Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social @gateklons
EU digital policy nerd | data protection & privacy | competition | platform & media regulation Focus: consent-or-pay & (messaging) interoperability gateklons.substack.com/?utm_source=tw… Also on Bluesky☁️ & Mastodon🐘 Joined May 2022-
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The right wing route to policymaking (the so called Venezuela coalition - EPP + ECR + Patriots + ESN) will become the default one in 2029. The left wing path (EPP+S&D+Renew+Green) will still exist, but will be completely unreliable with European Parliament levels of vote fidelity (very low) and a more natural distance between those parties. The Council will obviously become right wing much earlier - with a 'Venezuela' block exerting meaningful influence before the end of this year and dominating by the end of next. A right wing Parliament and a right wing Council will elect a right wing Commission in 2029, with only the EPPs relative strength in that coalition determining how far to the right that Commission is.
European Union, European Parliament election: European Parliament election Centre-right (EPP): 22% Centre-left (S&D): 17% Right-wing (PfE): 12% (+1) National-conservative (ECR): 11% Left-wing (LEFT): 10% Liberal/centrist (RE): 9% Green/Regionalists (Greens/EFA): 7% Far-right
While it is trivial to trust well-established developers and relax their app review, Apple sees it differently. Apple can't tell when an established developer rebels against its junk fees and submits an update that tells users how to get a subscription outside the app, as happened with Spotify and Netflix. This is why Apple pays close attention to established developers and makes sure their app updates are "manually" checked. This seems to be more important than stopping popular apps from sending device information that can fingerprint users. Apple has banned this practice, but doesn't seem to care to enforce it.
Vibe coding could mark the end of the App Store review process as we know it 9to5mac.com/2026/03/29/vib… by @mbrkhrdt
I received a suspicious email with a weird link yesterday. My first thought was this is yet another phishing attempt, albeit well-tailored. I was wrong: researchers with whom I shared this email told me I was targeted by a very recent DarkSword attack used by the GRU. If I were to click the link in that email, my phone would be compromised — without entering any passwords or doing anything else. Fun fact: the attack would be launched only if I would access the link using an iPhone registered in Lithuania (which is indeed my case). Luckily, I didn’t click. Beware! Technical details about this exploit and how to stay protected: cloud.google.com/blog/topics/th…
Forget about switching off "Share Analytics Data" in Pages settings. Keynote, Numbers, and Pages share it regardless of your choice. #Privacy #Apple
How are apps still doing this? Companies: stop asking users to upload their address books. And everyone else: refuse to upload your address book to random apps and social media platforms. The contacts in your phone are not your data. It’s other people’s data.
Technical Committee members for Epic v Google
And this week's EU buzzwords combo winner is... commission.europa.eu/european-citiz…
I had written some of my thoughts about what GDPR supervisory authorities can do about controllers trying to avoid the consequences of enforcement. This attempt by noyb has never crossed my mind. floort.net/posts/supply_c…
⚖️🚨 Today, noyb has filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI. Despite several bans and fines, Clearview hasn't changed its illegal practices. If successful, Clearview AI and its executives could face jail time and be held personally liable. noyb.eu/en/criminal-co…
Grammy-winning artist Ed Sheeran, on collaborating within Taylor Swift’s information security requirements.
Bitly links are now just throwing up ads as like a mid-click interstitial. Truly wild. WTF
Just documenting what shows up in my notifications these days. I cannot imagine anything in my history as a user that indicates an interest. This is just X trying to pick winners in the culture wars.
🇬🇧I can't recommend the EU-funded DNS service #DNS4EU because access is logged. When you override warnings to access "harmful websites" they even log your IP address. techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privac… There are government-free services that do not log: privacyguides.org/en/dns
I like how the DPO for gov.uk accounts is apparently the ICO, but at a misspelled address. This service is making me feel really comfortable… signin.account.gov.uk/privacy-notice
NEW BLOGPOST: what's being overlooked about Meta's (defeat in) challenging the #EDPB #consent-or-pay opinion (case #T-319/24) open.substack.com/pub/gateklons/…
@MrPunk87 Nothing happened because it's a scam. They have nothing.
