@russss You find the most interesting things! Thank you for this.

"Third Party Cookies Must Be Removed" has been published as a W3C Draft finding by @tag

"Third-party (AKA cross-site) cookies are harmful to the web, and must be removed from the web platform. This finding explains why they must be removed, and examines the challenges in removing them. We highlight some use cases that depend on third-party cookies and offer some examples of designed-for-purpose technologies that can replace them."
https://w3ctag.github.io/web-without-3p-cookies/

Can anyone put me in touch with a lawyer who really understands the European Accessibility Act (EAA)? I have a question I could use an opinion on - and happy to pay for the time. Thanks.

@w3c is hosting another 'remote breakout session event,' where participants facilitate discussions within the broader W3C community on both new and ongoing Web and W3C topics.
▶️ https://www.w3.org/2025/03/breakouts-day-2025/

12 March: deadline for proposals
14 March: draft schedule announced
26 March: Breakouts day 2025

Thank you to everyone for another wonderful @ukgovcamp!

This year felt cautiously hopeful, enthusiastic, & looking for the spaces in which to do good. Fingers crossed that everyone in the community finds those spaces, whether they be teams, policy areas or tech advances.
#ukgc25

@csarven @w3cdevs @tag @w3c @marcosc I doubt you’d need it, Sarven — but I’m happy to help in any way I can :)

@w3cdevs @tag @w3c @marcosc @csarven Marcos and Sarven, I am looking forward to working with you both!

@christianliebel @w3c @tag Thanks for the kind words, Christian. I’m sorry to hear you weren’t successful — the TAG would’ve been richer with your views. I hope we’ll find other ways to work together in the future.

@rhiaro What a lovely thing to say, Amy. I’m sorry I’m only catching it now. It has been a pleasure working with you, and I have learned so much. I will be keen to see where your next adventure takes you. I know you’ll do great things.

@hdv @torgo @rhiaro @tag It is indeed. We’ve all been learning as we go!

@csarven @torgo @rhiaro @tag That’s brilliant — it’s good to see the Ethical Web Principles having such a tangible impact!

This blog post (by @wz43rtx and @torgo ) explains the ethical web document’s journey better.

https://www.w3.org/blog/2024/w3c-statement-on-ethical-web-principles-guides-the-community-to-build-a-better-web/

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@tag @w3c @rhiaro

We began the Ethical Web Principles as a @tag finding, to capture the underlying ethics beneath all our architectural decisions and advice.

Today, it’s become a @w3c statement, which means it now has endorsed by W3C as a whole.

Huge thanks to my co-editors, @torgo and @rhiaro; to the rest of the TAG; and to everyone who has made it better.

https://www.w3.org/TR/ethical-web-principles/

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Hey W3C members! I’m running for a @tag spot, to continue my work for the open web on the TAG.

I’d be grateful for your vote!

Election closes 10th of Dec.

https://www.w3.org/2024/10/tag-nominations

@AmeliaBR Yes, exactly. But I like how you’re thinking this through — I think that’s precisely what we need to do to work this all out.

@AmeliaBR You’re a web person, right? I would think of it as an analogy to DNS. What central “routing” would we need for those use cases? I’m not sure yet whether I’d recommend a central look-up table type thing, or if we’d want something more distributed like DNS root servers. But I the danger of tying each person to a specific provider — like a GP — is that it turns the GP practice into a sys admin. Which isn’t in their core skills.

@philwills Definitely worth some big discussion. Though there is a lot to build on there, in terms of behaviour and policy — the NHS has been grappling with that question (offline) for ever. We just need to explore further what it means in a world of API calls, applications and instant access.

@m Definitely part of the transformation challenge!

@lp0_on_fire Re “how practical that currently is”: Right now it’s a big challenge… But more importantly: I agree, it is 100% worth doing.

@markfoden Do write in! A) The more the message is sent, the more likely it is heard, and B) While my little thread might stir up some enthusiasm, it will take lots of people’s brilliant minds (including yours!) to flesh it out into something actionable. So any words you put to the concepts are helpful indeed!