Senators Want To Hold The Open Internet Hostage, Demand Zuckerberg Write The Ransom Note

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/senators-want-to-hold-the-open-internet-hostage-demand-zuckerberg-write-the-ransom-note/

If you’re wondering what the Internet has become, Cloudflare Radar offers a good overview. In the top 10, there’s nothing outside the large conglomerates. I hope we can change this trend over the next 10 years.

#internet #openinternet #diversity #opensource

https://radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review/2025#internet-services

🎄✨ This Christmas, support digital sovereignty.

Freifunk Munich is a volunteer-run community providing free Wi-Fi and more: privacy-friendly services like DNS, secure videoconferencing, and digital infrastructure — operated in the EU, open to all.

Your donation strengthens digital participation and independence.
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❤️ Thank you & Merry Christmas!
#Freifunk #Munich #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalParticipation #OpenInternet #EU #ChristmasDonation

Thank you again to @bmxescape for joining me on this episode of Fireside Fedi!

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EU governments move to drop “chat control” scanning from the CSA proposal, opening space for child-safety measures that don’t weaken encryption 🔐

Evidence points to proportionate tools, stronger enforcement, and better-resourced investigations as more effective paths 👁️‍🗨️

@edri

🔗 https://edri.org/our-work/moving-past-chat-control-to-solutions-that-truly-protect-kids-and-privacy/

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Thank you again to @hfalcke for joining me on today's episode of Fireside Fedi!

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🧩 4️⃣ Las leyes de verificación de edad transforman el internet abierto.

En 2025, muchos países aprobaron leyes que obligan a verificar la edad de los usuarios, a veces mediante documentos oficiales o biometría.

Aunque buscan proteger a menores, estas normas requieren recolectar más datos sensibles, creando nuevas bases de identidad digital que comprometen el anonimato online.

🔒 ¿Protección infantil… o el fin de navegar sin mostrar tu identidad?

#VerificaciónDeEdad #PrivacidadOnline #OpenInternet #ControlDigital #Ciberseguridad

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/the-year-age-verification-laws-came-for-the-open-internet-130000979.html

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Australia labels social media “behavioural cocaine” for kids—and bans under-16 accounts.

#FediTech #DigitalSafety #TechRegulation #OpenInternet #ChildProtection #TheInternetIsCrack

Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 63 is now live!

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Family photos as a monopoly tactic.

Cory Doctorow explains how Facebook designed its photo system to keep users trapped—because losing your memories keeps you compliant. The episode explores how platform lock-in works and how a liberated, open internet becomes possible again.

🎧 Listen to the full episode: https://youtu.be/4KXJyfl7hBg

#FediTech #DigitalAutonomy #BigTech #Decentralization #OpenInternet #TechJustice #TheInternetIsCrack

Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 63 starts NOW!

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Thank you again to @prinlu for joining me on this episode of Fireside Fedi!

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We're working on completely revamping our VPN service to include new protocols that are better equipped for censorship-circumvention. What protocols would you be most interested in seeing added?

#vpn #privacy #onlineprivacy #censorship #openinternet

— IncogNET (@IncogNetLLC)
Dec 1, 2025

December 01, 2025 at 11:28PM

via X https://x.com/IncogNetLLC

#NetNeutrality Under Attack: What the #DigitalNetworksAct Means for the #OpenInternet 🌐

The upcoming DNA could reshape the internet – but not necessarily for the better.

👇 In this video, @socialhack explains the biggest risks this EU law poses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOZhzNqrGuI

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Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 61 is now up!

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Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 61 starts NOW!

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Exciting new IETF RFC 9518 explores how standards can counter Internet centralization. Though non-technical forces dominate, protocols enabling decentralized operation foster interoperability, user choice, and resilience. Key guidance for engineers shaping an open web amid Big Tech's rise. How can standards promote user agency? #IETF #DecentralizedWeb #OpenInternet