Today begins the final chapter for this historic litigation. The Court has already decided liability, and Judge Mehta has made two things clear: 1) Google is a monopolist. 2) Google broke the law. It illegally monopolized the online search and online search text ads markets. We are not here to relitigate the case, we are here to ask the Court to fix the harm from Google’s unlawful conduct.
@LeoLct037 “This is how close we got, hope that helps, Ursula. Back soon.”
"Tu vois la mauvaise commission, elle est prélevée par l'intermédiaire pour financer sa plateforme, ça fait monter les prix. Alors que la bonne commission, elle est prélevée par l'intermédiaire pour financer sa plateforme, ça fait monter les prix mais c'est une bonne commission"
savingprivateryan @iskemle
7 Followers 279 Following
RΛSTΞRIZΞD DΩΩM @rasterized_doom
35 Followers 333 Following Humans over algorithms. Privacy over convenience. Truth over feelings. Like or repost ≠ endorsement.
Juan Sierra Pons @juasiepo
611 Followers 6K Following #DevOps / #DataOps/ #Automation Telecommunications Engineer #GDPR #EUDPR https://t.co/semqJa4msv
MAYBE @MAYBE397495
5 Followers 13 Following
Michael @m1ckahell
66 Followers 668 Following Maybe not a genius, not a Doctor (yet) neither, but definitely a G33k👨🔬 | Qiskit Advocate ⭕️📟
Jakub Bakule @BakuleJakub
129 Followers 999 Following 🟦 Managing Director @nms_czech | Prezident Kulturní a kreativní federace ČR "People are stupid, Češi love funus." TGM
LordOfTheStorm @lordofthestorm7
53 Followers 7K Following Lord Of Chaos and the impending Storm 🔥⚡️⚔️ Current affairs, world news, global geopolitics and AI enthusiast 💫
Enrique Estrada Linie... @e_estralin
26 Followers 290 Following
CDO Insider @CDOInsider
2 Followers 48 Following
XYZ @xyzk9
0 Followers 886 Following
Alessia Miraglia @AlessiaMir95059
2 Followers 68 Following
Katarzyna @szymielewicz
6K Followers 1K Following Panoptykon Foundation (co-founder & lead) + European Digital Rights. Since 2009 exploring the intersection of human and tech, critically. Here sharing own views
Siter @SiterPd5
25 Followers 555 Following
Naoise Davey @PrivacyByNaoise
2 Followers 67 Following Technology lawyer focused on data protection, platform regulation and emerging technologies. Usual disclaimers apply.
Tunji Olu-Taiwo @tunjos
607 Followers 7K Following Happiness Engineer..Critical Thinker @tinypoke @happydrip
Metheeski @MetheeskiaXf9U
85 Followers 3K Following
Mike O'Neill @incloud
2K Followers 3K Following Software developer. Co founder NDL, founder KNX & founder with @minabird Baycloud Systems. Labour. https://t.co/1OZYRy4QTO 🇺🇦🇪🇺🏴
Asko Metsola @AskoMetsola
667 Followers 829 Following IPR-, digi- ja teknologiasääntelyä @Elinkeinoelama, vapaalla saksofonismia ja (live)musadiggailua.
Lisette Mustert @LisetteMustert
65 Followers 70 Following Assistant Professor of Administrative Law #UniUtrecht #EUlaw #GDPR #publicenforcement #transnationalenforcement #eurovision 🇪🇺
Marvin Rainwater @MarvinRain92460
147 Followers 4K Following
DominoZero @zero_domino
61 Followers 1K Following
Gabrielle Guillemin @GabrielleGuill2
730 Followers 715 Following Human rights lawyer and free speech advocate. work @meta, formerly @article19org @ECHR_CEDH - views my own - [email protected]
Paul Islam @paulislam
161 Followers 903 Following data driven marketing mischief; dad to the beautiful twosome. Marketing tech, Salesforce. Views my own.
eurocontin△ @eurocontin
104 Followers 2K Following
Foundation for the Pr... @weprotectusers
25 Followers 246 Following Championing user data ownership and ethical governance. Empowering individuals, influencing policies, and driving a fair digital future. #WeProtectYourData
TrustElevate @trustel... @TrustElevate
5K Followers 6K Following Identity orchestration platform for compliant digital onboarding. Non-doc verification of identities (all ages, including minors) and legal guardianship status.
