Frederik_Borgesius

@Frederik_Borgesius@akademienl.social

Law Prof at iHub, interdisciplinary research hub on digitalization and society & Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud university, NL
Mastodon handle: https://akademienl.social/@Frederik_Borgesius
University web page:
https://www.ru.nl/en/people/zuiderveen-borgesius-f

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Frederik_Borgesius, to China

Bloomberg ‘analysis reveals a rollout of solar and wind that’s put China on track to reach records this year that far exceed its already world-beating adoption of green energy. So much clean power is coming online that the country could reach peak emissions well ahead of its 2030 deadline, giving the planet a better chance of keeping global temperatures in check.’
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-china-solar-wind-power-cop28/

Frederik_Borgesius, to politics

‘Back in 2002, 26% of people lived in extreme poverty. That fell to 8.3% by 2022. Even though Coronavirus set progress back, it didn’t change the fact that life has continually improved for most people over the decades.’ https://www.gapminder.org/facts/extreme-poverty-rate-dropped-to-less-than-half-since-1990/

Frederik_Borgesius, to academia

‘Professor of epidemiology at Maastricht University is hired by the chemical industry through his wife's company… [The prof] is registered as a director at his wife's company. Maastricht University says it has not been informed.’ https://www.1limburg.nl/nieuws/2338784/hoogleraar-um-kluste-bij-voor-chemische-industrie Original reporting by @nrc_nl https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/12/01/hoogleraar-kluste-bij-voor-chemische-industrie-universiteit-wist-van-niks-a4182949

Frederik_Borgesius, to tech

Europol: ‘law enforcement and judicial authorities from seven countries have joined forces with Europol and Eurojust to dismantle and apprehend in Ukraine key figures behind significant ransomware operations wreaking havoc across the world.’ https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-collaboration-leads-to-dismantlement-of-ransomware-group-in-ukraine-amidst-ongoing-war

Frederik_Borgesius, to tech

Chinese hacker group had undetected access to chip manufacturer NXP's computer network for more than two years. The perpetrators targeted chip designs. Report by Dutch newspaper @nrc_nl https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/11/24/spionage-chinese-hackersgroep-zat-jarenlang-in-het-netwerk-van-de-nederlandse-chipfabrikant-nxp English summary: https://innovationorigins.com/en/chinese-cyber-espionage-exposes-years-long-grip-on-dutch-chip-giant/

Frederik_Borgesius, to privacy

'The Economics of Privacy at a Crossroads' by Alessandro Acquisti.

Great paper, quite critical about some of the privacy economics scholarship.
https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/economics-privacy/economics-privacy-crossroads

Frederik_Borgesius, to tech

'Who regulates automated price-fixing?' and more in the great newsletter by @algorithmwatch & @algowatching
https://r.algorithmwatch.org/nl3/JvIkVoDuWJd9kx7WkSvmxw

Frederik_Borgesius, to random

Oh no.

Frederik_Borgesius, to environment

‘Twelve of the world’s wealthiest billionaires produce more greenhouse gas emissions from their yachts, private jets, mansions and financial investments than the annual energy emissions of 2m homes… tycoons include’ Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Larry Page, Michael Dell, Elon Musk & Carlos Slim
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/20/twelve-billionaires-climate-emissions-jeff-bezos-bill-gates-elon-musk-carbon-divide

Frederik_Borgesius, to Law

Dutch Court ruled that company Criteo violated Article 6(1) GDPR for failing to obtain users’ consent prior to placing tracking cookies. Moreover, the court held that Criteo and its partner websites, were joint controllers (Article 26 GDPR), and thus both Criteo and its partner websites were responsible for ensuring valid consent. https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=Rb.

Frederik_Borgesius, to books

Dear all, do you have any tips?

I’d love to have an ereader which is roughly as large as paper prints. I want to use it for reading PDFs of scholarly papers + highlighting and scribbling on the PDFs.

(I tried a Remarkable 2, but it was too small for my taste. And I don’t like reading PDFs on my iPad or laptop.)

E.g.: Does anyone have experience with Onyx books or Sony ereaders?

I admit that, so far, I print papers for focused reading.

Thank you!

