más fácil, 19% mucho más fácil; 23% más difícil. 88% considera importante dar apoyo humano adecuado. administracionelectronica.gob.…

Informe sobre Gobierno Electrónico 2024 de la Comisión Europea. España está de 12. Destaca Carpeta Ciudadana y el Gemelo Digital de la Xunta. administracionelectronica.gob.…

Segundo informe de la década digital 2024. España en buen lugar, aunque necesita mejorar el número de especialistas técnicos. administracionelectronica.gob.…

Se inicia la comunicación entre órganos judiciales y registros. Tarde, pero llega. administracionelectronica.gob.…

También hay una noticia sobre el sistema de verificación de mayoría de edad, pero ya estamos todos hartos del tema. Se extiende un programa de Administración digital que hasta ahora era para ayuntamienos e menos de 8000 habitantes. Por último, se aprueba el acuerdo de flujo de datos EU-Japón.

#EU #Administración #AdministraciónDigital #AdministraciónElectrónica

Se inicia la implantación de las comunicaciones electrónicas automáticas entre los órganos judiciales y los Registros de la Propiedad, Bienes Muebles y Mercantiles

Estos intercambios electrónicos no sólo mejorarán los plazos y la agilidad del servicio público de Justicia sino que también mejorarán la seguridad jurídica, asegurando que las  transacciones se hagan de manera inmediata y automática.

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Hin und wieder mal daran erinnern, dass noch bis zum 9. Oktober 2024 die #EU-#Bürgerinitiative #TaxTheRich läuft. Sie richtet sich an die Europäische Kommission und fordert diese auf, eine EU-weite Regelung für die Besteuerung hoher Vermögen einzuführen, um aus den so eingenommenen Geldern den schnelleren Umbau hin zu einer klimaneutralen und klimagerechten Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft zu finanzieren.

Aktuell (29. Juni) haben knapp 227.000 Menschen die Petition unterzeichnet. Das Ziel sind 1 Mio. Aber hey, wir sind eigentlich 500 Mio. Menschen in der EU. Also los!

Und schreibt solche Postings wie dieses hier auch ruhig mal in anderen Sprachen, die ihr beherrscht, und die in der EU gesprochen werden.

Kampagnen-Site:
tax-the-rich.eu

Detailinfos:
citizens-initiative.europa.eu/…

Mitzeichnen:
eci.ec.europa.eu/038/public/#/…

European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !

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"for the first time, Commissioner Jourova publicly admitted at yesterday's EDPS summit that encryption would need to be broken for Chat Control to become effective."
— tuta.com/blog/interview-patric…

#ChatControl #EuropeanCommission #Surveillance #EU #Privacy #HumanRights #Encryption #Security

Europe and Australia will both not break encryption! We’ve interviewed Patrick Breyer – the guy who coined the term Chat Control.

Action taken by privacy activists and citizens stops the push for mass surveillance.

^Tutanota

Yesterday the #EU postponed the vote on #ChatControl - a huge win for #privacy 💪

Now we must convince #Australia to do the same.

If not, Australia could become the first #5Eyes to outlaw #encryption 🔒

Read our open letter
👉 tuta.com/blog/australian-onlin…

🚨 If you are living in the #EU contact your representatives and let them know that you oppose #ChatControl!!!

Mass #surveillance has no place in Europe!

We need to get loud. Call the number below to make your voice heard! 📢

Urgent action needed to save secrecy of correspondence in the #EU:

Write to your country's delegates to stop plans for "client side scanning" of your devices, your photos, your family chat by some central entity.

It cannot hurt to send a (polite) letter before Wednesday 19, 2024 (day of the vote in the council).

op.europa.eu/en/web/who-is-who…

There seems to be some hyperbole going on about the EU elections. Some countries had far right gains but other countries had far right collapses, and the overall picture seems to be pretty static.

See the attached diagram of the outgoing EU parliament compared to the incoming EU parliament, with the far right-associated groupings marked.

Source: results.elections.europa.eu/en…

#EUElections #EU #EuropeanUnion

Russia has destroyed over 50% of Ukraine's power generation capacity, FT reports.

#Russian attacks on #Ukrainian power plants aren't new, but, the #EU ambassador to Kyiv said that the most recent strikes have hit hydroelectric and thermal power plants, which are harder to fix.

ft.com/content/4d583259-7565-4…

Die #Europawahl ist wichtig für die Ausrichtung der #EU. In einem offenen Brief haben Holocaustüberlebende und Weltkriegszeugen nun an Erstwählerinnen und -wähler appelliert, ihre Stimme abzugeben - und die #Demokratie zu stärken.

tagesschau.de/inland/innenpoli…

Appell an junge Wähler - Holocaustüberlebende fordern zur Stimmabgabe auf.

Die Europawahl ist wichtig für die Ausrichtung der EU. In einem offenen Brief haben Holocaustüberlebende und Weltkriegszeugen nun an Erstwählerinnen und -wähler appelliert, ihre Stimme abzugeben - und die Demokratie zu stärken.

^{Griet von Petersdorff (tagesschau.de)}

Funding available for (individual) #FOSS #developers and projects.

#NLnet is seeking project proposals between 5.000 and 50.000 euro.

