Christoph Schmon

It’s 2025, and you can now find me beyond X. Here’s where else I’m hanging out: Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/tylium… Mastodon: @tylium" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">eupolicy.social/@tylium Catch me there! 👋

After years of debate, "Chat Control", a dangerous law that could mandate mass scanning and weaken encryption, nears its final hurdle. Read here what is really cracking off. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…

There's a real danger in pretending that social media bans and age verification will make the internet a safer space for young people. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…

We support @Wikimedia's challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act. The OSA endangers Wikipedia and the global community of volunteer contributors. It also poses a serious threat to freedom of expression and privacy online, both in the U.K. and globally. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…

Interested in how @EFF is saving the internet in Europe? Check out this blog post series about: -How EFF works in Europe -Defending Free Expression -Defending Privacy and Fighting Surveillance -Fostering Choice, Competition and the Right to Innovate eff.org/deeplinks/2024…

@BertuzLuca great reporting! re right of withdrawal: of course there is such a right in the treaty as the CJEU has said so already in 1988 ;)

A more extreme option would be to challenge the decision before the EU Court of Justice. There is no "right to withdraw" in the treaties, which makes the subject rather litigious among EU institutions. However, a past case (C-409/13) left the Commission ample discretion. 15/16

The Commission put the AI Liability Directive on the chopping block. What happens now? As Šefčovič said today: "This is our invitation to the co-legislators, tells us: do you want to work on this AI liability proposal?" A few insights on how we got here and next steps - a 🧵1/16

Another example of the “kill-list” is the AI Liability Directive (renders the EP consultation obsolete?) and the EU Public Access Law. Unclear how this agenda, if at all, could apply to recent laws on platform regulation. commission.europa.eu/publications/2… /FIN

#Simplification: Cause for concern here: Plans to cut red tape (ok) but hopefully not at the expense of user privacy rights (not ok). The banger is the withdrawal of the E-Privacy Regulation (destiny of the derogation under the EPD to enable voluntary scanning unclear) /

🚨 The European Commission's 2025 Work Programme has been published. It sets the priorities and policies shaping the EU’s direction next year. I took a look at EU #techpolicy so you don't have to: /

U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts: This is a serious development that UK groups warned about for a long time. These orders undermine the security of users and will lead to indiscriminate surveillance. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

@Gnppn @EPirkova

🔴 Mise à jour : Meta n'a pas évoqué l'arrêt du "fact-checking" dans l'UE à la Commission. Ce 9 janvier, l'exécutif a revu sa lecture du document qu'elle a reçu, qui n'évoque que l'arrêt du "fact-checking" aux US L'article revu : contexte.com/article/medias…

CJEU: Judgment of the General Court in Case T-354/22 | Bindl v Commission The @ec.europa.eu is ordered to pay damages to a visitor to its ‘Conference on the Future of Europe’ website as a result of the transfer of personal data to the United States. 👀 curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/do…

Judgment Patrascu v. Romania - civil judgment against the applicant for publication and hosting of comments on his Facebook page breached his freedom of expression hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion… #ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

Want to learn more about what EFF does in Europe? Check out the first post of our new series on saving the internet in Europe eff.org/deeplinks/2024…

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European lawmakers have been highly active in regulating online services and emerging technologies, and we can expect the EU 2024–2029 mandate to continue shaping global tech standards. Check out new @EFF proposals for a user-centered EU digital policy⬇️ eff.org/deeplinks/2024…