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"This is the biggest attack on European's digital rights in years," said Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems "When the Commission states that it 'maintains the highest standards', it clearly is incorrect. It proposes to undermine these standards."
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/europes-ready-to-dilute-its-tough-rules-on-privacy-you-can-blame-ai-for-that/
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"The #EU Commission has been accused of 'a massive rollback' of digital rules after announcing proposals to [β¦] water down its #GDPR. The changes would make it easier for tech firms to use personal data to train #AI without asking for consent."
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/19/european-commission-accused-of-massive-rollback-of-digital-protections
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"The announced reform package is here, and the #EU Commission remains on a collision course: instead of simplifying data protection, it is eroding fundamental rights. Instead of helping European companies, it is accommodating #BigTech." (from German)
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https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digitaler-omnibus-auf-crash-kurs-mit-digitalen-grundrechten/
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"#Privacy reforms face opposition from center and left groups but is welcomed by the right."
Read the full article, including various reactions to the "#DigitalOmnibus" proposal, here: π
https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-parliament-showdown-digital-red-tape-crusade/
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"Die #EU-Kommission hat alle Warnungen von DatenschΓΌtzern und aus der Zivilgesellschaft ignoriert und eine weitgehende Revision digitaler Schutzrechte eingeleitet."
Lies mehr ΓΌber die gestrige PrΓ€sentation des "Digitalen #Omnibus" π
https://taz.de/Lockerung-von-Datenschutzregeln/!6131136/
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"#Privacy activists are predictably outraged. Billboards urging Ursula von der Leyen to put Europeans over #American tech CEOs lined the street outside the #Commission HQ, the Berlaymont, throughout Wednesday morning."
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Continue reading: https://www.euractiv.com/news/eus-digital-law-cuts-spark-fears-and-doubts-on-competitiveness/
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"Despite sharp criticism from data protectionists and human rights organizations, the #EU Commission announced on Wednesday that it intends to simplify its rules on data protection and #AI." (from German)
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Read more (Article in German): https://orf.at/stories/3411991/
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Die #EU plant nach Kritik aus der Branche eine Lockerung der Auflagen fΓΌr Technologiekonzerne. #NOYB kritisierte den Gesetzentwurf scharf. βDies ist der grΓΆΓte Angriff auf die digitalen Rechte der EuropΓ€er seit Jahrenβ, sagte #Schrems.
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Lies mehr: https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/auflagen-eu-schwaecht-ki-regulierung-ab-laengere-uebergangsfristen/100176269.html
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"Europe is set to streamline its #AI and privacy laws in a move critics say will appease Big Tech and U.S. President Donald Trump. 127 civil organisations called the proposals 'the biggest rollback of digital fundamental rights in EU history'."
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https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/eu-ease-ai-privacy-rules-critics-warn-caving-big-tech-trump-2025-11-19/
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The βDigital Omnibusβ has now been officially presented by the European #Commission.π
Read all about what this means for the #GDPR on our website π
https://noyb.eu/en/digital-omnibus-eu-commission-wants-wreck-core-gdpr-principles