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[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

Bad news, The European Parliament has approved the extension of the EU’s temporary ChatControl 1.0 rules until April 2028, but the way it passed sparked backlash.

In today’s vote, MEPs voted on a proposal to reject the Council’s position on the extension:

> 314 MEPs voted to reject it.
> 276 MEPs voted against rejecting it, meaning they supported the extension.
>17 MEPs abstained.

Even though more MEPs voted to reject the extension than to support it, the motion still failed.

This happened because the vote followed the EU’s second-reading procedure, which requires an absolute majority of all Members of the European Parliament(at least 361 votes) to reject the Council’s position.
A simple majority of the votes cast was not enough.

As a result, the Council’s position was automatically approved, and the ChatControl 1.0 extension was adopted.

The extension keeps the temporary rules that let online platforms voluntarily detect and report child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while the EU continues working on the permanent ChatControl 2.0 proposal.

[Martin Sonneborn @MartinSonneborn]

Ich habe heute versucht, die Chatkontrolle zu stoppen.

Am Wochenende mussten Sibylle Berg und ich Parlamentspräsidentin Metsola schriftlich mitteilen, dass das Durchprügeln der Chatkontrolle im Eilverfahren leider gegen die Geschäftsordnung des EU-Parlaments verstößt. Während Metsola der interessierten Presse daraufhin (fälschlicherweise) mitteilte, dass das schon alles seine Richtigkeit habe, warten wir immer noch auf ihre Antwort.

Deshalb wollte ich es ihr heute bei der Eröffnungssitzung in Straßburg noch einmal erklären. Und musste erstaunt feststellen, dass die Präsidentin doch Regeln kennt: Exakt nach 60 Sekunden hat sie mir das Mikrophon abgestellt. (regelkonform, wird aber selten gemacht)

Dabei hätte ich noch einiges zu sagen gehabt: "Frau Präsidentin, Sie wachen nach Artikel 22 über dieses Regelwerk (mit der ausgedruckten Geschäftsordnung wedelnd) - erklären Sie den Eilantrag für unzulässig. Wir sind hier schließlich nicht auf Malta! Die aktuelle Fassung der Geschäftsordnung überreiche ich Ihnen gerne persönlich. In der MEP-Bar."

Wie es nun weitergeht? Morgen wird über das Eilverfahren abgestimmt, obwohl diese Abstimmung gar nicht stattfinden dürfte. Wenn der Antrag erfolgreich ist, kommt die Chatkontrolle Donnerstagmittag zur Abstimmung ins Plenum. Um sie noch zu stoppen, müssten 361 Abgeordnete - eine qualifizierte Mehrheit - DAGEGEN stimmen.
Die schlechte Nachricht: Donnerstag ist der letzte Tag vor der Sommerpause und viele MEPs dürften bereits auf dem Weg in den Urlaub sein. Ein Schelm, wer Böses denkt bei dieser Terminierung... Smiley!

Wenn die Chatkontrolle durchgeht, dürfen die Plattformen (also die US-Tech-Bros) wieder & weiterhin fröhlich & ganz legal Ihre Nachrichten scannen. Schreiben Sie also gefälligst etwas unterhaltsamer in den kommenden Wochen... ZwinkerSmiley!

[SCS Software @SCSsoftware]

Next stop, Rotterdam! 🚌💨We're excited to share our first gameplay video from the upcoming Coaches DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2.

Join us we take the @MANtruckandbus Lion’s Coach on a bus route from Duisburg 🙌

Watch the video at: https://t.co/Jny0PjSxMg

[GitHub @github]

We heard you. And we agree.

In light of recent developments in physical media, GitHub is proud to announce that you can now obtain your public repo on CD-ROM.

Keep it. Lend it to friends. Pass it on to your children.

Your code is physically yours, forever. Until you lose it, let's be real.

Order yours today.
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[Clash Report @clashreport]

Germany's Chancellor Merz:

We can no longer accept the extraordinarily high levels of sick leave in our companies.

We are abolishing sick leave by telephone and introducing the requirement to submit a medical certificate from the very first day of illness.

We know this is a tough decision. But we can no longer afford this competitive disadvantage caused by prolonged absences from work.

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Minecraft and Call of Duty community servers have been branded "illegal" and compared to the "black market" by the Entertainment Software Association

The comments came during a debate over preserving games after official servers shut down

[Dan @danticoverse]

Wine NX very experimental for nintendo switch, which can potentially bring some pc games for Switch HOS

https://t.co/QpCalvklQQ

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious.

Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal. https://t.co/72wxaVLzVT

[Pubity @pubity]

The Netherlands has completely banned conversion therapy and made the practice illegal.

People caught trying to pressure LGBTQIA+ individuals into changing who they are will get up to 2 years in jail or a $30,000+ fine.

[ava 🍒 @c4tra_j1nx]

This is harmful towards younger kids and it’s pushing them into the heterosexual propaganda. Don’t take your kids to see this movie

[Stop Killing Games Official @StopKilingGames]

This decision is not unexpected. But we were prepared. Hence, we're pushing forward with @Europarl_EN ammending #StopKillingGames to the Digital Fairness Act. We can move on without the Commission and their non-decision, as @accursedfarms mentioned before: https://t.co/UqQ9AsJo4J

[Spyro @SpyroTheDragon]

Take flight on a bold new adventure.

Spyro: A Realm Beyond, coming Spring 2027.

[Cameron Foxly @CameronFoxly]

In the age of AI slop, some of us are still making things by hand, I promise ❤️ Octocat for the new GitHub Copilot App was modeled, rigged, and animated in Blender...

