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   Gina (gina@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 20:35:06 JST Gina

   The US Congress Judiciary Committee is pushing US tech companies, such as Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok and X, to provide access to ALL communications with European Commission officials that relate to the enforcement of EU digital rules, in letters sent Monday. 🚨🇪🇺

   The committee said its subpoenas require that documents are not deleted or modified, and that it expects “full compliance.”

   Behold, the CLOUD act in practice.

   https://www.politico.eu/article/us-congress-judiciary-committee-big-tech-private-communication-eu-officials/

   #digitalsovereignty #usfascism #eupolicy

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     ⠠⠵ avuko (avuko@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 19:49:41 JST ⠠⠵ avuko

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     @Gina

     There is a glaring non-sequitur here.

     1) Yes, “[Prabhat] Agarwal said colleagues have also started sending messages via Signal, an encrypted app, rather than email, and many now have messages set to auto-delete, with the “auto-delete timings getting shorter.”“

     2) Yes, USians are targeting and collecting communication among people in the EU. Both for profit and for power.

     3) Yes, The US is demanding US companies surrender all communications with EU officials, which is what this news story is about.

     But 1 protects against 2, not 3.

     No way would US companies and EU officials collaborate on secure platforms like Signal, limiting the view of the US government. This would suggest the US companies want to secretly collaborate with the EU against the US.

     All of the US companies are active participants in the fascist regime. They will happily surrender all communications, so the subpoenas are not a signal to them, but to us.

     PS: using Signal (or Wire ;) always makes sense. For civilians. For civil servants, having official communications on auto-delete is probably an offence. https://www.heise.de/en/news/EU-admits-existence-of-signal-group-chat-of-EU-foreign-ministers-10353877.html

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     tyil (tyil@fedi.tyil.nl)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 19:49:41 JST tyil

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     • ⠠⠵ avuko
     @avuko@infosec.exchange @Gina@fosstodon.org PS: using Signal (or Wire ;) always makes sense. For civiliansI'm not too knowledged on Wire, but Signal still uses Google services to operate, and they are vehemently against self-hosting. These are two major red flags for sovereignty, so while it is better than WhatsApp or Microsoft Teams, its still nowhere near good enough.For civil servants, having official communications on auto-delete is probably an offence.15 years of Rutte have shown that intentionally ensuring there is no documentation about decisions or other communications is actually not an issue at all. The worst that can happen is that you get promoted to siphon even more money into your own pocket.
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     Gina (gina@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 19:49:42 JST Gina

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     The trigger was a statement by Prabhat Agrawal, the EU Commission's lead Digital Services Act (DSA) enforcer, who told civil society groups in February that his colleagues had switched from email to Signal under US pressure, with messages set to auto-delete.

     The Judiciary Committee states that its earlier subpoenas cover auto-deleted messages as well, and demands full compliance.

     This is why we have to choose #opensource, European alternatives. 🇪🇺

     #eupolicy #digitalsovereignty #usfascism