European Commission
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

The European Accessibility Act is now in force, making life easier for millions of people living with a disability or reduced mobility.

This means:

✔️ More accessible products and services across the EU
✔️ Easier access to transport, education, and job opportunities
✔️ Better prices through fairer competition
✔️ More jobs for accessibility experts

Together, we’re building a more inclusive Europe where accessibility is a reality, not an option.

Find out more: https://europa.eu/!97xKPR
Megan Lynch (she/her)
@meganL@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 25 minutes ago
@EUCommission The act has the *potential* to make life better. As the example in the US of 35 years of ADA have sadly shown, a law is only as good as its enforcement. #Ableism#Accessibility#Law
noyb.eu
@noybeu@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

🐝 Dating platform #Bumble sends user data to #OpenAI without their consent. We have therefore filed a GDPR complaint against the company.

📰 Read more on our website: https://noyb.eu/en/bumbles-ai-icebreakers-are-mainly-breaking-eu-law

#AI #law#MakePrivacyReality

Have you used Bumble in recent years? Well, then chances are that your data has been unlawfully fed into an AI system, including sensitive data such as your sexual orientation. In December 2023, Bumble introduced the Icebreaker feature in the “Bumble for friends” app. This means that Bumble sent your data to OpenAI to help it generate an opening message. For example, if your profile says you are vegetarian and mine says I like to eat outside, the opening message could be: “Do you have a recommendation for a vegetarian restaurant?” Users were then shown a popup in the app informing them about the new Icebreaker feature. They had the option to click on okay or to try to close the popup, but the popup would appear every time they opened the app until they clicked ok. Okay, so what's the problem? Isn't it legal to collect data if users consent? Well, the problem is that Bumble actually only pretends to ask consent and then relies on legitimate interest to transfer your data to OpenAI. And that part about legitimate interest is nowhere to be found in the privacy notice. In summary, Bumble misleads the users in giving them an illusion of control, while in the end they send the data to OpenAI anyways. Because of that, we have filed a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority. You can find all the details as well as previous projects on our website noyb.eu.
Have you used Bumble in recent years? Well, then chances are that your data has been unlawfully fed into an AI system, including sensitive data such as your sexual orientation. In December 2023, Bumble introduced the Icebreaker feature in the “Bumble for friends” app. This means that Bumble sent your data to OpenAI to help it generate an opening message. For example, if your profile says you are vegetarian and mine says I like to eat outside, the opening message could be: “Do you have a recommendation for a vegetarian restaurant?” Users were then shown a popup in the app informing them about the new Icebreaker feature. They had the option to click on okay or to try to close the popup, but the popup would appear every time they opened the app until they clicked ok. Okay, so what's the problem? Isn't it legal to collect data if users consent? Well, the problem is that Bumble actually only pretends to ask consent and then relies on legitimate interest to transfer your data to OpenAI. And that part about legitimate interest is nowhere to be found in the privacy notice. In summary, Bumble misleads the users in giving them an illusion of control, while in the end they send the data to OpenAI anyways. Because of that, we have filed a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority. You can find all the details as well as previous projects on our website noyb.eu.
FediFollows
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#Law & #Legal picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @Teri_Kanefield - Former appellate defender, US legal expert, criminal law, criminal procedure, election law

➡️ @Drdonnayates - Archaeologist & criminologist at Maastricht Univ, artefact & fossil smuggling, art crime etc

➡️ @DanHakimi - US patent attorney, menswear blogger

➡️ @ErinBrockovich - Blog by US paralegal, environmentalist, consumer advocate

➡️ @BerkeleyScanner - Independent crime & public safety news in Berkeley, California, USA

5/6
FediFollows
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#Law & #Legal picks of the day (continued):

The accounts below are discussion groups. Follow a group to see its discussions in your timeline, mention a group to post to it. (More info about how to use Fediverse groups: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse)

➡️ @law - Discussion group about law & legal issues

➡️ @humanrights - Discussion group about human rights

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PART OF THE THREAD, IT MIGHT SPAM THE GROUPS.

