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CDT Europe is releasing its first report on how the EU’s current approach to spyware is failing to protect democracy. Spyware is being used across the Union to target journalists, activists, political opponents and public officials. The risks keep escalating. 🧵
✨ CDT Europe wishes you happy holidays! ✨
As 2025 ends, we reflect on progress and challenges in a shifting political landscape. We are proud of our continuous work safeguarding fundamental rights under EU #digital laws, and looking forward to an impactful 2026! 🌟
As 2025 ends, we reflect on progress and challenges in a shifting political landscape. We are proud of our continuous work safeguarding fundamental rights under EU #digital laws, and looking forward to an impactful 2026! 🌟
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
✨ CDT Europe wishes you happy holidays! ✨
As 2025 ends, we reflect on progress and challenges in a shifting political landscape. We are proud of our continuous work safeguarding fundamental rights under EU #digital laws, and looking forward to an impactful 2026! 🌟
As 2025 ends, we reflect on progress and challenges in a shifting political landscape. We are proud of our continuous work safeguarding fundamental rights under EU #digital laws, and looking forward to an impactful 2026! 🌟
Glad to see this article published!
This follows the work done by our team on a brief on the way pornographic platforms tackle Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in their DSA Risk Assessment Report.
You can read it here: cdt.org/wp-content/u...
This follows the work done by our team on a brief on the way pornographic platforms tackle Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in their DSA Risk Assessment Report.
You can read it here: cdt.org/wp-content/u...
Under the EU’s Digital Services Act, major platforms must assess and mitigate risks like gender-based violence. CDT Europe's Marie Seck and David Klotsonis take a first look at how Aylo, Stripchat, and XVideos approach GBV in their risk assessment reports.
How Pornographic Platforms Address Gender-Based Violence Under the DSA | TechPolicy.Press
Marie Seck and David Klotsonis explore how major porn platforms define, assess, and mitigate gender-based violence under the EU's Digital Services Act.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Glad to see this article published!
This follows the work done by our team on a brief on the way pornographic platforms tackle Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in their DSA Risk Assessment Report.
You can read it here: cdt.org/wp-content/u...
This follows the work done by our team on a brief on the way pornographic platforms tackle Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in their DSA Risk Assessment Report.
You can read it here: cdt.org/wp-content/u...
📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here!
👁️ Our research on the EU Dual-Use Regime for #spyware
💬 Brief on #GBV on pornographic platforms in the #DSA RA reports
⚖️ New Tech Talks podcast episode on fair & accountable #AI
✂️ Analysis of the Digital Omnibus
👇 More about EU tech policy:
👁️ Our research on the EU Dual-Use Regime for #spyware
💬 Brief on #GBV on pornographic platforms in the #DSA RA reports
⚖️ New Tech Talks podcast episode on fair & accountable #AI
✂️ Analysis of the Digital Omnibus
👇 More about EU tech policy:
EU Tech Policy Brief: December 2025
Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Tech Policy Brief! This edition covers the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe and gives CDT’s per...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out!
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Omnibus’s timeline
🔹 EDPS’s mapping of high-risk #AI systems used by EU authorities
🔹 The new AI Act Whistleblower Tool
Read more & subscribe 👇
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Omnibus’s timeline
🔹 EDPS’s mapping of high-risk #AI systems used by EU authorities
🔹 The new AI Act Whistleblower Tool
Read more & subscribe 👇
CDT Europe's AI Bulletin: December 2025
The Digital Omnibus Faces Bumpy Road Ahead Almost one month after the release of the European Commission’s digital omnibus package, civil society, EU authorities and lawmakers continue to grapple wit...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out!
