I know some of us are really angered by #Meta's decision to stop running political, electoral and social issue ads in the EU. I understand this will force many civil society orgs to painfully disentangle their own #campaigning from #Meta platforms. But in my books it's a win-win: CSOs win because they finally break free from an abusive relationship, and society wins because less of our political debates and election campaigns are run on toxic #BigTech platforms. #TrackingFreeAds #PoliticalAds

The good thing about the #drone appearances over European airports is that they force interior ministers to finally work on actual threats to our societies, and maybe have less time to waste on all those imagined threats like #migration, #antifa, #FreePalestine, and #GoingDark.

I currently read Alex Vitale's The End Of Policing. I was skeptical at first. After about a third I thought "Yes OK that's true but mostly applies to the US, right?" But then, where Vitale argues #police has always been a political, never a #crime-fighting tool, I suddenly realised: Holy shit I myself & everyone in my bubble finds it totally normal that police are present at #protests but would *never* expect them to solve my burglary case or find my stolen bicycle. 😲

Verso

The End of Policing

The massive uprising following the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020--by some estimates the largest protests in US history--thru...

“Whenever a company or public office faces a new challenge, the first question must be: How can #AI help?” @European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the Italian Tech Week in Turin. What a dumb piece of advice. #TechnoSolutionism #EU #IndustrialPolicy

Dear journalists: did you know there is a verb for "using false claims"? Many children learn it in kindergarten. It's called "lying". You should try it some time (the verb, not the lying). #ClearLanguage #USpol #journalism #freepress

#Apple continues to blackmail European #lawmakers and thus #democracy itself. What a disgrace this company is. Don't buy their shit.

the Guardian

Apple calls for changes to anti-monopoly laws and says it may stop shipping to the EU

The iPhone-maker criticises Brussels’ Digital Markets Act and says delayed features are leading to a worse experience for users

#DMA #DigitalMarketsAct #DigitalRights #competition #antitrust

Fighting for your rights works! 💪 ⚖️ #Spain's constitutional court ruled that public decision-making algorithms require transparency and oversight. The court rejected claims that #NationalSecurity or #IntellectualProperty can absolutely limit what it calls a constitutional right to public information.

Civio

Civio pulls back the curtain on public algorithms: Spain’s Supreme Court orders the Government to release BOSCO’s source code

The precedent-setting ruling states that public decision-making algorithms require transparency and oversight. The court rejects claims that nation...

#algorithms #AI #justice

Spot the mistake #wealthtax #taxtherich