Jan Penfrat
@ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy
Policy guy @edri, working on platform regulation, content moderation, data protection and surveillance ads in Europe. For 15+ years in the Brussels maze […]
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As we're working on Collections (an upcoming feature similar to "starter packs"), and improvements to the design of user profiles, we would like to hear from you!
Please use our - short & anonymous! - User Experience Survey to share your thoughts.
#mastodon #userexperience #design […]
Please use our - short & anonymous! - User Experience Survey to share your thoughts.
#mastodon #userexperience #design […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
As we're working on Collections (an upcoming feature similar to "starter packs"), and improvements to the design of user profiles, we would like to hear from you!
Please use our - short & anonymous! - User Experience Survey to share your thoughts.
#mastodon #userexperience #design […]
Please use our - short & anonymous! - User Experience Survey to share your thoughts.
#mastodon #userexperience #design […]
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115707012503809415
Totally agree to be pissed about #chatcontrol and Yes to direct that anger at the @EUCommission.
At the same time, I think it's important to understand that the Commission is not one unified block. It's a huge institution […]
Totally agree to be pissed about #chatcontrol and Yes to direct that anger at the @EUCommission.
At the same time, I think it's important to understand that the Commission is not one unified block. It's a huge institution […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
December 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115707012503809415
Totally agree to be pissed about #chatcontrol and Yes to direct that anger at the @EUCommission.
At the same time, I think it's important to understand that the Commission is not one unified block. It's a huge institution […]
Totally agree to be pissed about #chatcontrol and Yes to direct that anger at the @EUCommission.
At the same time, I think it's important to understand that the Commission is not one unified block. It's a huge institution […]
Great #DSA report by @bitsoffreedom about how #snapchat manipulates its users through notifications:
"From 109 notifications we categorized 39 as misleading." They contained "false information (e.g., “check out this post from someone you follow”—even though we weren't following anyone) […]
"From 109 notifications we categorized 39 as misleading." They contained "false information (e.g., “check out this post from someone you follow”—even though we weren't following anyone) […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
December 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Today, the #eu will launch a new legal entity aimed at supporting the development of the #DigitalCommons.
The so-called European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (#edic) is a legal instrument that allows EU countries to pool resources and "coordinate with communities to develop, maintain and […]
The so-called European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (#edic) is a legal instrument that allows EU countries to pool resources and "coordinate with communities to develop, maintain and […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
#mastojobs #fedijobs #policy #ConsumerProtection at @TACD :
https://tacd.org/tacd-is-looking-for-a-digital-policy-assistant/
https://tacd.org/tacd-is-looking-for-a-digital-policy-assistant/
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#google and #apple jointly work on enabling #dataportability between devices to comply with the EU's #DigitalMarketsAct.
This is great!
Question is: Will this be an open standard that can be used by independent mobile operating systems like @murena's /e/OS, @GrapheneOS, or @LineageOS as well? […]
This is great!
Question is: Will this be an open standard that can be used by independent mobile operating systems like @murena's /e/OS, @GrapheneOS, or @LineageOS as well? […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
#google and #apple jointly work on enabling #dataportability between devices to comply with the EU's #DigitalMarketsAct.
This is great!
Question is: Will this be an open standard that can be used by independent mobile operating systems like @murena's /e/OS, @GrapheneOS, or @LineageOS as well? […]
This is great!
Question is: Will this be an open standard that can be used by independent mobile operating systems like @murena's /e/OS, @GrapheneOS, or @LineageOS as well? […]
As of today: No social media for Australians under 16.
Also as of today: Every Australian under 16 installs a dodgy gratis #vpn that spies on them and sells their digital lives to #adtech sharks.
#socialmediaban #digitalrights #ageverification #minorsprotection
Also as of today: Every Australian under 16 installs a dodgy gratis #vpn that spies on them and sells their digital lives to #adtech sharks.
#socialmediaban #digitalrights #ageverification #minorsprotection
December 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
As of today: No social media for Australians under 16.
Also as of today: Every Australian under 16 installs a dodgy gratis #vpn that spies on them and sells their digital lives to #adtech sharks.
#socialmediaban #digitalrights #ageverification #minorsprotection
Also as of today: Every Australian under 16 installs a dodgy gratis #vpn that spies on them and sells their digital lives to #adtech sharks.
