Uncategorized
In line with this topic
Why the elections in the Netherlands are not just cause for celebration
Dear friends! The results of the parliamentary elections in the Netherlands initially put me in a good mood yesterday. D66, a social-liberal party, won, relegating the far-right Geert Wilders and his PVV to second place. For a long time, the polls had predicted a victory for Wilders. Instead, the PVV lost 11 seats out of […]
Europe Calling Webinar “Chat control – child protection or mass surveillance?” – Wednesday, 1 October, 2000-2130h CEST
Register here! Dear friends! Aiming to strengthen child protection, some EU governments are currently pushing for the introduction of so-called ‘chat control’ . This would involve the mass screening of private messages, emails and chats of all citizens – an infringement of fundamental rights that even the Council’s own legal service warns against. Broad resistance […]
So much for freedom of expression: Musk’s algorithm favours far-right and pro-Putin German parties on X/Twitter
Dear friends and followers, Why am I actually being shown this? This is a question that everyone who is active on social media asks themselves. Now, a new study by researchers from Germany, Ireland and the USA, using X/Twitter as an example, shows how strongly the algorithm favours the content of some German parties ahead […]
