Jan

Enjoys tweeting about legal stuff 📚 | Big fan of taking pictures 📸 | He/Him/His 🤠 | Active in LGBTQ+ community 🏳️‍🌈
Ambassador at @EUorigin 🇪🇺

[Dalvasuis @dalvasuis]

It’s not Apple’s choice. You told an entire market full of consumers who like circles, to buy squares. We don’t want squares. We want circles. Apple doesn’t want to make or sell squares. They want to make and sell circles.

“It’s Apple’s choice not to make squares” = nonsensical.

[Jan @JanWillens]

“Sandboxing is non-negotiable”
And:
“Sandboxing itself is now under attack”
Direct quotes from @VOLKRING on BlueSky:
https://t.co/tz5UOp1wMK
And mastodon:
https://t.co/EUdPfwaDoj

[Kay Jebelli 🇺🇦 @KayJebelli]

Here's a 60-second explainer of the Siri AI / Europe situation. https://t.co/V8uSbA3vK3

[Jan @JanWillens]

Siri AI for iOS and iPadOS is not coming to the European Union anytime soon, the reason why is very concerning to us.

Read more:
https://t.co/agiFHh5SuD

[Jan @JanWillens]

Apple released a product. They are willing to release this product globally. The Commission wants Apple to make interoperability adjustments before releasing.

So no, the decision is not Apple’s alone at all. If that were the case, it would have been out by now.

[MacRumors.com @MacRumors]

EU Says Decision Not to Launch Siri AI in Europe Is Apple's Alone https://t.co/56DE4NH9Rm

[Graham Dufault @GDufault]

For those who haven't seen how #DMA is being implemented on Android, here's a just a preview of how the #EC's AI "Interoperability" proposal undermines privacy, security, & IP protections:

https://t.co/m9Ko4OTRFD

[Jan @JanWillens]

The Digital Markets Act is cutting European off from new innovation and technology.
https://t.co/Tqb23VO3PV

[Jan @JanWillens]

@ukhomeoffice For many reasons… this is a very bad way to communicate about this.

Also, in my humble opinion, this seems like a very convenient way for government to dodge their own responsibility and just blame tech companies.

Read more: https://t.co/JOgPBL1313

[Jan @JanWillens]

Having “children” and “nude images” in the same sentence physically makes me feel ill.

Taking clear and decisive action against this is absolutely necessary.

However, putting the sole responsibility on “companies like” Apple and Google is unfair @ukhomeoffice and unproductive.

[Jan @JanWillens]

Governments are increasingly trying to outsource their job to big tech companies. By doing so they are demanding Apple and Google take action that will harm security and privacy of their users.

This trend is very, very concerning and must be stopped. Immediately.

[Jan @JanWillens]

Having “children” and “nude images” in the same sentence physically makes me feel ill.

Taking clear and decisive action against this is absolutely necessary.

However, putting the sole responsibility on “companies like” Apple and Google is unfair @ukhomeoffice and unproductive.

[Home Office @ukhomeoffice]

🚨 Tech companies like Apple and Google have three months.

Activate safeguards on smartphones and tablets to detect and block nude images for children or we will bring forward legislation to force you to do so.

[Jan @JanWillens]

Not to mention that making a robust and effective/reliable system for something this serious and of this severity in 3 months or less is nearly impossible to do. Especially in a safe and secure manner.

This can endanger the privacy and security of others (including children).

[Jan @JanWillens]

@KayJebelli Haha, and there it is: contestability!

[Jan @JanWillens]

Instead of allowing customers to select a restaurant independently, I required McDonald’s to display all locally available alternatives for burgers prior to ordering. This resulted in a 113% increase in customers for local burger establishments.

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

The European Union has a new law called the Digital Markets Act that makes big tech companies show users a clear choice of web browsers on their phones.

Since the law started in 2024 more than 6 million people have picked Firefox as their main browser through these choice screens which is about one new user every 10 seconds.

People who choose Firefox this way really like it and keep using it five times more than people who find Firefox in other ways.

A study from top researchers shows the same thing because in the EU Firefox users on iPhones jumped 113% because of the law while on Android phones the increase was 12% with the biggest change on Apple phones where Safari used to be the only easy choice.

[Jan @JanWillens]

Proton, imho, are unserious people.

[Jan @JanWillens]

The realisation that government involvement in tech regulation is detrimental to privacy and security, has hit Proton, after advocating for such involvement for years.

We have been warning about these issues for over 5 years. Our arguments were ignored and labelled ‘pretext’.

[Proton VPN @ProtonVPN]

With the release of iOS 26.4, Apple introduced mandatory age verification for users in the United Kingdom.

Yes, they added age verification at the operating system level.

Let’s unpack 🧵

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it took them 2 minutes to break it. https://t.co/ylLQAWP8cC

[Graham Dufault @GDufault]

Oops this poll is insanely misleading. It asks participants if they support a new law “so minors can’t download apps without parental consent” …

That’s literally how it works now. My kids cannot download apps without my consent. You don’t need a new law to do this.

[Jan @JanWillens]

@WhitePapersPol Since you are addressing us, it’s only fair if we return the favour.

Could you explain to me what you know about ‘sensible (remigration) policies’? I recommend cc’ing the president of the United States of America.

We have our own institutions. We prefer to keep it that way.