News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web’ closing?
#Tech #AI #OpenWeb #InternetArchive #DigitalRights #MediaPower #Paywalls #Journalism #TechEthics #Business #PublicAccess #DigitalHistory #AITraining #Copyright
https://the-14.com/news-sites-are-locking-out-the-internet-archive-to-stop-ai-crawling-is-the-open-web-closing/

News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web’ closing?
#Tech #AI #OpenWeb #InternetArchive #DigitalRights #MediaPower #Paywalls #Journalism #TechEthics #Business #PublicAccess #DigitalHistory #AITraining #Copyright
https://the-14.com/news-sites-are-locking-out-the-internet-archive-to-stop-ai-crawling-is-the-open-web-closing/

🔓 HAPPY HACKING TO ALL HACKERS!

2600 Madrid meetup - Feb 6, 2026
⏰ 21:00 (9 PM)
📍 Tapas y Fotos, Calle del Dr. Piga 7, Centro
🚇 Metro: Lavapiés/Antón Martín

Join us for tech talk & hacking discussions! Building a more humane, transparent, open & decentralized digital universe 🌐

All hackers & tech enthusiasts welcome!

More info:
🌐 <https://2600.madrid>
💬 Matrix: <https://matrix.to/#/#2600_Madrid:hispagatos.org>
Usenet: alt.2600 alt.2600.madrid

#2600 #Madrid #Hacking #hackerculture #Privacy #DigitalRights

🔓 HAPPY HACKING TO ALL HACKERS!

2600 Madrid meetup - Feb 6, 2026
⏰ 21:00 (9 PM)
📍 Tapas y Fotos, Calle del Dr. Piga 7, Centro
🚇 Metro: Lavapiés/Antón Martín

Join us for tech talk & hacking discussions! Building a more humane, transparent, open & decentralized digital universe 🌐

All hackers & tech enthusiasts welcome!

More info:
🌐 <https://2600.madrid>
💬 Matrix: <https://matrix.to/#/#2600_Madrid:hispagatos.org>
Usenet: alt.2600 alt.2600.madrid

#2600 #Madrid #Hacking #hackerculture #Privacy #DigitalRights

In 2010, #AaronSwartz downloaded 70 GB of articles from JSTOR. He faced a $1 million fine and 35 years in prison
➡️ Aaron took his own life in 2013.

#Meta illegally downloaded over 80 terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train its #AI models
➡️ facing no consequences.

Information is power, knowledge is power.

Beware and fight against those who want to keep you ignorant, unaware, and misinformed.

#digitalrights #openknowledge #opendata #privacy

Conservatives in the European Parliament ( @eppgroup ):

Dear citizens, vote for us, we'll end a couple of your fundamental rights enshrined in the #constitution. 🆒

(Their wording: "We will focus on the Action plan against #cyberbullying and on further measures to protect #minors on digital #platforms and to end digital #anonymity.")

Source: https://www.epp.eu/files/uploads/2026/01/EPP-Retreat_Our-Priorities-2026_Adopted_260131_110102.pdf

#DigitalRights #HumanRights

Conservatives in the European Parliament ( @eppgroup ):

Dear citizens, vote for us, we'll end a couple of your fundamental rights enshrined in the #constitution. 🆒

(Their wording: "We will focus on the Action plan against #cyberbullying and on further measures to protect #minors on digital #platforms and to end digital #anonymity.")

Source: https://www.epp.eu/files/uploads/2026/01/EPP-Retreat_Our-Priorities-2026_Adopted_260131_110102.pdf

#DigitalRights #HumanRights

RE: https://ieji.de/@GalacticGoddess/115652094528258948

While I'm on the topic of bad internet bills in Canada, here are other bills you should call your Senators and House of Commons Representatives about!

Bill C-12 just completed it's first reading in the Senate (2nd chamber for this bill)! Bill C-8 is due for another hearing later this week!

Fight back against these bills while you still have the chance!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #Canada #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning #Immigration

RE: https://ieji.de/@GalacticGoddess/115652094528258948

While I'm on the topic of bad internet bills in Canada, here are other bills you should call your Senators and House of Commons Representatives about!

Bill C-12 just completed it's first reading in the Senate (2nd chamber for this bill)! Bill C-8 is due for another hearing later this week!

Fight back against these bills while you still have the chance!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #Canada #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning #Immigration

🎤 Speaker Spotlight: We’re thrilled to welcome Cory Doctorow @pluralistic to FediMTL 2026! Bestselling author and a leading voice on #DigitalRights, #InternetFreedom, and the fight against #Enshittification of the web.
🎟️ In-person and streaming tickets: https://fedimtl.ca/

#FediMTL #Fediverse #DigitalSovereignty #SocialWeb

Canadians!