#socialmediaban #digitalrights #ageverification #minorsprotection
Reposted by Jan Penfrat
"Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe"
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-has-become-a-digital-narco
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-has-become-a-digital-narco
December 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe"
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-has-become-a-digital-narco
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-has-become-a-digital-narco
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Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #digitalsovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #digitalsovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation […]
Reposted by Jan Penfrat
🎉 Some important #CrossBorderRail news! 🎉
After thinking about the idea for more than a decade (yeah, this is later than a DB train!) I am finally starting to plan building a railway organisation for lobbying work, and @patrick @partim & @redjives are in from the start. We're sort of soft […]
After thinking about the idea for more than a decade (yeah, this is later than a DB train!) I am finally starting to plan building a railway organisation for lobbying work, and @patrick @partim & @redjives are in from the start. We're sort of soft […]
Original post on gruene.social
gruene.social
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🎉 Some important #CrossBorderRail news! 🎉
After thinking about the idea for more than a decade (yeah, this is later than a DB train!) I am finally starting to plan building a railway organisation for lobbying work, and @patrick @partim & @redjives are in from the start. We're sort of soft […]
After thinking about the idea for more than a decade (yeah, this is later than a DB train!) I am finally starting to plan building a railway organisation for lobbying work, and @patrick @partim & @redjives are in from the start. We're sort of soft […]
It's a bit annoying how many news outlets just parrot the @EUCommission and #meta line today that the latter is now going to offer a "less personalised" version of #facebook and #instagram using "less personal data" in order to comply with the #DigitalMarketsAct.
Have they actually read the […]
Have they actually read the […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It's a bit annoying how many news outlets just parrot the @EUCommission and #meta line today that the latter is now going to offer a "less personalised" version of #facebook and #instagram using "less personal data" in order to comply with the #DigitalMarketsAct.
Have they actually read the […]
Have they actually read the […]
Reposted by Jan Penfrat
Why is Big Tech so afraid of AI regulation?
Big Tech continues to push for no AI regulation and it is having an impact. They want us to forget the damage done by the lack of regulation of user profiling. Instead they argue that regulating user profiling and AI would be a disaster. Clearly they […]
Big Tech continues to push for no AI regulation and it is having an impact. They want us to forget the damage done by the lack of regulation of user profiling. Instead they argue that regulating user profiling and AI would be a disaster. Clearly they […]
Original post on social.vivaldi.net
social.vivaldi.net
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why is Big Tech so afraid of AI regulation?
Big Tech continues to push for no AI regulation and it is having an impact. They want us to forget the damage done by the lack of regulation of user profiling. Instead they argue that regulating user profiling and AI would be a disaster. Clearly they […]
Big Tech continues to push for no AI regulation and it is having an impact. They want us to forget the damage done by the lack of regulation of user profiling. Instead they argue that regulating user profiling and AI would be a disaster. Clearly they […]
Reposted by Jan Penfrat
The news that #x has suspended the #eu's advertising account on the platform after it issued a 120m EUR fine against X for breaking the #DSA is beyond hilarious.
And it might even be kind of good in the sense that politicians in Europe maybe finally realise how shitty it is to depend on such a […]
And it might even be kind of good in the sense that politicians in Europe maybe finally realise how shitty it is to depend on such a […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Reposted by Jan Penfrat
The wait is over!
bsky.app/profile/thom...
#DSA
👉Safe online space requires active governance for accountability and transparency
🛍️This is important for consumers
💥It is existential for peace and security
howtobuildup.org/wp-content/u...
@alexandrageese.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/thom...
#DSA
👉Safe online space requires active governance for accountability and transparency
🛍️This is important for consumers
💥It is existential for peace and security
howtobuildup.org/wp-content/u...
@alexandrageese.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The wait is over!
bsky.app/profile/thom...
#DSA
👉Safe online space requires active governance for accountability and transparency
🛍️This is important for consumers
💥It is existential for peace and security
howtobuildup.org/wp-content/u...
@alexandrageese.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/thom...
#DSA
👉Safe online space requires active governance for accountability and transparency
🛍️This is important for consumers
💥It is existential for peace and security
howtobuildup.org/wp-content/u...
