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   European Commission (eu_commission@social.network.europa.eu)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2024 20:06:34 JST European Commission

   Today, we have opened five non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act.
   
   It concerns:
   🔹Alphabet’s rules on steering in Google Play
   🔹Alphabet’s self-preferencing in Google Search
   🔹Apple’s rules on steering in the App Store
   🔹Apple's choice screen for Safari
   🔹Meta’s ‘pay or consent model’
   
   More info: https://europa.eu/!4NF6bV

   #DMA #EU

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2024 20:29:30 JST Aral Balkan

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     @EU_Commission I can’t believe I’m saying this but good job – especially “pay or consent” has to be nipped in the bud before it takes hold; it’s basically data extortion.

     (And thank you for sharing the news without some silly meme attempt.)

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2024 23:37:11 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:
     • intermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺

     @intermobility @sarajw @EU_Commission Your data or your money! How about my body? Can I pay with my body too? How many page views will fucking the CEO get me?

     The only reason folks aren’t more repulsed by this is because they don’t understand that our data is us. If I have enough data about you, and the right algorithms, I can create an approximation of you—a model / a simulation—and I can do whatever I want to it. Your body is protected by human rights law, your proxy isn’t. And it must be.

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     intermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺 (intermobility@toot.community)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2024 23:37:12 JST intermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺

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     • Aral Balkan
     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

     @sarajw @aral @EU_Commission Journalism isn’t free. Journalists, too, have rent to pay and children to feed. You have a choice to pay with your money or pay with your data, whichever you prefer. Sounds fair to me.

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     Sara Joy :happy_pepper: (sarajw@front-end.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2024 23:37:13 JST Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral @EU_Commission lots of German news and other websites do the "pay or consent" bit too, I haaaaate it

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2024 23:50:16 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:
     • intermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺

     @intermobility @sarajw No, I’m saying just like ‘pay with your organs’ is not acceptable, neither is ‘pay with your data’ and that your data should be protected as part of your self under human rights law.

     https://cyborg-rights.eu

     #humanRights #data

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     intermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺 (intermobility@toot.community)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2024 23:50:18 JST intermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺

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     • Aral Balkan
     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

     @aral @sarajw

     So you’re saying there shouldn’t be a choice. Your opinion is yours. Fine with me. 🤷