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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 6h

This collaboration is another example of Big Tech's appetite for expanding their reach into the health sector and the consequences this could have for our rights. privacyinternational.org/long-read/54...

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Digital health, big tech and your privacy

IntroductionHarnessing new digital technology to improve people’s health is now commonplace across the world. Countries and international organisations alike are devising digital health strategies…

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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 6h

Our 2025 research into menstrual tracking apps assessed their privacy practices, but also whether those practices are adequate in today’s increasingly hostile environment for reproductive rights. privacyinternational.org/long-read/55...

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Conclusions

Our research has introduced questions about the right to privacy when apps have the potential to share a range of user-related data. This is a particular concern for people using apps in countries…

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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 6h

Furthermore, reproductive health data is particularly sensitive, and given increasing restrictions on access to abortion care these companies could be ordered to hand over data to law enforcement. privacyinternational.org/long-read/55...

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All Eyes on my Period? Period tracking apps and the future of privacy in a post-Roe world

Period tracking apps and the rollback of reproductive rightsThe aftermath of the overturning of Roe v.

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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 6h

Let's also not forget that just over a year ago, Google and Flo paid a combined $56 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming that they violated the privacy of millions of Flo-app users by sharing information about their cycles with tech companies. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 6h

Although their proposal is an opt-in model, the ever increasing collection of vast amounts of sensitive health data, and sharing of this data between companies raises concerns for privacy and other rights.

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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 6h

Google and menstrual tracking app Flo Health have announced a new partnership which purports to support women's health, but we can't help but hear alarm bells ringing for users' privacy. blog.google/products-and...

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We’re partnering with Flo Health to elevate women’s health

Google Health announces new partnership and deeper commitment to women’s health with Flo Health.

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Unredacted 🗽 @unredacted.org · 5h

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13h

Colorado. Michigan. 28 Democratic party elected officials with a national platform. Anti-trans ads being run by democrats. Ohio Dems censoring its LGBTQ+ caucus. South Carolina dems voting en masse for anti-trans policies. Never think what happened to UK Labour can't happen here.

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Luis Fernando García @luisfgarcia.bsky.social · 20h

Mexico joined the kids online protection regulation wave in the sloppiest way possible. An executive order (with no legal basis). Broad age verification mandate. Broad definition of platforms covered. Broad categories of speech with access restrictions and even removal for everyone. And more!

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Luis Fernando García @luisfgarcia.bsky.social · 20h

The Mexican government published an "Executive Order on Safe Digital Environments for Children and Teenagers". There were some law proposals in Congress on this topic, but a shooting in a school 2 weeks ago seems to have precipitated this action. You can read it here: dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle...

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DOF - Diario Oficial de la Federación

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Luis Fernando García @luisfgarcia.bsky.social · 20h

The first thing to note is the lack of legal basis. The government bases this EO (Decreto) on very shaky foundations. Mainly, very broad articles in the Children and Teenagers General Law that recognize children's right to safe access to the Internet and the State's obligation to prevent abuse.

Artículo 101 Bis 2. Niñas, niños y adolescentes tienen derecho al acceso y uso seguro del Internet como medio efectivo para ejercer los derechos a la información, comunicación, educación, salud, esparcimiento, no discriminación, entre otros, de conformidad con el principio de interdependencia, en términos de las disposiciones aplicables.

Artículo 101 Bis 3. El Estado garantizará el acceso y uso seguro del Internet promoviendo políticas de prevención, protección, atención y sanción del ciberacoso y de todas las formas de violencia que causen daño a su intimidad, privacidad, seguridad y/o dignidad realizada mediante el uso de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, sin afectar los derechos previstos en esta Ley.

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Luis Fernando García @luisfgarcia.bsky.social · 20h

Weirdly, the EO also cites the EU DSA as a justification for this action. Move over Canada, Mexico is joining the EU first! In all seriousness, no serious constitutional lawyer can say the government can order platforms to restrict freedom of expression and privacy in this way via an EO (Decreto).