[GrapheneOS @GrapheneOS]

Apple and Google are gradually expanding their use of hardware-based attestation. They're convincing a growing number of services to adopt it. Google's Play Integrity API and Apple's App Attest API are very similar. Apple brought it to the web via Privacy Pass, which Google intends on doing too.

Google's Play Integrity API requires hardware attestation for the strong integrity level and is gradually phasing in requiring it for the more commonly used device integrity level. Apple already has it as a requirement. Over the long term, this will increasingly lock out hardware and OS competition.

The purpose of these systems is disallowing people from using hardware and software not approved by Apple or Google. This is wrongly presented as being a security feature. Banks and government services are the main ones adopting it but Apple and Google are encouraging every service to use it.

Apple's Privacy Pass brought hardware attestation to the web to help with passing captchas on their own hardware. Many people saw that as harmless since few sites would be willing to lock out non-Apple-hardware users. Apple and Google are both likely to bring broader hardware attestation to the web.

Google's reCAPTCHA is planning an approach where they use Privacy Pass on Apple hardware, their own approach on Google Mobile Services Android devices and a QR code scanning system to require an iOS or Google certified Android device for Windows and other systems:

https://t.co/7rQnioRa8A

Banking and government services increasingly require using a mobile app where they can use attestation to force using an Apple or Google approved device and OS. Apple's privacy pass, Google's 'cancelled' Web Environment Integrity and now reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification are bringing this to the web.

Current media coverage for reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification misunderstands it and the impact of it. They're bringing a hardware attestation requirement to Windows, desktop Linux, OpenBSD, etc. by requiring a QR scan from a certified smartphone to pass reCAPTCHA in some cases. They could expand it more.

Control over reCAPTCHA puts Google in a position where they can require having either iOS or a certified Android device to use an enormous amount of the web. Google defines certification requirements for Android which includes forcing bundling Google Chrome, etc. It's enormously anti-competitive.

Google's Play Integrity API bans using GrapheneOS despite it being far more secure than anything they permit. It also bans using any other alternative. This isn't somehow specific to an AOSP-based OS. You can't avoid this by using a mobile OS based on FreeBSD instead. You'll just be more locked out.

Google's Play Integrity API permits devices with no security patches for 10 years. The device integrity level can be bypassed via spoofing but they can detect it quite well and block it once it starts being done at scale. The strong integrity level requires leaked keys from TEEs/SEs to bypass it.

It doesn't provide a useful security feature, but it does lock out competition very well. Services requiring Apple App Attest or Google Play Integrity are primarily helping to lock in Apple and Google having a duopoly for mobile devices. Play Integrity is more relevant due to AOSP being open source.

Governments are increasingly mandating using Apple's App Attest and Google's Play Integrity for not only their own services but also commercial services. The EU is leading the charge of making these requirements for digital payments, ID, age verification, etc. Many EU government apps require them.

Instead of governments stopping Apple and Google from engaging in egregiously anti-competitive behavior, they're directly participating in locking out competition via their own services. Requiring people to have an Apple device or Google-certified Android device is anti-competition, not security.

reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification will currently work with sandboxed Google Play on GrapheneOS but it clearly exists to provide a way for them to start using hardware attestation on systems without it. People without an iOS or Android device will be locked out when this is required even without that.

This isn't about security or any missing functionality. GrapheneOS can be verified via hardware attestation. Google bans using GrapheneOS for Play Integrity because we don't license Google Mobile Services and conform to anti-competitive rules already found to be illegal in South Korea and elsewhere.

Services shouldn't ban people from using arbitrary hardware and operating systems in the first place. Google's security excuse is clearly bogus when they permit devices with no patches for 10 years but not a much more secure OS. It's for enforcing their monopolies via GMS licensing, that's all.

[Oreville Studios 🥑 @OrevilleStudios]

Actions & Stuff 1.10 🐣
With 1.10 marking double digits, this is one of our biggest updates yet! Featuring full support for the Tiny Takeover drop, many new actions, movement animation updates, and a massive range of improvements, we hope you love it! 🥑

Highlights ✨
- Full Tiny Takeover Drop Support
- All the babies!
- Playable Morph Characters!
- Flipping, Superhero Landing, Rolling, Sitting!
- Directional Swimming & Dolphin's Grace!
- Player Movement Overhaul!
- Better Boats!
- Optional 3D Models for Tools!
- Pack Settings!
- Cherry Biome Mob Variants!
- Coloured Potions, Beds, Banners & More!
- New Nametags, Costumes & Skins!
...and so much more!

Read More: https://t.co/brZ5WUPpNp

[Bethesda Game Studios @BethesdaStudios]

https://t.co/aPYE8GKOoX

[Justin🦩Boldaji @justinboldaji]

Telling everyone how impressive my first gay bareback orgy was

[Zeekerss @ZeekerssRBLX]

Version 80 of Lethal Company is out of beta now!

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Pete Hegseth is urging Americans to pray for military victory “in the name of Jesus Christ,” framing the war in explicitly religious terms.

Pope Leo XIV is rejecting that idea, saying this kind of thinking is “entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.”

The pope argues Christianity has often been “distorted by a desire for domination,” warning that people mistake power for righteousness — “we consider ourselves powerful when we dominate… victorious when we destroy.”

Instead, he says God’s example is “not how to dominate… but how to give life,” and adds that Jesus “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.”

[Starfield @StarfieldGame]

Mark your calendars — the Free Lanes update, along with Terran Armada, releases in #Starfield in three days on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.