Currently open for proposals:
1️⃣ #NGItaler (electronic payment related)
2️⃣ #NGImobifree (Android related)
3️⃣ #NGIzero (very broad)

Closing: 1 June 2024

Easily submit proposal:
nlnet.nl/propose/

More info:
nlnet.nl/funding.html

FAQ:
nlnet.nl/mobifree/faq/

#MobileLinux #Linux #opensource #librem5 #pinephone #mobile #phone #software #grant #EU #mobian

Finally a Law for Right to repair and hopefully therefore in the future more sustainable and better repairable Products. 😃

FairPhone and ShiftPhone as Producer of Smartphones are already having this repairability in their Products long ago before that was made by Politics into a Law.
😉

#EU #RightToRepair #Law #FairPhone #ShiftPhone
@IzzyOnDroid

Today, we have opened five non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act.

It concerns:
🔹Alphabet’s rules on steering in Google Play
🔹Alphabet’s self-preferencing in Google Search
🔹Apple’s rules on steering in the App Store
🔹Apple's choice screen for Safari
🔹Meta’s ‘pay or consent model’

More info: europa.eu/!4NF6bV

#DMA #EU

Tomorrow is the final day for public administrations in the #EU to sign up for our #interoperability assessment pilot!

Seize the chance to shape the guidelines for mandatory interoperability assessments of digital public services. 👩‍💻

While we welcome all applications, we especially encourage those from the EU member states with a smaller territory.

👉 europa.eu/!vymcpP

Apple's response to its ~$2 billion fine is telling.

It's the same mentality Apple shows with the #DMA.

This must be the start of the #EU's crackdown on #BigTech. 💪

Here's why we're in revolt against #Apple's malicious compliance with the DMA
➡️ tuta.com/blog/apple-eu-dma-mal…

I’m not sure who’s to blame in the #EU for giving up to the lobbying efforts of #Apple and #Microsoft (I can’t think of anything short of either public official corruption or macroscopic incompetence behind the last minute partial reversal of the #DMA definition of “gatekeeper” for the two most valuable companies in the world), but these are some consequences of this decision:

1. If Apple isn’t labelled as a gatekeeper when it comes to #iMessage (an app used by 1.3B people), then they won’t have to comply and open up their walled garden to 3rd-party clients - while, for example, Messenger and WhatsApp will have to comply, despite having similar numbers of users.
2. If Microsoft isn’t labelled as a gatekeeper when it comes to #Edge (a piece of software installed as the default browser on an OS used by at least 1.5B people), then they’ll be free to keep rewriting https:// URLs as microsoft-edge:https:// just for the sake of intercepting everything and breaking compatibility, they’ll no longer have to provide browser selection pop-ups on fresh Windows installations, and they can keep opening all the web views and PWA on Windows devices in their own browser without providing alternatives - while, for example, Chrome and Safari will have to comply.

Shame on the EU for bending to them. They have just lost a huge chunk of credibility, and nobody should trust them the next time that they say that they want to uphold the same principles to everyone. Shame on these companies and on their lobbying efforts. Shame on everybody who still uses their products and gives them so much undeserved leverage.

The DMA and the “gatekeeper” definition was supposed to be the proof that these companies are now run by responsible adults. Being a “gatekeeper” is the acknowledgment that you are running platforms used by billions, and with great power comes great responsibility - towards society, towards regulators, towards the rules of the open market, towards your own competitors.

My employer might be included on the list soon as well, and I’m more than happy to comply. Large tech companies like ours have enjoyed lavish profits and outrageous market shares and ignored anti-competition laws for too long: now it’s time to prove that we’re all grown ups who want to play by the rules.

Instead, Apple and Microsoft have unleashed their overpaid legal counsels and lobbying crews, who have engaged in a pathetic dance to gaslight Brussels officials, and force them to say that one of the largest messaging platforms and one of the most used browsers in the world, run by the two companies with the highest evaluations in the world, for some reason are not expected to play by the rules written for everyone else.

Shame on them, and shame on the childish sociopaths who run them.

theregister.com/2024/02/14/app…

Europe loosens the straps tying Apple and Microsoft to tough antitrust rules

Did someone say a safety word? iMessage, Bing, Edge, Ads avoid gatekeeper restrictions

^{Thomas Claburn (The Register)}

The Matrix.org Foundation is pleased to share that today, alongside @mozilla, we have joined @OpenForumEurope as supporters.

OpenForum Europe has proven an effective convener and advocate for open source and open standards in Europe, and we’re glad to help further that work: openforumeurope.org/mozilla-an…

#Matrix #OpenSource #OpenStandards #EU

Heute ist der alljährlicher #DataPrivacyDay / #DataPrivacyDay2024 und deswegen schrieb schon vor ein paar Tagen @threemaapp online einen offenen Brief, wie auch @Tutanota, @element und @protonmail, an die #EU-Behörde gegen den #ChatControl also einen #NoChatControl Anforderung – denn dies ist nicht nur #unwirksam, sondern auch unglaublich #gefahrlich:

👁️‍🗨️ threema.ch/de/blog/posts/offen…

Datenschutz gewinnt noch mehr an Bedeutung

Am 28. Januar findet alljährlich der Data Privacy Day statt. Wir nehmen diesen Aktionstag (bzw. die Woche, in die er fällt) jeweils zum Anlass, um einmal mehr auf die Wichtigkeit von Datenschutz hinzuweisen, und jedes Jahr ist zu betonen, dass Datens…

^threema.ch

We've teamed up with other #privacy focused companies to fight against the #surveillance pushed by the #EU Chat Control Bill. 💪

You are not a criminal & shouldn't be treated like one.👮‍♂️

Contact your representatives and make your #voice heard! 📣
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=ImM88kFB6N…