Que, en el marco internacional, la Unión Europea, a través del Reglamento (UE) 2022/2065 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo de 19 de octubre de 2022, relativo a un mercado único de servicios digitales y por el que se modifica la Directiva 2000/31/CE, se determinó que los prestadores de servicios intermediarios deben disponer de mecanismos electrónicos para denunciar contenido ilícito y tramitar las denuncias de forma oportuna y objetiva, comunicar sus decisiones y permitir reclamaciones, sin fijar un plazo general para retirar cualquier contenido, no obstante las medidas pueden incluir eliminación, bloqueo de acceso o reducción de visibilidad, según corresponda;

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Luis Fernando García @luisfgarcia.bsky.social · 20h

Art. 1 says these provisions are "mandatory," although the EO does not establish any sanctions for non-compliance. However, the president threatened to push for legislation if companies don't comply within 30 days. Which companies? Take your guess. Art. 2 definition is as broad as it gets.

ARTÍCULO 1. El presente decreto es de orden público, de interés general y de observancia obligatoria en todo el territorio nacional, tiene por objeto establecer las medidas y mecanismos que las Plataformas digitales deben implementar para garantizar entornos digitales seguros para niñas, niños y adolescentes.

ARTÍCULO 2. Para efectos del presente decreto se entenderá por Plataforma digital: servicio digital que prestan intermediarios a través de Internet que permiten la interacción, comunicación, generación, difusión o compartición de contenidos entre personas usuarias, con la finalidad de, entre otros, ofrecer, proveer, comercializar o intermediar bienes, servicios, aplicaciones, productos o contenidos; entre las que se encuentran, redes sociales, videojuegos, tiendas de aplicaciones, entre otros.

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Luis Fernando García @luisfgarcia.bsky.social · 20h

The "Platform" definition explicitly mentions social networks, video games, and app stores, but the definition is so broad that even E2E messaging apps, streaming services, and more would fall under the definition. Really sloppy work.

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Luis Fernando García @luisfgarcia.bsky.social · 20h

Art. 4 establishes further obligations for "Platforms", notably: Age verification. Platforms must identify the age of all users. Self-reporting is banned. So seems like it's ID-based verification (mass surveillance and data breach risks) or discriminatory AI/Facial recognition age estimation.

ARTÍCULO 4. Con la finalidad de generar entornos digitales seguros para las niñas, niños y adolescentes, las Plataformas digitales están obligadas a:
I. Implementar mecanismos confiables y seguros para identificar la edad de las personas usuarias de sus servicios. Dichos mecanismos no deberán limitarse a la autodeclaración de las personas usuarias para la acreditación de la edad;

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Luis Fernando García @luisfgarcia.bsky.social · 20h

It seems the EO was rushed and put together in very little time by people with very little knowledge of the issues, but Platforms will have even less time to implement it. Actually none. The EO was published yesterday afternoon, and today it is already in force. Not serious people.

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Luis Fernando García @luisfgarcia.bsky.social · 20h

A large section of the public is rightly concerned, anxious, and angry about the power that a few tech companies are accumulating. It is a shame that this sentiment is wasted on regulation that does little (worse) for people's rights and even less to actually question Big Tech's power.

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Luis Fernando García @luisfgarcia.bsky.social · 20h

Anyway, this EO should be challenged in court, and any reasonable judge should recognize its flaws, but it seems platforms won't do it, and there are not many of those anymore (reasonable judges) after a judicial reform that demolished the independence of the judiciary in Mexico.

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🔞OnyxNuva || PLUS 🔞 @onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social · 15h

#savespeech #notodigitalID #mexico The people of Mexico MUST challenge this EO. It is a violation of your human rights in the face of panicking congressmen. Let them hear your opposition data.ipu.org/parliament/M...

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Mexico | Chamber of Deputies | Contact details | IPU Parline: global data on national parliaments

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🔞OnyxNuva || PLUS 🔞 @onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social · 15h

#savespeech #notodigitalID #mexico Mexico has hastily signed a sloppy executive order for broad age verification/ID mandating, broad platform coverage, & broad speech censorship. Its not legally binding & can be challenged in court. It must be challenged before websites kneejerk on compliance

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17h

California enacted new laws barring workplace surveillance & banning use of AI to fire workers without adequate human oversight. “Those are the kinds of laws we would like to see — laws that narrowly target real harms of AI that are already happening," EFF’s Tori Noble told @sfexaminer.bsky.social.