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Omnibus’s timeline
🔹 EDPS’s mapping of high-risk #AI systems used by EU authorities
🔹 The new AI Act Whistleblower Tool
Read more & subscribe 👇
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Omnibus’s timeline
🔹 EDPS’s mapping of high-risk #AI systems used by EU authorities
🔹 The new AI Act Whistleblower Tool
Read more & subscribe 👇
🟣 To mark Human Rights Day and the end of the 16 days of Activism, we’re publishing a brief on “Gender-Based Violence on Pornographic Platforms: A Gendered Reading of DSA Risk Assessments Reports”
👇🏻 Read more here:
#TFGBV #GBV #DSA #16Days
👇🏻 Read more here:
#TFGBV #GBV #DSA #16Days
Gender-Based Violence on Pornographic Platforms: A Gendered Reading of DSA Risk Assessments Reports
On Human Rights Day, CDT Europe is publishing a new brief examining how gender-based violence (GBV) risks are mitigated on major pornographic platforms. We analyse how XVideos, Pornhub (Aylo), and Str...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📢 Last but not least, here is the final member of our Advisory Council!
🟣 Dr @abeba.bsky.social founded and leads the AI Accountability Lab, while being an Assistant Professor of AI at the School of Computer Science and Statistics in @tcddublin.bsky.social
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
🟣 Dr @abeba.bsky.social founded and leads the AI Accountability Lab, while being an Assistant Professor of AI at the School of Computer Science and Statistics in @tcddublin.bsky.social
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
📢 Last but not least, here is the final member of our Advisory Council!
🟣 Dr @abeba.bsky.social founded and leads the AI Accountability Lab, while being an Assistant Professor of AI at the School of Computer Science and Statistics in @tcddublin.bsky.social
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
🟣 Dr @abeba.bsky.social founded and leads the AI Accountability Lab, while being an Assistant Professor of AI at the School of Computer Science and Statistics in @tcddublin.bsky.social
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
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A new @cdteu.org report looks into export licensing systems in 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇳🇱 & finds that existing frameworks are not ⚠️fully equipped to address challenges related to #spyware trade, incl. current market dynamics (e.g. complex corporate structures) that prevent oversight & control.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A new @cdteu.org report looks into export licensing systems in 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇳🇱 & finds that existing frameworks are not ⚠️fully equipped to address challenges related to #spyware trade, incl. current market dynamics (e.g. complex corporate structures) that prevent oversight & control.
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CDT Europe is releasing its first report on how the EU’s current approach to spyware is failing to protect democracy. Spyware is being used across the Union to target journalists, activists, political opponents and public officials. The risks keep escalating. 🧵
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
CDT Europe is releasing its first report on how the EU’s current approach to spyware is failing to protect democracy. Spyware is being used across the Union to target journalists, activists, political opponents and public officials. The risks keep escalating. 🧵
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
🟣 Dr. Sabine K. Witting, co-founder and CEO Africa&Europe of Tech Legality, with a background in the intersection of human rights, children’s rights, and digital technologies.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
🟣 Dr. Sabine K. Witting, co-founder and CEO Africa&Europe of Tech Legality, with a background in the intersection of human rights, children’s rights, and digital technologies.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
🟣 Dr. Sabine K. Witting, co-founder and CEO Africa&Europe of Tech Legality, with a background in the intersection of human rights, children’s rights, and digital technologies.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
🟣 Dr. Sabine K. Witting, co-founder and CEO Africa&Europe of Tech Legality, with a background in the intersection of human rights, children’s rights, and digital technologies.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
🟣 During the #16Days of Activism, on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (Nov 29), we spotlight online gendered disinformation targeting women rights activists & politicians, aimed at silencing women’s voices and pushing them out of public life.
Read more: cdt.org/insights/an-...
Read more: cdt.org/insights/an-...
An Unrepresentative Democracy: How Disinformation and Online Abuse Hinder Women of Color Political Candidates in the United States
Executive Summary In a press interview, former Vermont state house representative Kiah Morris said she reported at least 26 incidents to the local police where she and her family felt threatened betw...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🟣 During the #16Days of Activism, on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (Nov 29), we spotlight online gendered disinformation targeting women rights activists & politicians, aimed at silencing women’s voices and pushing them out of public life.