Bill S-209 is due for a section by section consideration in the Senate this Thursday (i.e. the equivalent of a full committee markup to Americans)!

Reminder: This bill would mandate privacy invasive Age Verification as well as give the Canadian government the ability to block ANY website that isn't compliant (search engines, Wikipedia, social media, etc.), not just "commercial pornographic websites" like the bill claims! One of the bills' sponsors essentially admitted this!

If this bill passes, it would be massively chilling to privacy and free speech in Canada! The Canadian government would control what you're allowed to see!

VPNs are, at best, a temporary solution here.

Call your Senators and House of Commons Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #Canada #AgeVerification #BillS209

Canadians!

Bill S-209 is due for a section by section consideration in the Senate this Thursday (i.e. the equivalent of a full committee markup to Americans)!

Reminder: This bill would mandate privacy invasive Age Verification as well as give the Canadian government the ability to block ANY website that isn't compliant (search engines, Wikipedia, social media, etc.), not just "commercial pornographic websites" like the bill claims! One of the bills' sponsors essentially admitted this!

If this bill passes, it would be massively chilling to privacy and free speech in Canada! The Canadian government would control what you're allowed to see!

VPNs are, at best, a temporary solution here.

Call your Senators and House of Commons Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #Canada #AgeVerification #BillS209

Canadians!

Bill S-209 is due for a section by section consideration in the Senate this Thursday (i.e. the equivalent of a full committee markup to Americans)!

Reminder: This bill would mandate privacy invasive Age Verification as well as give the Canadian government the ability to block ANY website that isn't compliant (search engines, Wikipedia, social media, etc.), not just "commercial pornographic websites" like the bill claims! One of the bills' sponsors essentially admitted this!

If this bill passes, it would be massively chilling to privacy and free speech in Canada! The Canadian government would control what you're allowed to see!

VPNs are, at best, a temporary solution here.

Call your Senators and House of Commons Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #Internet #Canada #BillS209 #AgeVerification

Canadians!

Bill S-209 is due for a section by section consideration in the Senate this Thursday (i.e. the equivalent of a full committee markup to Americans)!

Reminder: This bill would mandate privacy invasive Age Verification as well as give the Canadian government the ability to block ANY website that isn't compliant (search engines, Wikipedia, social media, etc.), not just "commercial pornographic websites" like the bill claims! One of the bills' sponsors essentially admitted this!

If this bill passes, it would be massively chilling to privacy and free speech in Canada! The Canadian government would control what you're allowed to see!

VPNs are, at best, a temporary solution here.

Call your Senators and House of Commons Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #Internet #Canada #BillS209 #AgeVerification

French lawmakers passed a bill banning social media for under-15s 📵
Also extends mobile phone ban to high schools; follows Australia's under-16 limit 🇫🇷
Focuses on protecting youth mental health from cyberbullying and screen addiction, though critics call it digital paternalism ⚖️

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/france-social-media-ban-under-15s

#TechNews #Privacy #SocialMedia #Kids #Regulation #MentalHealth #Data #BigTech #Youth #Europe #Policy #Safety #DigitalRights #ScreenTime #ParentalControls #France #AgeVerification #Australia

French lawmakers passed a bill banning social media for under-15s 📵
Also extends mobile phone ban to high schools; follows Australia's under-16 limit 🇫🇷
Focuses on protecting youth mental health from cyberbullying and screen addiction, though critics call it digital paternalism ⚖️

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/france-social-media-ban-under-15s

#TechNews #Privacy #SocialMedia #Kids #Regulation #MentalHealth #Data #BigTech #Youth #Europe #Policy #Safety #DigitalRights #ScreenTime #ParentalControls #France #AgeVerification #Australia

We should not call sharing "piracy."

Piracy involves the physical theft of property where the original owner no longer has it. Sharing is an act of duplication, not subtraction.

Language matters. Using the industry's preferred labels only helps reinforce their control over how we view digital ownership.

#FOSS #DigitalRights #Copyright #Copyleft #OpenSource #TerminalTilt

I've published a new essay on my website.

“Into the Dark Wood: The Right to Be Unknown.”

Oblivion, autonomy, surveillance, and resisting a world that refuses to let us disappear.

https://ominous.net/The_Right_to_Be_Unknown.html

#Privacy #Surveillance #DigitalRights #DigitalAutonomy

@pluralistic argues that now is the moment for the EU to act while platforms like Threads are degrading.

I don’t think Europe works on that kind of timing, nor it would use the mechanism Doctorow suggests.

This piece is about what leaving platforms costs, and why protecting exit routes may matter more here than technical escape.

Read here:
https://medium.com/@Diogo_Mendes/the-right-to-leave-without-loss-f87b58e58eac

#digitalrights #socialmedia #eu #politics