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California takes the lead on regulating AI

State passes, Newsom signs slew of new AI laws.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 20h

“An average person might understand wanting to use the system to look up a relative’s stolen car,” EFF's @lisafemia.bsky.social told @houstonchronicle.com. “But because it was so easy for that person to do that, it also means that it is equally easy for someone to, say, stalk a romantic partner.”

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Harris County civilian staff searched Flock more than a dozen times in 2025

A civilian employee of Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey searched Flock Safety’s extensive network of surveillance cameras more than a dozen times in 2025.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 20h

No one should have to think twice before criticizing the government online. But a mass surveillance program known as "Catch and Revoke" was created to make millions do just that. Find out more with our latest issue of EFFector: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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🗣 A Victory for Freedom of Speech Online | EFFector 38.18

No one should have to think twice before criticizing the government online. But a mass surveillance program known as "Catch and Revoke" was created to make millions do just that. EFF and other

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Doug Walter (he/his) @dougwalter5.bsky.social · 23h

I make an annual donation to EFF, so that they can help us with initiatives like this.

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BakeMamaAmber|| see pinned Need help|| @bakemamaamber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

gofund.me/91555a69e Hey cupcakes I'm in a bad way and I've been in a bad way for a while but im at my wits end and i genuinely need help I cant do this anymore... I'm in an abusive living situation and I need to get out My starting goal is around 3500 even if you cant donate shares are helpful 💜

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Penny Parker @snapcube.gay · 15/10/2026

i don't really feel like a person or like i'm in much of a position to ask much of anyone lately and i'm doing my best to crawl out of it and set my life right but until then just know my absence is never for lack of wanting to be around, usually it could not possibly be more opposite.

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Penny Parker @snapcube.gay · 15/10/2026

i guess it's worth saying just to give you some perspective on my occasional absence or relative flakiness that i am super not proud of, my stress and anxiety levels have gotten to the point where i essentially wake up with an elevated heart rate and spend the full day trying to come down.

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Penny Parker @snapcube.gay · 15/10/2026

if you have shown me any amount of patience or understanding in the past few months genuinely from the bottom of my heart thank you. i try not to talk abt it much in a way that distracts from fun bunny times but i have admittedly been having a really really rough go at it recently.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 15/10/2026

Meant to add, adult industry does still get a tiny footnote in the report. They're not sending in the valkyrie for us but it's significant that they could have never mentioned something republicans claim to hate if they chose not to. not a tear would be shed and yet there it is lmao

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 14/10/2026

just finished reading the entire occ debanking report... wonder how things are gonna shake out

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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 15/10/2026

Who controls the infrastructure of war? The latest Starshield developments in Ukraine expose the growing dependence on private satellite companies. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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What is Starshield, SpaceX’s military-grade Starlink system, and how will its restriction affect Ukraine?

Zelenskyy frames sudden shift as a betrayal by Trump, as spotlight turns on how Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the Pentagon control the crucial service

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megasoups.bsky.social @megasoups.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

If you're dooming about the 11th Circuit not striking down this AV/ID-verification bill, do not. Keep trying, keep speaking up, keep spreading awareness. The people that want to take away your rights never gave up when they failed in court. Why should you? #savespeech @fsc.bsky.social #censorship

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Sad News in Florida: U.S. 11th Circuit ruled against NetChoice & CCIA in CCIA & NetChoice v. Uthmeier, a challenge to Florida's HB 3 (age gating social media bill) @netchoice.bsky.social said they would "Explore all options to protect Floridians' rights online." Keep the fight going. #SaveSpeech

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NetChoice (@NetChoice)

🚨NetChoice to Explore All Options to Protect Floridians' Rights Online Following Eleventh Circuit Court Ruling on HB3 ATLANTA—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled today against Ne...

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megasoups.bsky.social @megasoups.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

While we're at it, next #chatcontrol trilogues are in November. Call your EU MEPS and tell them no mass-scanning, AV or whatever other stupid shit they've crammed into that proposal.

