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  A U.S.-based data-extraction firm accused of being secretly run from Russia has worked on EU-backed projects and sold its services to European law enforcement agencies, according to documents seen by POLITICO https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-tech-surveillance-company-infiltrated-europes-law-enforcement-agencies/ 😱

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  @owa there is a need for CMAs around the world to coordinate on this

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  India abandons proposal to require smartphone makers to pre-install the country's biometric national ID app, Aadhaar, on ‌phones, a move opposed by Apple, Google, Samsung ++ <good. India has created a surveillance monster across many aspects of connected life https://www.reuters.com/world/china/india-drops-proposal-mandate-national-id-app-aadhaar-smartphones-after-pushback-2026-04-17/

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  RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116362724125141921 😮

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  RE: https://curia.social-network.europa.eu/@Curia/116379210833742717 Ok in theory. But let’s be honest, the protection of personal data across borders, is weak in practice, especially when it comes to increasingly fascist administrations such as the US. Also, EU findings on adequacy? Only 16 countries have been found to offer an adequate level of data protection under the GDPR & that includes the US and Israel / two countries I no longer trust

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  UK MPs have rejected a proposed ban on social media for under-16s. In a vote, the proposed ban was defeated by 307 votes to 173, a majority of 134. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/under-16-social-media-ban-rejected-mps-b2935156.html