EU Data Act in force from 12 September 2025

With all the excitement over the EU’s AI Act and the UK’s data protection reforms, there is another piece of legislation coming into force soon which may have been somewhat overlooked – the EU’s so-called Data Act. It’s quite a complex piece of legislation and if you start looking into it you’ll end up down a rabbit hole....

https://www.scl.org/eu-data-act-in-force-from-12-september-2025/

These European countries are opposing #chatcontrol

Britain is Losing its Free Speech, and America Could be Next

From age and ID restrictions on the Internet, to charging rappers with “terrorism,” the U.K. is demolishing the most basic civil liberties. If we let them, U.S. leaders may be close behind.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/britain-is-losing-its-free-speech-and-america-could-be-next

Big Bank is Watching You: Preserving Privacy Amid the Rise of CBDC: #CBDC #BigBrother

https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no-spycoin/#report

It's China's digital wallet WeChat (or Alipay) tracks what people buy, how people behave, and reports them to social credit system.

#CBDC is the gateway to social credit system and total control.

For instance, WeChat (and Alipay) only allows people with a social credit score of 550 or higher to recharge electric cars.

Digital ID, Biometric Facial Analysis Scans, Physical Age Tokens, Govt ID, and/or Credit Cards to access social media and search engines. From UK Online Safety Act, Australia eSafety, Spotify, and Google... Welcome to #1984 #onlinesafetyAct

#CBDC #surveillance

Een wetsvoorstel, de "Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act", heeft goedkeuring gekregen van de Financiële Diensten Commissie van het Huis van Afgevaardigden. Dit voorstel, gesteund door 114 Republikeinen, beoogt te voorkomen dat een CBDC wordt ingevoerd die de privacy van burgers kan schaden. #CBDC

De Bank of England overweegt de plannen voor een digitale pond ("Britcoin") te pauzeren, omdat tokenized bankdeposito's mogelijk voldoende zijn. Dit volgt op uitspraken van de gouverneur die vraagtekens zet bij de noodzaak van een #CBDC. #Britcoin

Exploring the new #bitchat: Is Nostr Under the Hood?

Just checked out #bitchat and I’m getting serious decentralized vibes. Anyone else think there’s a connection to #nostr? Both are all about open, censorship-resistant communication—could #bitchat be building on Nostr’s protocol, or is it just inspired by the movement?

- Love seeing more tools for free, secure conversations.
- If #bitchat is using Nostr, that means more interoperability and user control.
- Curious to see if this is just the start of a wave of Nostr-powered apps.