Read more: cdt.org/insights/an-...
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Last Friday we hosted our annual roundtable with the #DSA CSO Coordination Group in Brussels 🎉
Civil society organisations, academics, policymakers and regulators joined us for a full day focused on Year Two of the Digital Services Act.
It was an energising and thoughtful exchange 👇
Civil society organisations, academics, policymakers and regulators joined us for a full day focused on Year Two of the Digital Services Act.
It was an energising and thoughtful exchange 👇
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Last Friday we hosted our annual roundtable with the #DSA CSO Coordination Group in Brussels 🎉
Civil society organisations, academics, policymakers and regulators joined us for a full day focused on Year Two of the Digital Services Act.
It was an energising and thoughtful exchange 👇
Civil society organisations, academics, policymakers and regulators joined us for a full day focused on Year Two of the Digital Services Act.
It was an energising and thoughtful exchange 👇
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
🟣 @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a Professor of Law at @durham.ac.uk, working on #TFGBV and influencing laws on image-based and #deepfake sexual abuse with her research.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
🟣 @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a Professor of Law at @durham.ac.uk, working on #TFGBV and influencing laws on image-based and #deepfake sexual abuse with her research.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
🟣 @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a Professor of Law at @durham.ac.uk, working on #TFGBV and influencing laws on image-based and #deepfake sexual abuse with her research.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
🟣 @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a Professor of Law at @durham.ac.uk, working on #TFGBV and influencing laws on image-based and #deepfake sexual abuse with her research.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here:
👁️ New proposal on #CSAR
💬 The annual #DSA Civil Society Roundtable
🟣 16 Days of Activism
⚖️ Policy brief on the AI Act obligations vs other EU laws
✂️ The Digital Omnibus Package rolling back on key protections
👇 More about EU tech policy:
👁️ New proposal on #CSAR
💬 The annual #DSA Civil Society Roundtable
🟣 16 Days of Activism
⚖️ Policy brief on the AI Act obligations vs other EU laws
✂️ The Digital Omnibus Package rolling back on key protections
👇 More about EU tech policy:
EU Tech Policy Brief: November 2025
Welcome back to the CDT Europe’s Tech Policy Brief, covering the most pressing technology and internet policy issues in the EU.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
✍🏻 On day 2 of the #16Days, we are glad to join UN Women’s campaign “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls”.
🟣 At CDT Europe, we focus on several aspects of Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence #TFGBV
👇🏻 Learn more
#NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence
🟣 At CDT Europe, we focus on several aspects of Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence #TFGBV
👇🏻 Learn more
#NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
✍🏻 On day 2 of the #16Days, we are glad to join UN Women’s campaign “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls”.
🟣 At CDT Europe, we focus on several aspects of Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence #TFGBV
👇🏻 Learn more
#NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence
🟣 At CDT Europe, we focus on several aspects of Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence #TFGBV
👇🏻 Learn more
#NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence
🟣💻 For the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re proud to bring CDT Europe’s long-standing work on #TFGBV into the spotlight, starting with a new webpage gathering all our research and advocacy.
👇🏻 Check it out: bit.ly/3Xh6Cxa
#NoExcuse #16Days
👇🏻 Check it out: bit.ly/3Xh6Cxa
#NoExcuse #16Days
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🟣💻 For the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re proud to bring CDT Europe’s long-standing work on #TFGBV into the spotlight, starting with a new webpage gathering all our research and advocacy.
👇🏻 Check it out: bit.ly/3Xh6Cxa
#NoExcuse #16Days
👇🏻 Check it out: bit.ly/3Xh6Cxa
#NoExcuse #16Days
📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out!
