Good news for #RouterFreedom and #NetNeutrality

The Italian regulator AGCOM has opened a consultation on the determination of the location of the termination point. This will define whether end-users can use their own routers and modems to connect to the internet.

https://www.agcom.it/provvedimenti/delibera-31-25-cons

Last October, we called to start a regulatory process to protect consumer rights and ensure router freedom in Italy.

More: https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20241016-01.en.html

We will contribute to the consultation, stay tuned!

How uplifting seeing the name Aaron Swartz in my feed so much lately & then this article, filled with the names of wonderful organizations such as: Internet Archive, Electronic Frontier Foundation, & Creative Commons popped into my feed today! Keep the ball rolling! Opt-out of the surveillance capitalist culture war for-profit cesspool. Choose #OpenSource, #FOSS, #OpenAccess #GNU #FSF, #NoAI, NoLLM, #Linux #NetNeutrality (HT: @atoponce for this!) https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/08/aaron-swartz-marble-statue-unveiled-internet-archive/

The great thing about the recent #NetNeutrality court decision is that it allows service providers to get into the #enshittification game. Now they’re no longer required to observe neutrality with respect to content sources, they can (a) deliver an inferior experience to consumers – phase 1 of enshittification, per @pluralistic – AND (b) extort more money from content providers – phase 2.

Welcome to Year 0 of the true enshittocene, when ubiquitous enshittification REALLY kicks into high gear.

It's now up to the EU and others to hold the flag for #NetNeutrality. For the US, a federal law is now needed (or many more state laws).
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/technology/net-neutrality-rules-fcc.html

#NetNeutrality #FCC #internet #ISPs
"The court's decision says the FCC does not have the authority to implement its policies."

The internet is about to get much worse.

US Court of Appeals rules against effort to restore net neutrality

"The Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC doesn't have the authority to implement net neutrality rules."
https://www.engadget.com/computing/us-court-of-appeals-rules-against-effort-to-restore-net-neutrality-205617210.html

Net Neutrality Is Dead As A Doornail Under Trump 2.0 | Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/21/net-neutrality-is-dead-as-a-doornail-under-trump-2-0/

[thread] Brendan Carr

* lawyer
* served as member of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 2017+
* appointed by Trump
* authored chapter in Heritage Foundation's Project 2025
* Carr proposes "reining in Big Tech" as main goal for FCC
* Nov 2024 Trump selected Carr to lead FCC

#BrendanCarr #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #FCC #NetNeutrality #censorship
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #disinformation #Christofascism
#capitalism #corporations #billionaires #libertarianism

DATE: November 08, 2024 at 04:58PM
SOURCE: HEALTHCARE INFO SECURITY

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Feds Warn #Healthcare Sector of an Array of #Cyberthreats https://t.co/ttIojzgtbl

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Healthcare security & privacy posts not related to IT or infosec are at @HIPAABot . Even so, they mix in some infosec with the legal & regulatory information.

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#security #healthcare #doctors #itsecurity #hacking #doxxing #psychotherapy #securitynews #psychotherapist #mentalhealth #psychiatry #hospital #socialwork #datasecurity #webbeacons #cookies #HIPAA #privacy #datanalytics #healthcaresecurity #healthitsecurity #patientrecords @infosec #telehealth #netneutrality #socialengineering

As we get closer to the election, I have realized something which is important to the #fediverse, be it #Mastodon, #Misskey, or any other #instances...

Elon Musk, the person many people fled Twitter to avoid is now effectively a member of Trump's inner-circle, and should Trump win, he will have direct influence over the #FCC and #FEC. The consequences of this will be disastrous, not only because it will end all regulation of his businesses, but will allow him to directly attack the Fediverse using regulatory levers. While it's not clear if there is any legal backing for this, most #US based #servers cannot handle this.

This is on top of the partisan fight over #NetNeutrality, which Trump went after during his time in office, but Harris will likely protect, just as previous Democrats did.

That is why I have no choice, not simply as an #American citizen in a marginalized group, but #TechHub's head of #moderation, to tell my fellow American users to vote for Kamala Harris.

Our #Network may depend on it.

Happy birthday to ARPANET, the forerunner of the modern internet! 53 years ago, the first message was sent over this pioneering network, paving the way for a world of interconnection and innovation.

As a tech enthusiast, I am constantly amazed by the ways the internet has transformed our lives, allowing us to communicate, learn and share ideas across boundaries and borders. From social media to e-commerce, from telemedicine to remote work, the internet has become an essential part of our daily routines, enabling us to connect with others and access a wealth of information at our fingertips.

#ARPANET #InternetAnniversary #Transhumanism #TechInnovation
#InternetHistory #Networking #DigitalRevolution #Innovation #Communication #Cyberculture #OnlineCommunity #TechHerstory #NetNeutrality #OpenSource #Decentralization #DataPrivacy #Cybersecurity #DigitalRights #Accessibility #Inclusion #SocialImpact #DigitalTransformation #FutureTech #TechOptimism #InternetOfThings #AI

https://ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969

DATE: October 21, 2024 at 08:58AM
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What are the most concerning #privacy and #security concerns about hacks involving #pediatric data? https://t.co/gVvHko5oOC

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#introduction Hi all, I am Jesper Lund, chairman of the Danish EDRi member IT-Pol https://itpol.dk/presentation-of-it-pol I hope to gradually replace my Twitter presence (https://twitter.com/je5perl) with the fediverse!

I will toot about EU policy areas that I work on with EDRi (#dataretention, #PNR, #ePrivacy, #eEvidence, #NetNeutrality, #biometrics, #encryption and #ChatControl, aka the CSA Regulation), as well as comments on digital rights issues in general.

#Introduction time! I'm rysiek. On fedi since before it was fedi ­— I see you, old StatusNet guard!

Did information security and infrastructure for #PanamaPapers journalists, fought #ACTA on the streets and in meetings, helped write the book on #NetNeutrality, started a hackerspace and a half, and wrote a bunch of code.

Media literacy is a human right. Protocols, not platforms. Communities, not customers. User-Authored Works, not user-generated content.