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@EPPGroup Yes, keep exploiting the cause of poor children to build a surveillance state where there is no democracy or freedom of expression fightchatcontrol.eu

After negotiations have failed, the EU is now just days away from losing its ability to effectively fight online child abuse. After 3 April, internet platforms will no longer be allowed to identify and report this criminal content. Read more: epp.group/a41u401q

@EPPGroup You mean you want to obey American companies so they can collect more personal data to target us with ads, manipulate our thoughts and our democracy, and convince us to buy products we don’t need? fightchatcontrol.eu

Extending the current rules on detecting online child sexual abuse material is not a final solution, but it is an essential bridge to ensure uninterrupted protection for children. Backing the EPP Group’s proposal is the only way to ensure continuity of protection for children beyond 3 April. @zarzalejosj: "Fundamental rights and protection of children can and must be reconciled." Read more: epp.group/a41u401q

@USAMBTurkiye President Al-Sharaa? you mean Al-Julani? the former Al-Qaeda/ISIS leader? HTS Amir (Prince)? The same great "President" who bombed civilians in Iraq? the same person who attacked and killed the alawites, druze and kurds?

The greatest opportunity for the Kurds in Syria right now lies in the post-Assad transition under the new government led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa. This moment offers a pathway to full integration into a unified Syrian state with citizenship rights, cultural protections, and political participation— long denied under Bashar al-Assad’s regime, where many Kurds faced statelessness, language restrictions, and systemic discrimination. Historically, the US military presence in northeastern Syria was justified primarily as a counter-ISIS partnership. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), led by Kurds, proved the most effective ground partner in defeating ISIS’s territorial caliphate by 2019, detaining thousands of ISIS fighters and family members in prisons and camps like al-Hol and al-Shaddadi. At that time, there was no functioning central Syrian state to partner with—the Assad regime was weakened, contested, and not a viable partner against ISIS due to its alliances with Iran and Russia. Today, the situation has fundamentally changed. Syria now has an acknowledged central government that has joined the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS (as its 90th member in late 2025), signaling a westward pivot and cooperation with the US on counterterrorism. This shifts the rationale for the US-SDF partnership: the original purpose of the SDF as the primary anti-ISIS force on the ground has largely expired, as Damascus is now both willing and positioned to take over security responsibilities, including control of ISIS detention facilities and camps. Recent developments show the US actively facilitating this transition, rather than prolonging a separate SDF role: • We have engaged extensively with the Syrian Government and SDF leadership to secure an integration agreement, signed on January 18, and to set a clear pathway for timely and peaceful implementation. • The deal integrates SDF fighters into the national military (as individuals, which remains among the most contentious issues), hand over key infrastructure (oil fields, dams, border crossings), and cede control of ISIS prisons and camps to Damascus. • The US has no interest in long-term military presence; it prioritizes defeating ISIS remnants, supporting reconciliation, and advancing national unity without endorsing separatism or federalism. This creates a unique window for the Kurds: integration into the new Syrian state offers full citizenship rights (including for those previously stateless), recognition as an integral part of Syria, constitutional protections for Kurdish language and culture (e.g., teaching in Kurdish, celebrating Nawruz as a national holiday), and participation in governance—far beyond the semi-autonomy the SDF held amid civil war chaos. While risks remain (e.g., fragile ceasefires, occasional clashes, concerns over hardliners, or the desire of some actors to relitigate past grievances), the United States is pushing for safeguards on Kurdish rights and counter-ISIS cooperation. The alternative—prolonged separation—could invite instability or ISIS resurgence. This integration, backed by US diplomacy, represents the strongest chance yet for Kurds to secure enduring rights and security within a recognized Syrian nation-state. In Syria, the United States is focused on: 1) ensuring the security of prison facilities holding ISIS prisoners, currently guarded by the SDF; and 2) facilitating talks between the SDF and the Syrian Government to allow for the peaceful integration of the SDF and the political inclusion of Syria’s Kurdish population into a historic full Syrian citizenship.

@MrlolDev @Doctorthe113 @nizzyabi @zen_browser This is a feature lol

@Doctorthe113 @nizzyabi @zen_browser It's not chromium

the browser sucks and every knew it was a dumb decision to ditch arc. arc was literally perfect

@blakssh @cysliac Why? Why do you hate it?

