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Today’s 120 million euro fine against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA) will be spun as a decision against “free speech.” It’s not. (1/7) #digitalservicesact #dsa #dsa ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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We need to talk about the EU TDM exception and AI training

Following the recent decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and last year's Kneschke v LAION, we now have two German courts grappling with the applicability of the text and data mining exceptions to AI training. Despite arriving at different outcomes,…
We need to talk about the EU TDM exception and AI training
Following the recent decision in GEMA v OpenAI, and last year's Kneschke v LAION, we now have two German courts grappling with the applicability of the text and data mining exceptions to AI training. Despite arriving at different outcomes, LAION won, OpenAI lost, both decisions share something important: they confirm that the TDM exception in Article 4 of the…
www.technollama.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Congrats to @lorriecranor.bsky.social for writing a young children’s book about privacy. Great story in the WaPo about it and so happy it also mentions my book about privacy for older kids www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Analysis | This new children’s book is a bedtime story for the AI age
With “Privacy, Please!” a longtime cybersecurity expert wants preschoolers to start learning about digital privacy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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So (see @klonick.bsky.social last night) today may be the day that the EU Commission fines X for breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Busy day for me, and I expect many questions if it happens, so here's an explanation thread in advance.

First of all, a reminder of the provisional decision
EU Commission preliminary findings that Twitter/X has breached the Digital Services Act (nb remedy is a fine, not a ban)
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Our paper on domestic digital police influence campaigns in the UK is now out in the British Journal of Criminology - we evaluate the different mechanisms and methods of police digital influence, including various approaches used for counter-terror campaigns.
October 8, 2024 at 7:19 AM
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In response to OpenAI’s recent ‘A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT’, Arthur Perret (maître de conferénces, Jean Moulin Lyon 3) writes a line-by-line rebuttal — A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT www.arthurperret.fr/blog/2024-11...
A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT
Site web d’Arthur Perret, enseignant-chercheur en SIC.
www.arthurperret.fr
November 15, 2024 at 7:41 AM