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Re:NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect on Sunday October 11, 2026 @06:48PM (#50048810)
I made that website!
Re:NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect on Sunday October 11, 2026 @03:51PM (#50047130)
Look out for the "Digital Fairness Act", which will be tabled by the European Commission in November. It is expected to include the same "Click to Cancel" principle continent-wide.

Source: I'm an EU digital policy analyst in Brussels.

Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touching grass on Monday February 24, 2025 @06:27PM (#43166175)
The European Union is about to introduce a regulation on infinite scrolling called the Digital Fairness Act. They are currently looking for ideas, so, thanks for sharing.

Seriously this is really cool!

Re:The first Reddit reviews of the Vision Pro are in on Sunday February 04, 2024 @07:05PM (#39255844)
I run the subreddit! No idea why The Verge made a whole article about the sub's posts but I'm not mad lol.
Re:EU Commission Doesn't Understand What's Written in Its Own Chat Con... on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @03:31PM (#35346558)
Here is the Regulation in question:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2022...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_to_Prevent_and_Comb...

Its full name is the: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse

Re:Mullvad campaign against EU chat control on Friday March 10, 2023 @06:38PM (#35102900)
Articles about the new proposal do a really poor job at reporting what the specific regulation in question is. So here it is:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2022...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_to_Prevent_and_Comb...

Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU on Saturday February 04, 2023 @07:52AM (#34654079)
Here is the Regulation in question:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2022...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_to_Prevent_and_Comb...

Its full name is the: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse

Re:A Museum Tried to Hide This 3D Scan of an Iconic Egyptian Artifact.... on Saturday December 24, 2022 @03:38PM (#34120858)
This is great! Has it been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons yet?
Re:Apple hiring people to build “connected experiences in a 3D mixed-r... on Sunday November 13, 2022 @10:28AM (#33583880)
From Mark Gurman latest Newsletter:

"The most interesting job listing is one that specifically calls out the development of a 3D mixed-reality world, suggesting that Apple is working on a virtual environment that is similar to the metaverse—though don’t expect Apple to embrace that term. Its marketing chief said at a recent event that metaverse is “a word I’ll never use.” That listing describes working with other developers to “build tools and frameworks to enable connected experiences in a 3D mixed-reality world.” “You will work closely with Apple’s UI framework, human interface designers and system capabilities teams—pushing you to think outside-the-box, and solve incredibly challenging and interesting problems in the 3D application space,” it reads."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-11-13/apple-...

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