Gateklons
@gateklons.bsky.social
EU digital policy nerd | data protection & privacy | competition | platform & media regulation | identity | cybersecurity
Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability
https://gateklons.substack.com/
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Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability
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@gateklons.bsky.social
· May 14
NEW BLOGPOST: what's being overlooked about Meta's (defeat in) challenging the #EDPB #consent-or-pay opinion (case #T-319/24)
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🚨✉️ noyb has joined forces with EDRi
and @iccl.bsky.social to send an open letter to the EU Commission concerning the Digital Omnibus.
⚖️ We are seriously concerned about the potential threat that the internal draft poses to Europeans' fundamental rights.
More info 👇
noyb.eu/en/open-lett...
and @iccl.bsky.social to send an open letter to the EU Commission concerning the Digital Omnibus.
⚖️ We are seriously concerned about the potential threat that the internal draft poses to Europeans' fundamental rights.
More info 👇
noyb.eu/en/open-lett...
Open letter: Digital omnibus brings deregulation, not simplification
EDRi, the ICCL and noyb send a letter to the Commission expressing their concerns regarding the suggested Omnibus reform.
noyb.eu
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🚨✉️ noyb has joined forces with EDRi
and @iccl.bsky.social to send an open letter to the EU Commission concerning the Digital Omnibus.
⚖️ We are seriously concerned about the potential threat that the internal draft poses to Europeans' fundamental rights.
More info 👇
noyb.eu/en/open-lett...
and @iccl.bsky.social to send an open letter to the EU Commission concerning the Digital Omnibus.
⚖️ We are seriously concerned about the potential threat that the internal draft poses to Europeans' fundamental rights.
More info 👇
noyb.eu/en/open-lett...
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I will do that. But the Commission's newest, most vile trick is to proactively publish short, meaningless minutes of lobby meetings, while refusing to disclose anything about what actually went on behind closed doors.
This remarkable step has been barely noticed by the Brussels press corps.
This remarkable step has been barely noticed by the Brussels press corps.
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I will do that. But the Commission's newest, most vile trick is to proactively publish short, meaningless minutes of lobby meetings, while refusing to disclose anything about what actually went on behind closed doors.
This remarkable step has been barely noticed by the Brussels press corps.
This remarkable step has been barely noticed by the Brussels press corps.
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I wrote about Europe maybe retreating from strong privacy protections in the name of AI competitiveness and why it may be making a mistake www.platformer.news/eu-ai-act-ch...
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I wrote about Europe maybe retreating from strong privacy protections in the name of AI competitiveness and why it may be making a mistake www.platformer.news/eu-ai-act-ch...
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Apple’s $1,000 ultra thin iPhone Air which has fewer cameras and worse battery life than the $800 iPhone 17 is selling so poorly they’re second guessing the next release.
They really misjudged their audience by betting thinness at the expense of user value was the way to go.
They really misjudged their audience by betting thinness at the expense of user value was the way to go.
Apple Delays Release of Next iPhone Air Amid Weak Sales
Apple is delaying the release of next year’s version of the iPhone Air, its thinnest smartphone, after the first model sold below expectations, according to three people involved in the project. Altho...
www.theinformation.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Apple’s $1,000 ultra thin iPhone Air which has fewer cameras and worse battery life than the $800 iPhone 17 is selling so poorly they’re second guessing the next release.
They really misjudged their audience by betting thinness at the expense of user value was the way to go.
They really misjudged their audience by betting thinness at the expense of user value was the way to go.
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Just saw this via an acquaintance, and yeah, meta just keeps failing:
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Just saw this via an acquaintance, and yeah, meta just keeps failing:
Do the GDPR amendments violate the principle of non-regression?
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Do the GDPR amendments violate the principle of non-regression?
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And boom, just like that, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court has done what the Brazilian Congress has been discussing for years: determined a notice and takedown for illegal content and platform liability in case of non compliance. It’s DSA bycourt ruling, baby!
www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/...
www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/...
www.stf.jus.br
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
And boom, just like that, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court has done what the Brazilian Congress has been discussing for years: determined a notice and takedown for illegal content and platform liability in case of non compliance. It’s DSA bycourt ruling, baby!
www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/...
www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/...
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Almost impossible to achieve slower enforcement of #magicAI illegal data usage but EU is going to try ... Instead of #RegulatingCode
The EU’s Digital Omnibus could roll back key parts of the GDPR, AI Act, and ePrivacy rules — laws that set global standards for privacy and AI. Leaked drafts suggest companies could get more leeway on data use and slower enforcement, reports Ramsha Jahangir (@ramshajahangir.bsky.social):
EU Set the Global Standard on Privacy and AI. Now It’s Pulling Back | TechPolicy.Press
The draft Digital Omnibus could weaken core data protections and give tech companies more leeway in using European data, reports Ramsha Jahangir.
www.techpolicy.press
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Almost impossible to achieve slower enforcement of #magicAI illegal data usage but EU is going to try ... Instead of #RegulatingCode
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Orban allies have bough Hungary's most read paper.
The reason that is possible is because the EU failed to legislate against media concentration.
Here is the inside story into the EU's historical blunder:
www.ftm.eu/articles/hel...
The reason that is possible is because the EU failed to legislate against media concentration.
Here is the inside story into the EU's historical blunder:
www.ftm.eu/articles/hel...
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Orban allies have bough Hungary's most read paper.
The reason that is possible is because the EU failed to legislate against media concentration.
Here is the inside story into the EU's historical blunder:
www.ftm.eu/articles/hel...
The reason that is possible is because the EU failed to legislate against media concentration.
Here is the inside story into the EU's historical blunder:
www.ftm.eu/articles/hel...
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The old political spectrum: Left/right/center
The actual current political spectrum: Progression/regression/stagnation
The actual current political spectrum: Progression/regression/stagnation
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The old political spectrum: Left/right/center
The actual current political spectrum: Progression/regression/stagnation
The actual current political spectrum: Progression/regression/stagnation
No one intervening I guess? A real missed opportunity for CSOs I fear. We're gonna be stuck with CJEU's very bad case law on consent-or-pay, just as we are now that it has not adopted an absolute approach to the definition of personal data (taken up by the Commission itself 🤮🤮🤮).
Meta's annulment action against the Commission's consent-or-pay decision (T-435/25) has been published in the OJ today.
This starts the 6 week clock to file for a leave to intervene! Happy to offer my very extensive knowledge on this topic to any CSO that does.
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
This starts the 6 week clock to file for a leave to intervene! Happy to offer my very extensive knowledge on this topic to any CSO that does.
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
EUR-Lex - 62025TN0435 - EN - EUR-Lex
eur-lex.europa.eu
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
No one intervening I guess? A real missed opportunity for CSOs I fear. We're gonna be stuck with CJEU's very bad case law on consent-or-pay, just as we are now that it has not adopted an absolute approach to the definition of personal data (taken up by the Commission itself 🤮🤮🤮).
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BREAKING: EU attempting last minute resurrection ChatControl client-side scanning & message surveillance under vague “mandate… all reasonable mitigation measures” figleaf; FightChatControl.EU to be rea[…]
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119783
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119783
BREAKING: EU attempting last minute resurrection ChatControl client-side scanning & message surveillance under vague “mandate… all reasonable mitigation measures” figleaf; FightChatControl.EU to be reactivated…
Quote Patrick Breyer: A perfidious trick? The EU Council Presidency wants to introduce mandatory #ChatControl through the backdoor: An Art. 4 amendment would MANDATE “all reasonable mitigatio…
alecmuffett.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BREAKING: EU attempting last minute resurrection ChatControl client-side scanning & message surveillance under vague “mandate… all reasonable mitigation measures” figleaf; FightChatControl.EU to be rea[…]
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119783
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119783
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I wrote about how law defines personal data, and why - in context of multi-party supply chain architectures and the information economy - CJEU decisions (incl EDPS v SRB) mark a major misstep with bad(!) effects for data protection law's purpose and framework
Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A relative mess: Identifying data subjects in multi-party processing
Data about people has become a key form of capital in information economies. The legal definition of personal data-as any information relating to an identified
papers.ssrn.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wrote about how law defines personal data, and why - in context of multi-party supply chain architectures and the information economy - CJEU decisions (incl EDPS v SRB) mark a major misstep with bad(!) effects for data protection law's purpose and framework
Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Russian government will reportedly add a law allowing the FSB to have individual subscribers cut off by their telecom companies in order to protect the public or the State from threats.
www.agents.media/vlasti-sobra...
www.agents.media/vlasti-sobra...
Власти собрались легализовать шатдауны и уполномочить ФСБ отключать россиян от связи • «Агентство»
Минцифры разработало поправки в закон о связи, согласно которым, операторы связи должны будут отключать услуги связи по запросу от ФСБ, пишут «Ведомости» и «Интерфакс». Изменения позволят властям лега...
www.agents.media
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Russian government will reportedly add a law allowing the FSB to have individual subscribers cut off by their telecom companies in order to protect the public or the State from threats.
www.agents.media/vlasti-sobra...
www.agents.media/vlasti-sobra...
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Hearing EU figureheads talk constantly about AI but not cloud infra leaves me with no faith in their judgment or strategy. Zero.
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Hearing EU figureheads talk constantly about AI but not cloud infra leaves me with no faith in their judgment or strategy. Zero.
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"Rules set by Google were more important than the rules set by the GDPR" so true @robin.berjon.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Rules set by Google were more important than the rules set by the GDPR" so true @robin.berjon.com
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Social media's interoperability: the EC says that it is willing to discuss it "further" [Halleluya]
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Social media's interoperability: the EC says that it is willing to discuss it "further" [Halleluya]
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Interoperability of social media services - a scandal that the Council killed it (still hurting) - study commissioned by the EC, what are the results I wonder
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Interoperability of social media services - a scandal that the Council killed it (still hurting) - study commissioned by the EC, what are the results I wonder
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The Court of Justice decided to grant Meta leave to intervene in Cases Bindl/European Commission in support of the form of order sought by the European Commission. This includes reviewing Meta's SCCs.
Please read Thomas Bindl's thoughts here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/....
Please read Thomas Bindl's thoughts here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/....
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Court of Justice decided to grant Meta leave to intervene in Cases Bindl/European Commission in support of the form of order sought by the European Commission. This includes reviewing Meta's SCCs.
Please read Thomas Bindl's thoughts here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/....
Please read Thomas Bindl's thoughts here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/....
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mainly boggling at the idea that any British media organisation has $1billion to be sued for (did Elon not tell him that we are but a simple land of hobbits, going about our hobbit business in the shires?)
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1billion
President Trump has set a deadline of 5pm EST (10pm in the UK) this Friday to 'comply' with his demands.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
mainly boggling at the idea that any British media organisation has $1billion to be sued for (did Elon not tell him that we are but a simple land of hobbits, going about our hobbit business in the shires?)
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
If the Commission was truly just frightened of the US admin (they're not, they actually believe in these "reforms"), they'd try to do as much as possible with temporary exemptions and delays. What the Commission is doing will leave permanent scars, shatter citizen trust and dismantle the digital
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If the Commission was truly just frightened of the US admin (they're not, they actually believe in these "reforms"), they'd try to do as much as possible with temporary exemptions and delays. What the Commission is doing will leave permanent scars, shatter citizen trust and dismantle the digital
I hope it's not only the *financial* AI bubble that burts but also the one in the heads of politicians and other leadership that thinks it can deliver completely unreasonable economic growth (and all we need to achieve that is bulldoze over a decade of protections that have been built up).
a woman in a red suit stands in front of a flag with the words " mistakes were made " on the bottom
ALT: a woman in a red suit stands in front of a flag with the words " mistakes were made " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I hope it's not only the *financial* AI bubble that burts but also the one in the heads of politicians and other leadership that thinks it can deliver completely unreasonable economic growth (and all we need to achieve that is bulldoze over a decade of protections that have been built up).
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Great setting for a mad max sequel, IMO
Data-center projects that “may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.”
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Great setting for a mad max sequel, IMO
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EU countries oppose @ec.europa.eu's plan for telecoms rules reset
🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹, 🇪🇸, 🇵🇱, and 🇳🇱 are among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act
- @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...
🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹, 🇪🇸, 🇵🇱, and 🇳🇱 are among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act
- @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...
EU countries oppose Commission's plan for telecoms rules reset | Euractiv
Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, and the Netherlands among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act
www.euractiv.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
EU countries oppose @ec.europa.eu's plan for telecoms rules reset
🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹, 🇪🇸, 🇵🇱, and 🇳🇱 are among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act
- @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...
🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹, 🇪🇸, 🇵🇱, and 🇳🇱 are among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act
- @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...
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New post from me, for UK folks only, on how you need to start preparing for Apple to switch off Advanced Data Protection and the end-to-end encryption of the data you store on it. Like I said, UK only. #SunlitUplands
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
Time to start de-Appling – Hi, I'm Heather Burns
heatherburns.tech
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New post from me, for UK folks only, on how you need to start preparing for Apple to switch off Advanced Data Protection and the end-to-end encryption of the data you store on it. Like I said, UK only. #SunlitUplands
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...