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Sovereignty Summit
🔹 The Digital #Omnibus Package
🔹 The EP pushing for more regulation on #AI in the workplace
Read more & subscribe 👇
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Sovereignty Summit
🔹 The Digital #Omnibus Package
🔹 The EP pushing for more regulation on #AI in the workplace
Read more & subscribe 👇
CDT Europe’s AI Bulletin: November 2025
Digital Sovereignty Summit Commits to Centering European Tech The much-anticipated Franco-German Digital Sovereignty Summit was hosted on 18 November in Berlin. Before an audience of over 900 partici...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out!
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Sovereignty Summit
🔹 The Digital #Omnibus Package
🔹 The EP pushing for more regulation on #AI in the workplace
Read more & subscribe 👇
This edition covers:
🔹 The Digital Sovereignty Summit
🔹 The Digital #Omnibus Package
🔹 The EP pushing for more regulation on #AI in the workplace
Read more & subscribe 👇
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
Charlotte Webb is Associate Director at Unthinkable, helping organisations reimagine technology’s role in creating equitable impact.
She is also a co-founder of the collective Feminist Internet.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
Charlotte Webb is Associate Director at Unthinkable, helping organisations reimagine technology’s role in creating equitable impact.
She is also a co-founder of the collective Feminist Internet.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
Charlotte Webb is Associate Director at Unthinkable, helping organisations reimagine technology’s role in creating equitable impact.
She is also a co-founder of the collective Feminist Internet.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
Charlotte Webb is Associate Director at Unthinkable, helping organisations reimagine technology’s role in creating equitable impact.
She is also a co-founder of the collective Feminist Internet.
🌟 Excited to have her on board!
Today the European Commission unveiled its Digital Omnibus Package, reopening and weakening core parts of the EU’s digital rulebook, including crucial safeguards in the AI Act. This is a seriously concerning shift for rights and accountability in Europe.
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CDT Europe’s Statement on the Digital Omnibus Package
On 19 November, the European Commission published the Digital Omnibus Package; a twinset of proposals suggesting amendments to crucial laws underpinning the EU digital rulebook, including the General ...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Today the European Commission unveiled its Digital Omnibus Package, reopening and weakening core parts of the EU’s digital rulebook, including crucial safeguards in the AI Act. This is a seriously concerning shift for rights and accountability in Europe.
cdt.org/insights/cdt...
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CDT Europe joins 126 orgs in warning the EU not to dismantle core rights online.
Plans to “streamline” laws like the AI Act risk gutting protections & opening the door to wider deregulation of the GDPR, DSA & ePrivacy.
Europe must defend, not dilute, its digital rulebook.
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Plans to “streamline” laws like the AI Act risk gutting protections & opening the door to wider deregulation of the GDPR, DSA & ePrivacy.
Europe must defend, not dilute, its digital rulebook.
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CDT Europe Joins Letter against EU Digital Deregulation
CDT Europe has joined over 120 civil society organisations and trade unions in signing a joint letter urging the European Commission to immediately halt any attempts to reopen or weaken the EU’s core ...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
CDT Europe joins 126 orgs in warning the EU not to dismantle core rights online.
Plans to “streamline” laws like the AI Act risk gutting protections & opening the door to wider deregulation of the GDPR, DSA & ePrivacy.
Europe must defend, not dilute, its digital rulebook.
cdt.org/insights/cdt...
Plans to “streamline” laws like the AI Act risk gutting protections & opening the door to wider deregulation of the GDPR, DSA & ePrivacy.
Europe must defend, not dilute, its digital rulebook.
cdt.org/insights/cdt...
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
@jvh.bsky.social is Professor of Information Law at @ivir-uva.bsky.social
He works on law and digital infrastructure, including the intersection of fundamental rights protection & platform governance.
🌟 Excited to have him on board!
@jvh.bsky.social is Professor of Information Law at @ivir-uva.bsky.social
He works on law and digital infrastructure, including the intersection of fundamental rights protection & platform governance.
🌟 Excited to have him on board!
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
@jvh.bsky.social is Professor of Information Law at @ivir-uva.bsky.social
He works on law and digital infrastructure, including the intersection of fundamental rights protection & platform governance.