@cysliac I want to use Zen but it's firefox, and I hate firefox

Confession: I still use Arc every single day. Arc has always been an integral part of my workflow. I hate to say this, but I can't live without features like boosts, and vertical tabs are a must for me. But I'm sad to say that not only I but so many people are facing countless issues with Arc's performance, which was once everyone's favourite browser :( I tried Dia but didn't like it, I'm not quite sure why you guys went back to horizontal tabs after making everyone so accustomed to vertical tabs. Tbh, what Dia is more or less a Chrome extension at this point. You could've easily just forked Arc and started building these AI features on top of it. @browsercompany, this is my request: If you can't maintain Arc, just open source it. There are more than enough maintainers in the world who can take care of it.

@sleepyhaneul @zen_browser No, it's based on Firefox. Do yourself a favor and give it a try.

Fun fact: A preference called "zen.theme.content-element-separation" in about:config can be turned down to 0 for a completely chrome-less UI!

@zdehassek @ubuntu Sudois written in C. C is an amazing programming language, arguably the best, but you have to do a lot of manual work and be careful to write memory safe code. Rust is a modern and memory safe language which means it prevents vulnerabilities caused by memory leaks.

@ubuntu Like cool, but why? It’s something wrong with the current implementation?

𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗼 is getting a makeover, based on Rust. 🦀 We’re excited to announce that Ubuntu will be the first major Linux distribution to adopt 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗼-𝗿𝘀 as the default implementation of 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗼, in partnership with the Trifecta Tech Foundation. Jon Seager, VP Engineering at Canonical, shares the full details here: discourse.ubuntu.com/t/adopting-sud… #Ubuntu #RustLang

@HonestCitizen1 @itsfoss It doesn't

We tested out Firefox's new Tab Groups feature! itsfoss.com/firefox-tab-gr…

@LaubeQ28 @itsfoss Try Zen

@endermanch Matrix (Element as a client)

GG, any viable Discord alternatives?

@EthanDriskill Try Zen

I'm done with Arc. The browser is broken. Should I go back to Chrome, or allll the way back to Safari?

@M_Solidus @mullvadnet @ivpnnet Mullvad is probably the only company that I'm proud to defend

"Why @mullvadnet VPN over all the others?" 1. Accepts Monero 2. Not pushing you into 5 year plans 3. No logs has been found after police raid (no future guarantee though) Alternative? Probably @ivpnnet.

@JackRhysider Please verify your claims before spreading misinformation. Signal is the gold standard for security and privacy. There is a reason why the most powerful people, journalists and activists use it. Signal can't stop stupid people from adding people to your group chat.

I just have one question. What is the PROPER way to send top secret communications to your team spread all over the globe? So far I've heard Signal is not it, and absolutely don't use cell phones! Sooo. What's the the protocol/app/device they should have used?

@devrohn @gnukeith @brave Brave had similar vulnerability x.com/brave/status/1…

If you use Zen, go update. Now!!!

@gnukeith Hide toolbars in vertical tabs mode (like Zen), workspaces, and something similar to Firefox containers

So, if all goes according to plan, the next Brave version will be released on April 1st. My question is, looking ahead to the next two months, what features would you like to see added to Brave? I have some ideas. I want to hear what you guys think!

@ClaudiuDP @bikatr7 Edge is a disaster for privacy.

just use safari on apple devices, and edge on windows. both are competent browsers, and the companies making them already have the OS you are using, hence you are not increasing your exposure further by using a browser made by yet another company. if you do insist on using a third party, then firefox is a good choice.

@theo Add pwa support pls

T3 Chat just got way, way better.

@levelsio Switch to a Firefox-based browser or Brave

How can we enable uBlock Origin again on Chrome? Or what the heck do we do?

@vladquant Are there any plans to open source it in the future?

Today we announced that development of Orion Browser for Linux, a WebKit based browser, has officially started. This will expand Kagi's eco-system of user-centric products to a platform we all love! #6479" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">kagi.com/changelog#6479

@thdxr Zen and Brave

so what browser is everyone switching to