<![CDATA[The proposed @EUCommission ban on social media has been published and as expected it has zero concept of federated, self-hosted software but expressly places the smallest deployer in scope.]]>The proposed @EUCommission ban on social media has been published and as expected it has zero concept of federated, self-hosted software but expressly places the smallest deployer in scope. A quick scan suggests they want to kill off -hosting with unreasonable burdens and disproportionate penalties.

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/proposal-eu-kids-act-eu-keeping-internet-digital-spaces-accountable-and-trustworthy

At least it has an explicit exception of software development - seems having the @osi @policy team deployed in Brussels has made a real difference.

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