dumpster diving After unsuccessful legislative reform, German radicals defy the law to dumpster-dive at grocery stores Cory Doctorow
seize the means of computation Germany's powerful IG Metall trade union is organizing Youtubers to force Google to play fair Cory Doctorow
cloud act After Microsoft moves its servers back to the USA, German state's privacy commissioner advises schools not to use Office 365 Cory Doctorow
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer After viral Youtube denunciations, Germany's establishment parties falter — so the ruling party's leader faxed her colleagues demanding action Cory Doctorow
election meddling Facebook's Dutch Head of Policy lied to the Dutch parliament about election interference Cory Doctorow
halifax Halifax! I'm speaking at Atlseccon on April 24 (then Toronto, Ottawa, Berlin and Houston!) Cory Doctorow
general monitoring As the EU Copyright Directive was approved, Germany admitted it requires copyright filters, putting it on a collision course with the EU-Canada trade deal Cory Doctorow
Gunther Oettinger After months of insisting that #Article13 doesn't require filters, top EU Commissioner says "Article 13 requires filters" Cory Doctorow
eucd German data privacy commissioner says Article 13 inevitably leads to filters, which inevitably lead to internet "oligopoly" Cory Doctorow
filternets German Data Privacy Commissioner warns at new Copyright Directive will increase the tech oligopoly, make EU companies dependent on US filter vendors, and subject Europeans to surveillance by US companies Cory Doctorow