Here is the report (pdf).

A joint report published by five rights group from Germany urges the European Union to ban advertising.

The EU has established important cornerstones to protect online users in the shape of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). At the same time, the reactions of large corporations to this legislation show that a paradigm shift in the online advertising market is still needed, as the advertising industry is persistently undermining efforts to prevent manipulative practices, the rights group Germanwatch writes on its website.

Alternative (e.g. contextual) advertising models create opportunities for reaching people beyond the omnipresent tracking and targeting, and thereby protecting them in data processing operations. To bolster alternative advertising models, the new European Commission should take digital fairness seriously and push for a ban on personalised advertising.

A chaotic two-day shutdown of Sydney’s train network has been averted at the 11th hour after the state government caved to rail union demands to run 24-hour services to prevent workers striking>

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Some train lines will still partially close for trackwork in the city’s west, with buses replacing trains on Saturday and Sunday on parts of the T2, T3, T5, T6, T8 and southern highlands lines. Part of the metro will still close for unrelated maintenance on Saturday and Sunday.

However, metro services will run more often on Friday, while extra light rail services and additional special event trains and buses to Olympic Park for Pearl Jam’s concert will run on Saturday.

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The government has agreed to run 24-hour services in exchange for the unions dropping 109 various industrial bans from Monday for a period of two weeks, with both parties agreeing to use the fortnight as an “intensive bargaining” period.

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The rail unions have taken hundreds of industrial actions since September as they negotiate with the government over pay and conditions for about 14,000 train workers.

The RTBU has demanded a 32% pay rise over four years, or 8% a year, while the government has offered a three-year agreement totalling 9.5% plus super.

Source: https://comics.town/@rooniecomics/113518235240387727

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Nello sciopero del 29 novembre anche un messaggio contro le guerre e le spese militari

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Le Reti promotrici di “Fermiamo le guerre, il tempo della Pace è ora!” hanno inviato una lettera ai segretari

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L’allarme mondiale: per 5 milioni di bambini la vita dura meno di 5 anni

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Il rapporto annuale del Global Hunger Index 2024, curato da Cesvi, è drammatico. Insicurezza alimentare, guerre, cambiamenti climatici colpiscono soprattutto i più piccoli: milioni di bambini nel mondo muoiono, soffrono di malnutrizione e non crescono a causa della

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Digital end of life planning saves your loved ones from a little extra anguish Japan's National Consumer Affairs Center on Wednesday suggested citizens start "digital end of life planning" and offered tips on how to do it.…

Spreadsheet Screenshot Index (up to down):

• Image 1: Seasonal Tunes - S40 Winter (21st Nov - 28th Nov)
• Image 2: S40 Winter (DLC Expansion Maps)
• Image 3: S40 New Reward Car Tunes

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Context: S26 is finally being scrapped.

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