Erin Lynch @ErinLynch539999
0 Followers 17 Following
P. Bradley-Schmieg @drycloud
132 Followers 280 Following Oxford MBiochem + IT/TMT interest + a law conversion = a concentrate of geekery. A fan of FOSS, open society, p2p and co-operatives. Views are my own.
Nick Fox @Foxaii
305 Followers 963 Following The often nonsensical ramblings of a thirty-something law graduate.
Pirátská Evropa @pieuropa
1K Followers 2K Following Evropa z pirátského pohledu, od r. 2013 profil zaměřený na Pirátské strany v Evropě #PirátiEU Pirates from all over Europe - provozuje @daliborzz
Cornelius Roemer @CorneliusRoemer
34K Followers 4K Following Studying SARS-CoV-2 evolution @nextstrain @biozentrum Studied Physics @Cambridge_Uni, then learned about computers @corneliusroemer.bsky.social
Ethereal Interrupt @etherinterupt
6 Followers 31 Following Creating both analog and computational AI art.
tomasina diaz @tomasina_diaz
0 Followers 183 Following
Farzaneh @farzanehbad
2K Followers 3K Following Harlemite| Esfahani| Digital Medusa| Previous research adventures at @YaleLawSch @sppgatech & @hiig_berlin
Nicolás Zara @nicolaszara
377 Followers 2K Following Autóctono y prescindible. El @celeup no tiene la culpa de mis opiniones
HannesCool @hanneskuhltrak1
14 Followers 62 Following Sometimes, I build things that end up on the internet
Aviya Skowron @aviskowron
462 Followers 707 Following they/them. Head of Policy and Ethics @AiEleuther. Find me in the EleutherAI Discord to chat. Former philosophlete.
Becca Branum @Becca_Branum
145 Followers 991 Following Deputy Director, Free Expression @CenDemTech. Partisan for people. Views my own. 🧀🏡💖
q-awacki @q_awacki
17 Followers 305 Following
f5glwcow @valenzinhado
1 Followers 3K Following
du -sh * @LilAphasia
1K Followers 4K Following political economy technology digital policy philosophy PublicDigitalInfrastrucutre Semi DigitalCommons Solidarity SciQuant Inequality&PublicInterest-lens
Ben Duncan-Duggal @BDuncanDuggal
77 Followers 47 Following
Katarzyna @szymielewicz
6K Followers 1K Following Panoptykon Foundation (co-founder & lead) + European Digital Rights. Since 2009 exploring the intersection of human and tech, critically. Here sharing own views
The Legal Smeagol 世... @TheLegalSmeagol
640 Followers 2K Following Law Student Looking For Litigation/Arbitration Job | τῶν γιγνομένων ἐστίν | مرگ بر دیکتاتور
Mike O'Neill @incloud
2K Followers 3K Following Software developer. Co founder NDL, founder KNX & founder with @minabird Baycloud Systems. Labour. https://t.co/1OZYRy4QTO 🇺🇦🇪🇺🏴
Stefaan van der Jeugh... @stefaanvdjeught
3K Followers 1K Following Lawyer @EUcourtpress. Professor EU law @VUBrussel. Tweets about EU law, language and culture. All tweets my own. RT not endorsements.