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megasoups.bsky.social @megasoups.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Don't let the fucking #EUKIDsact pass it's going to kill the internet. If you're an EU citizen, sign the initiative. If not, spread the word. Do both things if you can. #savespeech #stopEUKIDsact #chatcontrol #stopkillinggames @tuta.com

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15/10/2026

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15/10/2026

Meet Rayhunter, EFF’s open-source tool that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot to detect cell-site simulators nearby. We hope it empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to expose tech used by police to spy on you while you are going about your everyday life.

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Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS...

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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 15/10/2026

Around the world, tech is increasingly being used to stifle dissent, assert control and diminish human rights. Our new Global Report on the Authoritarian Use of Technology documents how states are deploying surveillance tech. privacyinternational.org/report/5873/...

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Global Report on the Authoritarian use of Technology

We have been observing and monitoring an increase in states’ adoption of authoritarian practices and policies. These practices are facilitated by new and emerging technologies or embodied in their…

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🔞OnyxNuva || PLUS 🔞 @onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social · 22h

#savespeech #notodigitalID This is not ideal. That said, its not unexpected. We keep going until we get these laws repealed. Demand your reps repeal them or lose their positions in the midterms www.congress.gov/state-legisl...

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🔞OnyxNuva || PLUS 🔞 @onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social · 22h

#savespeech #notodigitalID Though depressing, there's an important map to view when it comes to circuit courts. They DONT encompass federal law or all 50 states. Just groups of them This doesnt mean "EVERY BILL IS GONNA BE ALLOWED NOW ITS ALL OVER." It means 11th circuit allowed FL & GA bills.

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🔞OnyxNuva || PLUS 🔞 @onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social · 22h

#savespeech #notodigitalID Another blow from the 11th Circuit Courts: NetChoice Vows to Keep Fighting for Georgians’ Online Rights After 11th Circuit Lifts SB 351 Injunction Note: they did not rule the bill is constitutional. Do not doom about this. Shut that down fixupx.com/NetChoice/st...

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NetChoice (@NetChoice)

⚖️ NetChoice Vows to Keep Fighting for Georgians’ Online Rights After Eleventh Circuit Lifts SB 351 Injunction ATLANTA—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit today vacated the preliminary...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22h

EFF is coming to Portland! Join us on October 22 for a casual meetup with us and fellow privacy and free speech supporters. www.eff.org/event/speak...

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Speakeasy: Portland

Join EFF staff and local online rights supporters for a Speakeasy meetup on Thursday, October 22 in Portland. We're at the BSidesPDX conference for the weekend and would love to have the opportunity

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21h

Whether you’re living in California, Wisconsin, or anywhere under the eye of unconstitutional surveillance, we’re here to help. We’re fighting ALPR searches across the country. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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We’re Asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to End Warrantless ALPR

Today, EFF joined the ACLU of Wisconsin in filing a petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, asking it to rule that the state’s constitution requires a warrant for retrospective searches of ALPR

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netzpolitik.org @netzpolitik.org · 15/10/2026

Sieht ein Opfer das Werbebanner auf dem Handy, ist es schon zu spät: Eine Untersuchung des @citizenlab.ca dokumentiert erstmals im Detail, wie Angreifer mittels Online-Werbung Geräte mit einem Staatstrojaner infizieren. Zu ihrem eigenen Schutz sollten Nutzer*innen Werbung blockieren.

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Handys lassen sich ohne Klick per Werbeanzeige hacken

Sieht ein Opfer das Werbebanner auf dem Handy, ist es schon zu spät. Eine Untersuchung der Universität Toronto beschreibt erstmals im Detail, wie Angreifer mittels Online-Werbung Geräte mit einem Staa...

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digitalrechte @digitalrechte.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Was wir einem KI-Chatbot erzählen, ist nicht automatisch Werbematerial. Das Landgericht Köln hat Snapchat untersagt, Daten aus „My AI“-Chats ohne Rechtsgrundlage für Werbung zu nutzen. Das Urteil könnte auch über Snapchat hinaus wichtig werden. digitalrechte.de/news/snapcha...

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Snapchat darf KI-Chatdaten nicht einfach für Werbung nutzen

Das Landgericht Köln hat Snapchat Grenzen bei der Nutzung persönlicher Daten gesetzt. Der Foto- und Messenger-Dienst darf persönliche Informationen, die Nutzer:innen dem app-internen Chatbot mitteilte...

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