@alexandrageese.bsky.social
I'm usually no fiction reader, you'll only see me a read one #novel every few years.
But @ploum's #scifi novel #bikepunk - Les croniques du flash was a great read: A beautiful homage to the #bicycle and low-tech more generally, embedded in a post-apocalyptic […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
But @ploum's #scifi novel #bikepunk - Les croniques du flash was a great read: A beautiful homage to the #bicycle and low-tech more generally, embedded in a post-apocalyptic […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Reposted by Jan Penfrat
Heute vor 50 Jahren starb die deutsche Philosophin Hannah Arendt (14.10.1906 - 4.12.1975). #dokutipp: https://www.3sat.de/kultur/kulturdoku/hannah-arendt-und-die-gefahren-der-gegenwart-100.html?at_medium=Social%20Media&at_campaign=Mastodon&at_specific=3sat
#hannaharendt
#hannaharendt
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Heute vor 50 Jahren starb die deutsche Philosophin Hannah Arendt (14.10.1906 - 4.12.1975). #dokutipp: https://www.3sat.de/kultur/kulturdoku/hannah-arendt-und-die-gefahren-der-gegenwart-100.html?at_medium=Social%20Media&at_campaign=Mastodon&at_specific=3sat
#hannaharendt
#hannaharendt
Meanwhile in America:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/politics/us-institute-of-peace-renamed-trump
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/politics/us-institute-of-peace-renamed-trump
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Meanwhile in America:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/politics/us-institute-of-peace-renamed-trump
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/politics/us-institute-of-peace-renamed-trump
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Guten Morgen Fediverse! Heute gibt es etwas Spannendes im Europäischen Parlament: Innenkommissar Magnus Brunner ist im LIBE-Ausschuss zu Gast und wird mit den Abgeordneten vermutlich über die nächsten Schritte zum Thema #Chatkontrolle sprechen.
Das wird […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
Das wird […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Guten Morgen Fediverse! Heute gibt es etwas Spannendes im Europäischen Parlament: Innenkommissar Magnus Brunner ist im LIBE-Ausschuss zu Gast und wird mit den Abgeordneten vermutlich über die nächsten Schritte zum Thema #Chatkontrolle sprechen.
Das wird […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
Das wird […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
"The Dutch government has quietly removed #google #tracking tools from job listings for its intelligence services over concerns that the data would expose aspirant spies to U.S. #surveillance," according to POLITICO.
"The intervention would put an end to Google’s processing of the data of job […]
"The intervention would put an end to Google’s processing of the data of job […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"The Dutch government has quietly removed #google #tracking tools from job listings for its intelligence services over concerns that the data would expose aspirant spies to U.S. #surveillance," according to POLITICO.
"The intervention would put an end to Google’s processing of the data of job […]
"The intervention would put an end to Google’s processing of the data of job […]
After 5 years of faithful service, my #refurbished #samsung Galaxy S9 has died.
It's been replaced with a beautiful green @Fairphone 6 which I instantly fell in love with.
What's more: for the first time, I experienced the power of the #Digitalmarketact […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
It's been replaced with a beautiful green @Fairphone 6 which I instantly fell in love with.
What's more: for the first time, I experienced the power of the #Digitalmarketact […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
After 5 years of faithful service, my #refurbished #samsung Galaxy S9 has died.
It's been replaced with a beautiful green @Fairphone 6 which I instantly fell in love with.
What's more: for the first time, I experienced the power of the #Digitalmarketact […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
It's been replaced with a beautiful green @Fairphone 6 which I instantly fell in love with.
What's more: for the first time, I experienced the power of the #Digitalmarketact […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
Reposted by Jan Penfrat
We need this in Edinburgh!
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We need this in Edinburgh!
There used to be an online tool provided by a kind person that allowed you to analyse your own #mastodon posts, e.g. sort them based on the number of replies, boosts or shares.
I cannot find it back, can someone help?
#analytics #influencer #followerpower
I cannot find it back, can someone help?
#analytics #influencer #followerpower
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
There used to be an online tool provided by a kind person that allowed you to analyse your own #mastodon posts, e.g. sort them based on the number of replies, boosts or shares.
I cannot find it back, can someone help?
#analytics #influencer #followerpower
I cannot find it back, can someone help?
#analytics #influencer #followerpower