Lisette Mustert @LisetteMustert
65 Followers 70 Following Assistant Professor of Administrative Law #UniUtrecht #EUlaw #GDPR #publicenforcement #transnationalenforcement #eurovision 🇪🇺
Whitney Merrill @wbm312
30K Followers 2K Following DPO. Privacy/infosec lawyer. Hacker. Fighting for privacy, digital civil liberties & the users. |views=own| Also at @wbm312.bsky.social
Egelyn Braun @egelynbraun
1K Followers 459 Following 🇪🇪 EU official @EU_Commission. Views are personal.
@chrismarsden.bsky.so... @prof_marsden
661 Followers 1K Following Chris Marsden, AI & Internet/tech co-regulation law prof, @MonashLawSchool: views personal RT not endorsement, Likes=bookmark He/him #FirstGen #DigitalLawGroup
Carla Griggio @carla@... @carlagriggio
1K Followers 1K Following TT Assistant Professor @CompSciAAU. Wants more #customization and #interoperability in communication apps. Life is better with cats 🐈 and good coffee ☕
Rudolf van der Berg @internetthought
3K Followers 1K Following Partner in @stratix_consult. Programme manager 5G. My personal tweets on Internet and telecom tech and policy. @[email protected]
Erik Tuchtfeld | erik... @etuchtfeld
1K Followers 2K Following Co-Vorsitzender von @D64ev | Research Fellow @MPILheidelberg, head of the humanet3 group | Podcast @Voe_Blog | Freedom, Privacy, and Digital Public Spaces
- @reg_nerd
5K Followers 6K Following
Victor Alamercery @vicbjing
206 Followers 2K Following Currently in Brussels, formerly elsewhere. DG CNECT @EU_Commission
Lorenzo Ancona @lorenzo_ancona
598 Followers 2K Following 25 yo. Trust & Safety Product @tremautech // Teaching GovTech @sciencespo // writin @artifacts_tech for Ideas on Tech, Interfaces & Information in a newsletter.
Nadim Kobeissi @kaepora
26K Followers 161 Following Applied cryptographer. Mainly working in the cryptography auditing industry, but sometimes venturing back into academia.
SwiftOnSecurity @SwiftOnSecurity
411K Followers 9K Following computer security person. former helpdesk.
Daniel Všetečka @danielvsetecka
246 Followers 1K Following Director of the Digital economy and Smart specialisation (RIS3) Department | Ministry of Industry and Trade CZ | private opinions
Alexandra Geese @AlexandraGeese
7K Followers 3K Following Tech, democracy, feminism🇪🇺🌻 Member of EU Parliament @die_gruenen https://t.co/uWDvyeJXPY Find me on Mastodon, Bluesky Linkedin.
johnozbay @johnozbay
375 Followers 350 Following Designer, Coder, Musician, Vegan, Founder/CEO of Cryptee & yelling at clouds @ OpenWebAdvocacy
Open Dialogue Foundat... @ODFoundation
10K Followers 5K Following Defending #HumanRights, #democracy & #RuleOfLaw in the post-Soviets & 🇪🇺. Bronimy praw człowieka, demokracji i praworządności, bezpardonowo. https://t.co/1HdEDtura1
Trevor Phillippi @trevorphillippi
2K Followers 2K Following Designer, AI @meta. Retired Division III substitute shooting guard
Guillermo Beltrà @gbeltra
2K Followers 2K Following Policy Director at @luminategroup. @OpenSociety @beuc, @accessnow, @EDRi Board alumnus. also on Mastodon @[email protected]
Tim Sweeney @TimSweeneyEpic
328K Followers 1K Following Epic Games founder and CEO. Doesn’t know when Attack on Titan is returning to the Fortnite item shop.