🌟 Excited to have him on board!
@jvh.bsky.social is Professor of Information Law at @ivir-uva.bsky.social
He works on law and digital infrastructure, including the intersection of fundamental rights protection & platform governance.
🌟 Excited to have him on board!
🗓️ On 7 Nov, our Equity & Data team is participating to @mozilla.org's #MozFest 2025!
Our session will focus on current limitations of the #AIAct in terms of available redress and remedies for AI-induced harms.
Our session will focus on current limitations of the #AIAct in terms of available redress and remedies for AI-induced harms.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
As the European Commission moves to simplify the EU’s digital rulebook, CDT Europe urges policymakers to protect and swiftly implement the AI Act. It’s the cornerstone of Europe’s human rights–based approach to AI and already strikes the right balance.
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CDT Europe Responds to the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus Consultation
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November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
As the European Commission moves to simplify the EU’s digital rulebook, CDT Europe urges policymakers to protect and swiftly implement the AI Act. It’s the cornerstone of Europe’s human rights–based approach to AI and already strikes the right balance.
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📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
Oyidiya Oji Palino is the Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at @enareurope.bsky.social.
With a background in data science, she focuses on welfare automation, migration control & EU law enforcement.
Oyidiya Oji Palino is the Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at @enareurope.bsky.social.
With a background in data science, she focuses on welfare automation, migration control & EU law enforcement.
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council!
Oyidiya Oji Palino is the Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at @enareurope.bsky.social.
With a background in data science, she focuses on welfare automation, migration control & EU law enforcement.
Oyidiya Oji Palino is the Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at @enareurope.bsky.social.
With a background in data science, she focuses on welfare automation, migration control & EU law enforcement.
✍🏻 CDT Europe responded to the public consultation on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act #DFA
It is important to bring clarity on existing legislation & identify potential gaps on issues such as dark patterns and addictive design practice that may harm users.
👇🏻 Read more on our website:
It is important to bring clarity on existing legislation & identify potential gaps on issues such as dark patterns and addictive design practice that may harm users.
👇🏻 Read more on our website:
CDT Europe’s Response to the Public Consultation for the Digital Fairness Act Impact Assessment
CDT Europe welcomed the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s Public Consultation for the Digital Fairness Act Impact Assessment.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
✍🏻 CDT Europe responded to the public consultation on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act #DFA
It is important to bring clarity on existing legislation & identify potential gaps on issues such as dark patterns and addictive design practice that may harm users.
👇🏻 Read more on our website:
It is important to bring clarity on existing legislation & identify potential gaps on issues such as dark patterns and addictive design practice that may harm users.
👇🏻 Read more on our website:
📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here!
In this edition:
⚖️ Our submission to #AI Transparency Consultation
👁️ Events on #spyware, media freedom & #ChatControl
💬 @superrrnetwork.bsky.social’s Digital Futures Gathering
📢 Our new Advisory Council & team member!
👇 More about EU tech policy:
In this edition:
⚖️ Our submission to #AI Transparency Consultation
👁️ Events on #spyware, media freedom & #ChatControl
💬 @superrrnetwork.bsky.social’s Digital Futures Gathering
📢 Our new Advisory Council & team member!
👇 More about EU tech policy:
EU Tech Policy Brief: October 2025
Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Tech Policy Brief! This edition covers the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe and gives CDT’s per...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here!
In this edition:
⚖️ Our submission to #AI Transparency Consultation
👁️ Events on #spyware, media freedom & #ChatControl
💬 @superrrnetwork.bsky.social’s Digital Futures Gathering
📢 Our new Advisory Council & team member!
👇 More about EU tech policy:
In this edition:
⚖️ Our submission to #AI Transparency Consultation
👁️ Events on #spyware, media freedom & #ChatControl
💬 @superrrnetwork.bsky.social’s Digital Futures Gathering
📢 Our new Advisory Council & team member!
👇 More about EU tech policy: