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Michael Puntschuh
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tech, governance, human rights | Executive Director @efn.no | Co-Founder Beyond AI Collective | 🖖 | 🇺🇳🇪🇺🇳🇴🇩🇪🇨🇿 | he/him
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krisshrishak.bsky.social
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.

@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed

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Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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anneroth.bsky.social
"Zum ersten Mal übertreffen Maschinen den Menschen in dem, was uns bisher einzigartig machte: unsere Intelligenz."

Sagte der deutsche Digitalminister vor ein paar Tagen.

Für alle, die sich deswegen Sorgen machen: Das ist totaler Quatsch. Macht Euch Sorgen wegen des Ministers.
Pressekonferenz Industrial AI Cloud - strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty
Rede von Dr. Karsten Wildberger Bundesminister für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung bei der Pressekonferenz Industrial AI Cloud - strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty
bmds.bund.de
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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attacnorge.bsky.social
«Da vil tallene i Oljefondets portefølje begynne å tikke nedover – og det veldig raskt.

Det er ikke risikofritt å være så tungt investerte som vi er i den amerikanske tek-sektoren.»
I dagens Klassekampen kommenterer vi også Oljefond-debatten.
Hvor risikofri er USAs tek-industri, egentlig?
Spøkte det virkelig for de store tek-selskapenes fremtid i Oljefondet, når Etikkrådet først hadde ekskludert den amerikanske anleggsutstyrsprodusenten...
klassekampen.no
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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leahlitman.bsky.social
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
Rudy press conference at 4 seasons total landscaping
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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abeba.bsky.social
narrator: no, it cannot
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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alexsuzuki.com
Mozilla deployed an AI bot that overwrote 20 years of volunteer Japanese translations, without consultation. JP community leader resigned, and the offer from Mozilla is to "hop on a quick call to understand why they're struggling". FFS.
HN discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4583...
End of Japanese community | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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reneengel.bsky.social
Für mich das Hauptlearning für progressive Kräfte hierzulande: Wehrt euch, schön sterben war gestern.
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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wcraft.bsky.social
Mamdani, with 97% of the vote in, has more votes than all the other candidates combined
Table showing Mamdani with more votes than all other candidates combined
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
gloptimist.bsky.social
Anyone on here has experience with how to contact someone who manages a block-list? I've been put on a block-list of "republicans" which clearly has to be a mistake
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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frodehommedal.bsky.social
Nei. Det har utløst en ekkel stråmannsdebatt om ytringsfrihet mens det vi burde hatt var en hard debatt om meningsinnhold.

Vårt offenlige ordskifte er på ville veier når absolutt alle diskusjoner om fæle meninger blit en avledende debatt om ytringsfrihet, ytringsklima og kansellering.
November 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
gloptimist.bsky.social
Norge, nå er det din tur ⬇️
chrisosieck.bsky.social Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 11d
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.

www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
gloptimist.bsky.social
Hello new followers! Just wanted to let you know that from me you'll mostly hear about tech/AI and human rights in Norway (where I live), Germany and Europe, as well as the occasional post about #ESC, nerd stuff and cycling, in English, Norwegian and German.
November 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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beimwort.bsky.social
Kluge, kundige, kritische AI-Beobachter*innen - wem könnte man da folgen?
October 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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attacnorge.bsky.social
«Big Tech må vekk»-festivalen samlet nærmere 140 mennesker for å snakke og tenke om hvordan og hvorfor vi kan skape en digital verden som ikke er dominert av noen få store selskaper.
Astrid Bragstad Gjelsvik med Big Tech må vekk-t-skorte på scenen.
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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menotti.bsky.social
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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coricrider.com
"There are more tech lobbyists than MEPs."

Live from Brussels:

(It's a good study. Check it out.)
A meme of a bearded man 'splaining to a young woman at a party. He says: "seriously, our cloud offer is, like, totally sovereign". The woman looks trapped Another man 'splaining' to a woman at a sports event, captioned 'forget all this 'bubble' talk, babe - I'll build you a giant data centre'
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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honkhase.bsky.social
Wer digitale Souveränität möchte, bekommt die auch! ❤️

Internationaler Strafgerichtshof will Bürosoftware von Microsoft durch deutsches Produkt ersetzen

"Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof will einem Medienbericht zufolge seine Bürosoftware..."
www.deutschlandfunk.de/internationa...
Bericht - Internationaler Strafgerichtshof will Bürosoftware von Microsoft durch deutsches Produkt ersetzen
Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof will einem Medienbericht zufolge seine Bürosoftware von Microsoft durch das deutsche Programmpaket OpenDesk ersetzen.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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torbatschow.de
Es ist das Jahr 2025. Deutschland hat seine Meinungsbildung an BigTech verloren. Doch in einer gemütlichen Landeshauptstadt in @rlp.de organisiert sich Widerstand – und 1 Reform des deutschen Medienrechts.

"Rundfunkkommission" klingt staubig? Ha!

Willkommen zum GIF-Überblick-🧵 der MStV-Reform:
a cartoon character is standing next to a tree stump with a hourglass
Alt: Asterix is standing next to a tree stump with a hourglass
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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python.org
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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esqueer.net
A school called Alpha that relies on AI to teach its students is also surveilling them at home, videotaping young girls in their bedrooms.

This is some seriously sick shit.

www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
While parents are asked to consent to these surveillance programs, the school’s handbook says that there is “no expectation of privacy” on campus. If parents want to restrict recordings of their children outside of the school, they have to manually opt out of the “anywhere” option—as Jessica Lopez learned midway through her older daughter’s second year at Alpha. The girl says she remembers sitting on her bed one night working on schoolwork when she received a notification that she’d been flagged for an anti-pattern. She says Alpha’s system sent a video of her in her pajamas, taken from the computer’s webcam, that showed her talking to her younger sister.
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
deeply wild clip of a fossil fuel economist on norway's state broadcaster claiming

- 3 degrees of warming is a "problem we can live with"
- Extreme weather is not a threat to human welfare
- We need to dig up Norwegian oil and gas to help 'poor Africans in huts' get rid of polluting cooking fuels
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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ec.europa.eu
Preliminary findings:

🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.

🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.

This is a duty, not a choice.

link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
An image illustrating the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA). The background is a dark purple with a binary code pattern of '0's and '1's. In the center, nine yellow icons representing DSA themes are arranged in a circular formation, similar to the stars on the EU flag. These icons include a bell, a locked padlock, a crossed-out 'AD' symbol indicating a restriction on advertising, a magnifying glass over a document for transparency, a shielded checkmark for safety, and a crossed-out symbol likely relating to content moderation or tracking. Below this visual representation, the text in large white letters states DIGITAL SERVICES ACT, followed by a smaller line of text that reads "TikTok and Meta preliminarily found in breach of their transparency obligations." A small European Commission logo is located in the bottom right corner.
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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tom-fredrik.no
Aldersgrenser på sosiale medier er en dårlig idé og ekstremt vanskelig å implementere uten å bryte med fundamentale rettigheter som personvern og digital inkludering. Mye kan oppnås med å håndheve og stramme inn eksisterende regelverk.

Uttaler meg til @kode24.no
kode24.no kode24.no @kode24.no · 20d
Innføres aldersgrenser på sosiale medier, går det utover anonymiteten. 🙈

– Vanskelig å gjennomføre uten å bryte med grunnleggende prinsipper for personvern og ytringsfrihet, sier Elektronisk Forpost Norge.

– Kravene til aldersverifisering bør utredes mer før de innføres, sier Datatilsynet.
Anonym på nett med aldersgrenser? – Svært vanskelig
Innføres en aldersgrense for sosiale medier på 15 år, så kan man miste muligheten til å være anonym på nettet, påpeker eksperter.
www.kode24.no
October 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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efn.no
Lovforslaget om å endre aldersgrensen på sosiale medier fra 13 til 15 år har vært ute på høring.
- Vi mener at dette forslaget bommer på hva man prøver å løse, sier styremedlem @tom-fredrik.no til @kode24.no: www.kode24.no/artikkel/van...
Anonym på nett med aldersgrenser? – Svært vanskelig
Innføres en aldersgrense for sosiale medier på 15 år, så kan man miste muligheten til å være anonym på nettet, påpeker eksperter.
www.kode24.no
October 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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kode24.no
Innføres aldersgrenser på sosiale medier, går det utover anonymiteten. 🙈

– Vanskelig å gjennomføre uten å bryte med grunnleggende prinsipper for personvern og ytringsfrihet, sier Elektronisk Forpost Norge.

– Kravene til aldersverifisering bør utredes mer før de innføres, sier Datatilsynet.
Anonym på nett med aldersgrenser? – Svært vanskelig
Innføres en aldersgrense for sosiale medier på 15 år, så kan man miste muligheten til å være anonym på nettet, påpeker eksperter.
www.kode24.no
October 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM