The European Union is set next week to kickstart a rollback of landmark rules on artificial intelligence and data protection that face powerful pushback on both sides of the Atlantic.
  • tocano@piefed.socialEnglish
    66·
    6 days ago

    EU needs to stop listening to the giant companies and focus on the clean tech they are always delaying.

  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    36·
    6 days ago

    Shit article.

    One planned change could unite many Europeans in relief however: the EU wants to get rid of those pesky cookie banners seeking users’ consent for tracking on websites.

    Yeah because they want to ALLOW ALL DATA COLLECTION BY DEFAULT INSTEAD

    What a bunch of fucking idiots working for this website.

    From an actually useful source https://noyb.eu/en/open-letter-digital-omnibus-brings-deregulation-not-simplification

    Among other things, the Commission proposes changes to core elements like the definition of “personal data” and all data subject’s rights under the GDPR. The leaked draft also suggests to give AI companies (like Google, Meta or OpenAI) a blank check to suck up European’s personal data. In addition, the special protection of sensitive data like health data, political views or sexual orientation would be significantly reduced. Also, remote access to personal data on PCs or smart phones without consent of the user would be enabled.

    Basically “Hey Microsoft, we saw what you are doing with Windows Recall and we fucking love it. Please continue extracting literally every piece of digital information about all humans on the planet”

    • flightyhobler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      6 days ago

      : the EU wants to get rid of those pesky cookie banners seeking users’ consent for tracking on websites.

      Yeah because they want to ALLOW ALL DATA COLLECTION BY DEFAULT INSTEAD

      Here’s a thought: let’s get rid of those pesky banners and deny all data tracking, period.