Anupam Chander @AnupamChander
7K Followers 4K Following Georgetown law & technology prof. He/him. https://t.co/phMwv0RyLp. Papers: https://t.co/TeXiGfkh1Y. Book: https://t.co/TA5bbCWqvn
Xnet - Instituto para... @X_net_
33K Followers 8K Following Democracia. #DerechosDigitales. Internet, información y cultura libres. Soluciones a la desinformación en #FakeYou. Tecnopolítica para la acción. Anticorrupción
Kate Klonick @Klonick
38K Followers 2K Following Law Professor and Journalist • Online speech & governance, cogsci & AI
Paul Breitbarth | Fol... @EuroPaulB
2K Followers 1K Following Data Protection Lead @catawiki | Co-host @podcastprivacy | Fellow @ecpcmaastricht | Data Protection Supervision @jerseyoic @EPOorg
Finn Lützow-Holm Myr... @finnmyrstad
4K Followers 5K Following *Inactive. Digital policy @Forbrukerradet. Co-chair of @TACD_Consumers Digital. Privacy, InfoSec, Dark Patterns, AI. @TEDtalks Find me at Bluesky / Mastodon.
Jean Comte @JeanComte
6K Followers 3K Following Senior reporter with @mlexclusive. I like: lobbying tactics, tax transparency, financial regulation, transparency & accountability issues, EU budget, and beers
Frank Hersey @frankhersey
992 Followers 2K Following Data privacy & security reporter for @MLexclusive Ex digital ID reporter @BiometricUpdate, @id169podcast; @BBCNews, @France24 West Africa, China tech
Sara Brandstätter @SBrandstaetter_
306 Followers 1K Following Data privacy and security reporter @Mlexclusive Based in Brussels
Claudia Canelles @claudiacanelles
690 Followers 777 Following Currently at @CCIAEurope working on privacy, content moderation, and minor protection. RT and like ≠ endorsement and usual caveats apply.
Guillaume Champeau @gchampeau
70K Followers 6K Following Juriste et geek bidouilleur. Droit, IA, vibe coding & souveraineté numérique. Fondateur et ancien rédacteur en chef de @numerama. Créateur de https://t.co/MBVSETj7Qk.
🍏🤲30%🤲🥺�... @xroissance
306 Followers 4K Following 70% 💁♀️🥐/ 30%🍏🥐-or 27%🥐for 7 days+PSP fees. €0.50 per install in 🇪🇺?Name’s Tim or Sundar? Swing by the DoJ.
Yago M.-Abascal @yagoabascal
2K Followers 169 Following Derecho, tecnología, política… No suscribo ni apruebo todo lo que enlazo, ♡ o republico. Trabajo en el equipo legal de @GoogleES.
Beatriz Botero Arcila @bea_botero
2K Followers 3K Following AI and Data Law. Assistant Prof. @SciencesPo law, faculty assoc. @BKCHarvard, co-founder @EdgelandsInst and music when I can. Prev. SJD @Harvard_Law -Colombiana
Jakub Rybnikár @jakubrybnikar1
93 Followers 296 Following currently DSA lead @Slovak_CMS, digital EU policy and platform governance, interested in access to data and the alt right.
George Coe @Coemannn
122 Followers 926 Following Co-founder of https://t.co/pfewwbNBmo. Eurasia Group, Kearney alum. Brit in the US 🇬🇧🇯🇵🇺🇸 https://t.co/Jz9aNEB5uL
Nadya Purtova gone to... @Nadya_Purtova
2K Followers 809 Following Prof of Law & Tech / LLM Law & Tech program director @UtrechtUni / ERC INFO-LEG / ex- @TilburgU_TILT data protection, algorithmic governance, data law
Tasos Stampelos @Tasos_Stampelos
103 Followers 954 Following Tech // Politics - Government Affairs @Mozilla Views are my own
James @James69382185
105 Followers 372 Following Data protection, cyber security & ePrivacy - UK GDPR, PECR. FOI. Consumer law. Civil litigation.
marc rees @reesmarc
40K Followers 10K Following Journaliste @linforme_ spécialisé droit & tech, ex RC NextINpact | Insta : https://t.co/T0C6kDhPVK | BS : https://t.co/ujEpSysAI2
Netopia.eu @NetopiaEU
850 Followers 909 Following Web publication & idea forum based in Brussels, discussing the future of the internet from a broad perspective on society's digital evolution ➡https://t.co/bsL4ACvMbMYou might like