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FediFollows
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#Law & #Legal picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @SteveBellovin - Comp sci & affiliate law prof at Columbia Univ, privacy & legal issues, co-creator of USENET

➡️ @jtlg - Law professor at Cornell Law School & Cornell Tech, tech & internet law

➡️ @plagiarismtoday - Copyright & plagiarism consultant, runs PlagiarismToday.com blog

➡️ @chrisgeidner - Reporter running US law news site Law Dork

➡️ @austinkocher - Political & legal geographer, immigration researcher, Assistant Prof at Syracuse Univ

4/6
FediFollows
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#Law & #Legal picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @Teri_Kanefield - Former appellate defender, US legal expert, criminal law, criminal procedure, election law

➡️ @Drdonnayates - Archaeologist & criminologist at Maastricht Univ, artefact & fossil smuggling, art crime etc

➡️ @DanHakimi - US patent attorney, menswear blogger

➡️ @ErinBrockovich - Blog by US paralegal, environmentalist, consumer advocate

➡️ @BerkeleyScanner - Independent crime & public safety news in Berkeley, California, USA

5/6
FediFollows
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#Law & #Legal picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @NationalLawReview - Online US legal journal, mainly business law

➡️ @LornaWoods - Prof of Internet Law at Essex Law School, media, comms, data protection, social media

➡️ @QasimRashid - US human rights lawyer, campaigner

➡️ @heidilifeldman - Law professor at Georgetown Univ Law Center, USA

➡️ @tiffanycli - Tech law expert, Prof at Univ of San Francisco School of Law

3/6
FediFollows
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#Law & #Legal picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @SteveBellovin - Comp sci & affiliate law prof at Columbia Univ, privacy & legal issues, co-creator of USENET

➡️ @jtlg - Law professor at Cornell Law School & Cornell Tech, tech & internet law

➡️ @plagiarismtoday - Copyright & plagiarism consultant, runs PlagiarismToday.com blog

➡️ @chrisgeidner - Reporter running US law news site Law Dork

➡️ @austinkocher - Political & legal geographer, immigration researcher, Assistant Prof at Syracuse Univ

4/6
FediFollows
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#Law & #Legal picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @bundesarbeitsgericht - German Federal Labour Court (in German)

➡️ @Bundessozialgericht - German federal court of appeal for cases involving social security (in German)

➡️ @pnf - French judicial body investigating serious financial crime (in French)

➡️ @adlc - French government competition regulator (in French)

➡️ @icymi_law - Bot boosting law-related Fediverse posts, usually US law, details on bot website

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FediFollows
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#Law & #Legal picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @NationalLawReview - Online US legal journal, mainly business law

➡️ @LornaWoods - Prof of Internet Law at Essex Law School, media, comms, data protection, social media

➡️ @QasimRashid - US human rights lawyer, campaigner

➡️ @heidilifeldman - Law professor at Georgetown Univ Law Center, USA

➡️ @tiffanycli - Tech law expert, Prof at Univ of San Francisco School of Law

3/6
FediFollows
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

& picks of the day:

➡️ @ToSDR - FOSS project to summarise & grade terms of service, founded 2012

➡️ @creativecommons - Org promoting creative commons licences

➡️ @commissionerHR - Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

➡️ @Curia (English) & @Curia_fr (French) - Court of Justice of EU

➡️ @BGH_Bund - German Federal Court of Justice (in German)

➡️ @BVerwG_de - German Federal Administrative Court (in German)

➡️ @bundesfinanzhof - German Federal Fiscal Court (in German)

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FediFollows
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#Law & #Legal picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @bundesarbeitsgericht - German Federal Labour Court (in German)

➡️ @Bundessozialgericht - German federal court of appeal for cases involving social security (in German)

➡️ @pnf - French judicial body investigating serious financial crime (in French)

➡️ @adlc - French government competition regulator (in French)

➡️ @icymi_law - Bot boosting law-related Fediverse posts, usually US law, details on bot website

2/6
FediFollows
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

& picks of the day:

➡️ @ToSDR - FOSS project to summarise & grade terms of service, founded 2012

➡️ @creativecommons - Org promoting creative commons licences

➡️ @commissionerHR - Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

➡️ @Curia (English) & @Curia_fr (French) - Court of Justice of EU

➡️ @BGH_Bund - German Federal Court of Justice (in German)

➡️ @BVerwG_de - German Federal Administrative Court (in German)

➡️ @bundesfinanzhof - German Federal Fiscal Court (in German)

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ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Federal Judge Deems Trump Administration’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal
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In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be restored.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Trump#NIH#Law#Research #Science#Health#Medicine