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Today, we’re launching social websites, a new kind of online destination. These blend posts from Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon and more, plus YouTube, podcasts and your favorite publications to create community sites based around the things that matter to you.

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#SurfSocial #OpenSocial #Technology #Tech #Fediverse

🏛️ Today, our colleague Jithendra is in London to take part in the "Private Enforcement of Competition Law at the Digital Crossroads" conference organised by @ucl and King's College London

💡At 16:20, he will sit on a panel together with other representatives from consumer organisations, universities and civil society, to talk about FSFE's litigation against Apple and other private enforcement issues at the European Union Court of Justice.

👋 Say hi if you're around!

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2026/jun/private-enforcement-competition-law-digital-crossroads-ii

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/116686496047800732

We will keep our eyes wide open 👀

🎙️ Our @dario joined the "DMA Vox Populi" podcast from Prof. Simonetta Vezzoso (@wavesblog) to talk about the DMA review

💡 What the European Commission got right, where it fell short, and what must come next for software freedom and interoperability in Europe.

#DMA #DeviceNeutrality #FreeSoftware

Watch/listen here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXVpeI_iIzQ

🧵 1/4 Those are the main points touched upon:

@Tagesspiegel Background hat @dario und mich eingeladen, eine Zusammenfassung einer Studie zu verfassen, die wir in Zusammenarbeit mit der @fsfe zur Umsetzung von Interoperabilitätsverpflichtungen und zum Digital Markets Act (#DMA) durchgeführt haben.

Die Studie befasste sich damit, wie #Apple die Rechte konkurrierender Entwickler einschränkt.

https://background.tagesspiegel.de/digitalisierung-und-ki/briefing/wird-europa-seine-eigenen-regeln-durchsetzen

The #DMA must be implemented in a developer-friendly way, ensuring that legal obligations translate into fair and equal access to #iOS and iPadOS features.

See more in that report from my great @fsfe co-workers @llas and @dario : Apple keeps challenging its interoperability obligations under the DMA" https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260420-01.html

If you wanna read the full report 🤗 https://download.fsfe.org/campaigns/device-neutrality/FSFE-DMA-AppleReport-v1.pdf

#Apple keeps challenging its #interoperability obligations under the #DMA

In recent months, my colleagues and I at the @fsfe have been analysing Apple's compliance with #DMA's Article 6(7), following the EU Commission's specification decision.

Our report analysed 56 formal requests, resulting in zero solutions developed by Apple until now. Apple rejects JIT compilation, NFC, Bluetooth Low Energy Audio, often contradicting their own technical documentation. And they still charge developers $99 to submit a request, despite the law requiring interoperability to be free of charge.

Here is a summary of the report: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260420-01.en.html

Proud of my @fsfe co-workers who did a great job organising our Legal and Licensing Workshop so people from all around the world involved in legal topics around #FreeSoftware #OpenSource have a safe space for knowledge exchange 👏 https://fsfe.org/activities/ln/llw.en.html

@llas @floriansnow @anaghz @dario @johas

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/116255817905703134

and a sunny Bruxelles makes everything even more enjoyable 🌞

⚠️ 450 FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us ⚠️

Our long-term payment provider, Nexi, has terminated our contract without prior notice.

As a result, our supporters’ recurring credit card and direct debit donations have been halted by them.

This affects more than 450 FSFE supporters, whom we have already informed by email.

Read more here: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260316-01.en.html

RE: https://mastodon.social/@owa/116215275864858256

Another great achievement by the brilliant #DigitalRights community! 👏

#DMA #DigitalMarketsAct #competition #BigTech

The @EUCommission is preparing a Communication that will provide guidance on how to apply the Cyber Resilience Act in practice and would like to hear your views:

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16959-Draft-Commission-guidance-on-the-Cyber-Resilience-Act_en

Background: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260224-01.html

#CRA #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #OpenSource

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/116164789502158956

At the @fsfe we've just shared our views with the #UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on #Apple’s proposed “interoperability commitments” under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (#DMCCA).

Such weak requirements will deem interoperability ineffective, entrenching #Apple's monopolistic power in #UK's digital market.

The solution should be the enforcement of "interoperability-by-design". A broad #interoperability mandate is key for healthy and competitive digital markets.

Thread narrating all the meetings and the netwœrking I organised for @dweb to meet with cool people in #Berlin and involve them in #DWebCamp ⤵️

I walked towards the @fsfe office together with @dario, who is also hosting me 😍

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/116131145887510612

Google’s plan to force every developer who distributes apps, even outside the Play Store, into its verification system is a direct threat to smaller and independent #FreeSoftware developers.

We can’t let this happen, especially now.

#KeepAndroidOpen

On March 27th ISOC-CH organizes a hybrid event on the big question of our times: what does #DigitalSovereignty mean?

We bring to Zurich 5 exceptional guests to answer this question from the perspective of the civil society.
https://roxana.io/ https://desiree.me/ @felix @tawonga #DarioPresutti @fsfe

Check here the details: https://www.isoc.ch/events/public-policy-sessions-2026-what-does-digital-sovereignty-mean-for-the-civil-society/

And here an introductory article: https://www.isoc.ch/digital-sovereignty-campaign/

cc @panayotis @bernaalp @puer_robustus @hernani @NGIZero

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/116092002263313639

#DigitalNetworksAct and #RouterFreedom

For more than a decade, the Free Software Foundation Europe has worked to protect #RouterFreedom in Europe.

The European Union is about to reform the telecom sector, and we call for a clear and harmonised approach that upholds the freedom of terminal equipment across all Member States.

Our #ilovefs Weekend celebrations kick off today, Thursday! 🎉

Throughout the next days, the #FreeSoftware community will be gathering across Europe to say #Thankyou 🫶 together and celebrate the amazing people behind #FreeSoftware projects.

Find out an event close to you and join them!

💻https://fsfe.org/activities/ilovefs/#theme-2026

⚖️ New Legal Corner Article ⚖️

This time, we take an in-depth look at a ruling issued last autumn in Spain. This decision provides a legal precedent that underlines the importance of transparency in source codes and algorithms, and support for the Freedom to Study!

https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260205-01.en.html

Many thanks to @civio for their outstanding work!

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware #transparency