Frederik_Borgesius, to Law

Wow.
UK: ‘Fifteen government departments have been monitoring the social media activity of potential critics and compiling “secret files” in order to block them from speaking at public events’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/18/shocking-scale-of-uk-governments-secret-files-on-critics-revealed

Frederik_Borgesius, to tech

‘No more ads on Elon’s X, EU Commission tells staff. Ads on Musk-owned social media site risk causing ‘reputational damage’ to the EU, its executive says in internal note.’ Seems only temporary though. https://www.politico.eu/article/no-more-ads-elon-musk-x-twitter-european-commission-tell-staff/ Via @altim

Frederik_Borgesius, to Law

For more than 15 years, Dutch bank ING was Abramovich's house banker. The bank was crucial for the Russian oligarch to establish himself in Western Europe. His controversial billions flowed unimpeded through ING for years.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/11/14/hoe-de-omstreden-russische-oligarch-abramovitsj-zijn-financiele-imperium-ongehinderd-kon-uitbouwen-via-ing-a4180721

Frederik_Borgesius, to Law

'The emergence of dark patterns as a legal concept in case law', Cristiana Santos & Arianna Rossi
https://policyreview.info/articles/news/emergence-of-dark-patterns-as-a-legal-concept

Frederik_Borgesius, to Law

EU: ‘political agreement on transparency of political advertising regulation … Under these new rules, political adverts will need to be clearly labelled as such and must indicate who paid for them, how much, to which elections, referendum or regulatory process they are linked and whether they have been targeted. Citizens will be able to distinguish messages that seek to shape their political views and decisions.’ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/de/ip_23_4843

Frederik_Borgesius,

EU political ads regulation:
‘Targeting and amplification techniques will only be available for online political advertising based on… data subject… consent, and the use of sensitive personal data will be banned… All online political ads will be available in an online ad repository. Sponsoring ads from outside the EU will be prohibited three months before elections.’
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/de/ip_23_4843

Frederik_Borgesius, to tech

‘More than 85% of people are worried about the impact of online disinformation and 87% believe it has already harmed their country’s politics, according to a global survey, as the United Nations announced a plan to tackle the phenomenon.’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/07/85-of-people-worry-about-online-disinformation-global-survey-finds https://www.unesco.org/sites/default/files/medias/fichiers/2023/11/unesco_ipsos_survey.pdf

Frederik_Borgesius, to tech

Transparency report X (Twitter). The number of people in content moderation team who possess professional proficiency in
Dutch: 1
Croatian: 1
Latvian: 1
Polish: 1
https://transparency.twitter.com/dsa-transparency-report.html#/
https://www.nu.nl/tech/6288534/in-het-moderatieteam-van-x-heeft-maar-een-persoon-nederlands-als-hoofdtaal.html
#x

Frederik_Borgesius, to tech

‘The UK, US, EU and China have all agreed that artificial intelligence poses a potentially catastrophic risk to humanity, in the first international declaration’ on AI.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/01/uk-us-eu-and-china-sign-declaration-of-ais-catastrophic-danger
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-safety-summit-2023-the-bletchley-declaration/the-bletchley-declaration-by-countries-attending-the-ai-safety-summit-1-2-november-2023

Frederik_Borgesius, to meta

European Data Protection Board: ‘Urgent Binding Decision on processing of personal data for behavioural advertising by Meta’. Bans behavioural advertising based on legal basis contract or on legitimate interests. Irish DPA & Concerned Supervisory Authorities are evaluating whether Meta can rely on consent (with paid alternative).
https://edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2023/edpb-urgent-binding-decision-processing-personal-data-behavioural-advertising-meta_en

Frederik_Borgesius, to Cybersecurity

‘Alliance of 40 countries to vow not to pay ransom to cybercriminals, US says’. Country list includes The Netherlands. EU is part of the ‘International Counter Ransomware Initiative’, but it’s not clear to me whether all EU countries made the same promise. https://www.reuters.com/technology/alliance-40-countries-vow-not-pay-ransom-cybercriminals-us-says-2023-10-31/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/01/international-counter-ransomware-initiative-2022-joint-statement/ I wonder whether keeping a ‘don’t pay’ promise is always feasible.

Frederik_Borgesius, to tech

Talks on better privacy protection between Meta and the Dutch govt have come to nothing, the govt reported to the Parliament. Meta refuses to meet the govt and to amend its data processing practices.

Let’s see whether this leads to the government stopping with Facebook.

https://fd.nl/tech-en-innovatie/1494588/overleg-tussen-overheid-en-meta-over-privacybescherming-geklapt

Frederik_Borgesius,

@ErikJonker @altim That would be great

Frederik_Borgesius, to random

After a week in bed, this covid infection is getting quite boring.

Frederik_Borgesius,

@PogoWasRight Thank you Doe!

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