Public servants are meant to be transparent. Private citizens are meant to be… private. Flip that, and you don’t have a democracy anymore — you have surveillance.

#Privacy #DigitalRights #AntiSurveillance #CivilLiberties #Accountability #Transparency #FediPrivacy

Just a minute ago, I accidentally discovered Workflowhub (https://about.workflowhub.eu/) when browsing through a few Nanopubs. I was not aware of this repository.

A first thought: "Yet another repository to register #FAIR materials? Seriously?" Then again, I am all in favour of #reproducibleComputing and want to see more of it.

On the other hand: transparency in our work is central to the #OpenScience idea. NOT cluttering a file space so that we can be transparent in our work is paramount.

Lately, we have seen #nanopub, #ROcrates, and apparently WorkflowHub, too. (This is by no means a comprehensive list.) I wonder: Are we getting too many solutions to keep up-to-date? Are we risking frightening young researchers with the high standards we are setting? We are by no means where we want to be in terms of #transparency and #reproducibility in research, or are we?

Note, that I understand how competing systems and tool sets arise. Still, my nonrhetorical questions (1 & 2) stand.

Public servants are meant to be transparent. Private citizens are meant to be… private. Flip that, and you don’t have a democracy anymore — you have surveillance.

#Privacy #DigitalRights #AntiSurveillance #CivilLiberties #Accountability #Transparency #FediPrivacy

Explore what the browser exposes about you

https://neberej.github.io/exposedbydefault/

#HackerNews #Explore #Browser #Privacy #WebSecurity #DigitalFootprint #UserData #Transparency

Arduino Terms of Service and Privacy Policy update: setting the record straight

https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/11/21/the-arduino-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy-update-setting-the-record-straight/

#HackerNews #Arduino #Terms #of #Service #Privacy #Policy #Update #TechNews #Transparency

1/2 - TrueFans Hosting.

Today TrueFans took one step closer to opening the doors to our new hosting service.

Now in your creators dashboard you can see:

1. The total storage size for the episode you uploaded #transparency

2. The amount of data we streamed for you to all apps that played it. NOTE: we don’t download the whole file. #stream

3. We also show you the cost of streaming this episode. #value

/cc @adam @dave

💬 Highlights from our November Community Call:

• Our first Trend Report on political ads already led to concrete impact! Contributor Marie-Pierre flagged 25+ political ads on LinkedIn, all removed by the platform.
• New dataset: DSA Systemic Risk Assessment Reports
• Growing community contributions on Terms Types 🚀

#OpenTermsArchive #Transparency #DSA #DigitalCommons #CommunityCall

💬 Highlights from our November Community Call:

• Our first Trend Report on political ads already led to concrete impact! Contributor Marie-Pierre flagged 25+ political ads on LinkedIn, all removed by the platform.
• New dataset: DSA Systemic Risk Assessment Reports
• Growing community contributions on Terms Types 🚀

#OpenTermsArchive #Transparency #DSA #DigitalCommons #CommunityCall

Big Tech spending on Brussels lobbying hits record high, report claims | Euronews

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/10/29/big-tech-spending-on-brussels-lobbying-hits-record-high-report-claims

#eu #europe #transparency #meta #microsoft #apple #tech

Oakland Privacy tracked nearly 100 CA bills this year — 28 wins signed into law.
We stopped SB 690 (the worst privacy bill of 2025) and expanded digital, immigrant, and LGBTQIA protections statewide.

#privacy #california #civilrights #transparency

Oakland Privacy tracked nearly 100 CA bills this year — 28 wins signed into law.
We stopped SB 690 (the worst privacy bill of 2025) and expanded digital, immigrant, and LGBTQIA protections statewide.

#privacy #california #civilrights #transparency

Here's a reasonable request: please provide access to the data and code producing the results reported in your manuscript, so that it will not go down the gutter as unverifiable magic.
Yet another study - this one by @ianhussey - finds that few authors claiming data are available upon request actually make them available upon request.
https://conferences.lnu.se/index.php/metapsychology/article/view/4008
#data #transparency #openscience #replication #reliability

EU Parliament’s LIBE Committee backs new Europol Regulation, expanding surveillance powers including biometrics & cross-border data 📊

Civil society & EU watchdog warn it risks mass surveillance and targets migrants ⚖️

Final plenary vote this month offers a last chance to reconsider 🗓️

@edri

🔗 https://edri.org/our-work/european-parliament-backs-europol-expansion-a-dangerous-step-towards-mass-surveillance-in-the-eu/

#TechNews #Privacy #DigitalRights #Surveillance #HumanRights #EU #DataProtection #CyberSecurity #OpenSource #UserFreedom #Migration #Transparency #Policy #Security

Eyes on OpenAI, a coalition of 60+ nonprofits, says the restructure risks setting a dangerous precedent for other tech giants.

#openai #accountability #transparency #california #techpolicy

San Francisco’s surveillance transparency law is under attack.
Supervisor Matt Dorsey wants to remove attorney fee protections making it nearly impossible to hold the city accountable for illegal surveillance.

https://takeaction.salsalabs.org/SFAttorneysFees/index.html

#privacy #transparency #sanfrancisco #surveillance #civilrights

Eyes on OpenAI, a coalition of 60+ nonprofits, says the restructure risks setting a dangerous precedent for other tech giants.

#openai #accountability #transparency #california #techpolicy

San Francisco’s surveillance transparency law is under attack.
Supervisor Matt Dorsey wants to remove attorney fee protections making it nearly impossible to hold the city accountable for illegal surveillance.

https://takeaction.salsalabs.org/SFAttorneysFees/index.html

#privacy #transparency #sanfrancisco #surveillance #civilrights

TruthWave – A Platform for Corporate Whistleblowers

https://www.truthwave.com

#HackerNews #TruthWave #CorporateWhistleblowers #WhistleblowerProtection #Transparency #TechForGood