@guybanim.bsky.social 🦋

Great explainer of what's at stake on 🇪🇺 #DSA This (also) concerns #conflictprevention & efforts to secure international peace and security 🕊️🌐 Safe online ecosystems that protect civic discourse, public security and address hate crime are necessary to #BuildPeace ☮️ 👇

Social media has become a failed state. If we want to protect our children there is only one thing we can do: take back control. Las redes sociales se han convertido en un Estado fallido. Si queremos proteger a nuestros hijos, solo tenemos una opción: recuperar el control.

Andreas Schwab MEP, EPP Group spokesman for internal market and consumer protection, on DSA fine: "The Commission today fined X €120 million for breaches of its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA). These breaches include the misleading design of its 'blue tick', the lack of transparency in its ad storage, and the failure to grant researchers access to public data. The proceedings against X were initiated already back in December 2023. The fact that this is the first fine under the DSA being issued shows drastically the urgent need for faster and more decisive enforcement. Democracy and public safety cannot afford to allow large platforms to flout the rules for years. The era of self-regulation is over. If platforms like X want to operate in Europe, they must respect our rules – or face even harsher consequences, as further proceedings are underway and the Commission will be cracking down even harder in the future."

Today, we have issued a fine to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the #DSA. The breaches concern the deceptive design of its blue checkmark, the lack of transparency in its ads repository, and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers.

@LindadeCourcy Hello. I am an🇮🇪 person. Like 281m other people (IOM) I have migrated. I am resident in Portugal🇵🇹 for < 5 yrs. My 👱‍♀️ & 👩‍👧‍👦 are🇵🇹. I work & pay my 🇵🇹taxes. I have not been able to vote in any national election for < 20 years. I have applied for 🇵🇹nationality. Understand now?

What I don't understand is the need to give people citizenship. If they are fleeing a genuine conflict and are given a place to live and work here, shouldn't that be enough? Genuinely, why do we have this obsession with giving passports to - almost - every Tom, Dick and Harry who lives on the island for a few years?

@CrphMyanmar X is truncating the full link... springcrowdfund.org/campaign/2a026…

The recent #earthquake in #Myanmar has left countless individuals and families in dire need of assistance. Many have lost their homes, while others are struggling with injuries and the aftermath of the disaster. It is crucial for the global community to come together and extend support to those affected. Join the emergency relief campaign now 👉 springcrowdfund.org/campaign/2a026…

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@kieranmcevoy2 @QUBMitchell @QUBelfast @qubschooloflaw @QUBHRC Would love to hear, is there a recording or transcript available?

Full house for annual Harri Holkeri Lecture by current Finnish Min of Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen. ⁦@QUBMitchell⁩ ⁦@QUBelfast⁩ ⁦@qubschooloflaw⁩ ⁦@QUBHRC⁩

At the #EPlenary debate today I discussed the need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect #democracy on social media platforms with Members of the 🇪🇺 Parliament. #DSA 🧵 ⤵️

Our task is to make sure that European citizens rights are respected and our legislation is followed. This ensures a level playing field and a safe online environment for all.

Social media platforms play an important role in people's daily lives, but they also have a huge social and economic importance and influence. In Europe, we want to create a digital environment that is safe and fair.

Brilliant must read 👉the question is whether 🇪🇺, 🇧🇷 & others have determination & stomach for what will become an ugly public multinational row 👉who shall regulate #socialmedia #platforms that in turn are influential in shaping (and contaminating) public discourse #DSA

Elon Musk escalated a spat Saturday with the ex-EU digital chief Thierry Breton, describing him as a "tyrant of Europe" as the two men traded barbs online. Full story: u.afp.com/5vq6

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🚨EU statement #MozambiqueElections 🇪🇺 encourages President-elect & new Administration to swiftly engage in constructive dialogue with opposition & relevant civil society organisations, to restore social contract... uphold democratic values & HR eeas.europa.eu/eeas/mozambiqu…

🚨Latest midday live from Venâncio Mondlane "We are open to dialogue but this time a mediation with an international mediator. There is an absence of trust with the Government of MZ, even less with FRELIMO and with SADC" 🇲🇿 #mozambique #mondlane #VR7 clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambiqu…

I will present 📑@collegeofeurope Policy Brief #6.24  *"Quo Vadis EU Peace Mediation? Maintaining the Skill of Peaceful Intervention in the Era of Strategic Competition"* 💁I co-authored with Antje Herrberg coleurope.eu/sites/default/…

Delighted to be on a stellar panel on #EU & #PeaceMediation - what might the future hold? 🖋️Still time to sign up if you are in #Berlin @EUinDE @eu_eeas 📆Friday 6 December 🕓16h -18h @diplowb @CSSPBerlin @BerghofFnd @AA_stabilisiert 👇

"we are in danger of becoming what we are fighting against... we need to resist the temptation to not see the others suffering as my suffering" Paul Gallagher great panel 👉events.ispionline.it/dialogue-for-p… #MED2024 @CarlSkau @MKoehlerEU @SaraPantuliano @DLanz_PeaceMed

A really inspiring intervention from @CSparre at #MED2024 Culture and narrative building is not a luxury add on. It is central to building our understanding of the world. events.ispionline.it/pillar-culture…