This weekend sees new EU laws designed to reign in big tech. Not before time, and something really DOES need to happen.

This Fediverse post is about the new laws which will be in FORCE from THIS WEEKEND.

A link to the article can also be found here. While not applicable in the UK, big tech companies are going to find their irresponsible, arrogant free for all behaviour is coming to an end.

In further news, families of victims are staring to fight back too. Brianna Ghey's mother and Molly Russell's father join forces to combat online harm

I look forward to massive fines for these companies, lawsuits, and hopefully PRISON terms for those at the top who have FAILED or FAIL TO protect users properly.

We may not be able to put Zukerberg or X CEO Linda Yaccarino in the dock, but we can perhaps put those who are at the top in their European HQs in the dock. I am sure these people will be very pleased about that.

YOUR CHOICE TO WORK FOR THEM.

tags

#EU,#Law,#BigTech,#Safety,#Privacy

The EU Euclid mission to study nature of dark energy and dark matter. is due to launch this weekend.

Euclid is an ESA mission to map the geometry of the Universe and better understand the mysterious dark matter and dark energy, which make up most of the energy budget of the cosmos. The mission will investigate the distance-redshift relationship and the evolution of cosmic structures by measuring shapes and redshifts of galaxies and clusters of galaxies out to redshifts ~2, or equivalently to a look-back time of 10 billion years. In this way, Euclid will cover the entire period over which dark energy played a significant role in accelerating the expansion of the Universe. [1]

There is also a comprehensive launch kit available [2] in English and other languages from.

References

1. Euclid mission
2. Launch Kit
3. Science Forums

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#DarkEnergy,#DarkMatter,#EU,ESA,#Mission,Euclid

EU ready to back immediate open access without author fees

Looks like some really positive steps forward in support of open access to science.

• EU ready to back immediate open access without author fees
  • Fediverse post
• Science Forums

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#EU,#Science,#OpenAccess,#NoFees

This is a really important development in that it shows that the GDPR and the Law are to be followed. Massive win for our personal data protection. People are waking up and finally taking back control and see what big tech is really doing.

Fediverse article has been included below

• Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertising

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#EU,#Law,#GDPR,#Meta,#Advertising,#Fediverse,#Data,#Protection

This news has just broken.

Could have some interesting implications, even though the UK has left the EU, the UK has adopted the GDPR.

A good step for people currently using google analytics would be to swtich to something like Matomo (see link below) which is an alternative.

Links

• Article
• Discussion
• Matomo

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#EU,GDPR,Ruling,#GoogleAnalytics,#Illegal,#Alternative,#Matomo,#Data,#Privacy,#DataProtection

This was posted to Mastodon earlier, I am sharing to help raise awareness of the lawsuit. Also included below some links to alternative cloud solutions. Note: Disroot now uses a Cryptpad installation for some of their services.

Links

• Article
• NextCloud
• Disroot
• CryptPad

Tags

#EU,#Technology,#Sector,#AntiTrust,#Lawsuit,#Microsoft, #LevelPlayingField,

More mass surveillance appears to be on the cards, so we need to sign a petition against this, however if you are in the UK, which has left the EU, then the UK isn't listed so I have added a link so you can find you local MP and write to them about this.

We need to make sure a similar law does not end up on our statute books.

We aren‘t walking barcodes! Sign the brand new European Citizens‘ Initiative for banning biometric mass surveillance now!

REFERENCES

• Campaign petition
• Contact you local MP

TAGS

#Privacy,#Biometric,#EU,#surveillance,#ReclaimYourFace

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A BBC report on 24/1/2020 says that the UK government is not going to sign up to this. This is a victory for content providers and common sense.

• Article 13: UK will not implement EU copyright law

To give some background to this previous BBC reports can be found here.

• What is the controversial Article 13?
• Why Europe's original copyright plan was so controversial
• BBC Website

#EU, #laws, #copyright, #article13, #bbc, #news, #technology

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This was posted to the Fediverse. I am sharing here as this seems a really good opportunity for students to learn and gain valuable experience within free software and software development. Please download flyer for information.

• Project Home page
• Information flyer

#freesoftware, #development, #student, #opportunity, #eu

You can find me on Friendica at zleap@social.isurf.ca

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