Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉
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KawaiiPunk
and 2 others
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A necessary watch. @pluralistic calling on nations to repeal anti-circumvention laws as a response to (US) tariffs. Radical sovereignty as political leverage, hitting where it hurts most.
"Lets move fast and break Tim Cooks things. Lets move fast and break kings."
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet
Ulrike Hahn
and 2 others
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Tomorrow in The Hague, EU Member States launch a new international organisation, one that invests in and cares for #DigitalCommons and open source. The EDIC for Digital Commons is a long term commitment and strategy to help governments transition to open source, work with the communities and strengthen the ecosystem. Much needed.
A necessary watch. @pluralistic calling on nations to repeal anti-circumvention laws as a response to (US) tariffs. Radical sovereignty as political leverage, hitting where it hurts most.
"Lets move fast and break Tim Cooks things. Lets move fast and break kings."
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet
Cory Doctorow
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Listening to this sweeping talk by @pluralistic I can't help but see parallels to the #HackerManifesto
There's a glimpse at a different #DigitalWorld in addition to a thorough criticism of current trends.
"A post-American Internet"? The talk shows that the #Internet and #Cyberspace are far from elusive, untouchable realms but instead are very real in terms of #Power. The digital world is very much shaped by the US which for years has unsettled other states and puts further strain on the #Multistakeholder approach, which in the words of Milton Mueller was enacted specifically to make sure, no one government would dictate the rules of the Internet.
Really interesting is the observation, that we might be at a tipping point for #DigitalGovernance. A new coalition emerges thanks to #Trump, bringing together such different groups as Digital activists and national security hawks for #DigitalSovereignty
The talk is a great illustration of the importance of #TechGeopolitics and picking up many themes I've also addressed in my newsletter like #TechDebt. Subscribe here: https://explore.ghost.org/p/nicolas-zahn
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet
Listening to this sweeping talk by @pluralistic I can't help but see parallels to the #HackerManifesto
There's a glimpse at a different #DigitalWorld in addition to a thorough criticism of current trends.
"A post-American Internet"? The talk shows that the #Internet and #Cyberspace are far from elusive, untouchable realms but instead are very real in terms of #Power. The digital world is very much shaped by the US which for years has unsettled other states and puts further strain on the #Multistakeholder approach, which in the words of Milton Mueller was enacted specifically to make sure, no one government would dictate the rules of the Internet.
Really interesting is the observation, that we might be at a tipping point for #DigitalGovernance. A new coalition emerges thanks to #Trump, bringing together such different groups as Digital activists and national security hawks for #DigitalSovereignty
The talk is a great illustration of the importance of #TechGeopolitics and picking up many themes I've also addressed in my newsletter like #TechDebt. Subscribe here: https://explore.ghost.org/p/nicolas-zahn
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet
Børge
and 1 other
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European companies ARE ready to help people and organizations with #DigitalSovereignty. Here 2 great examples 👇
1. The French Ministry of Education provides cloud storage for 1.2 million employees using Nextcloud architecture: https://www.cio-online.com/actualites/lire-l-education-nationale-offre-le-stockage-cloud-a-ses-1-2-million-d-agents-sans-gafam-16726.html
2. Airbus is 80% certain they can find a European supplier to provide in their complex needs for a cloud: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/19/airbus_sovereign_cloud/
Michael Foster
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Join us at our #Fediverse Assembly on Day 3 at #39c3 ✨
Sessions include:
#publicinstitutions #digitalsovereignty
#opencommunication
#peertube meetup
#fediday 25 #fediday26
#socialweb #atproto
Come and join us 🚀
Hall H @cbase
Join us at our #Fediverse Assembly on Day 3 at #39c3 ✨
Sessions include:
#publicinstitutions #digitalsovereignty
#opencommunication
#peertube meetup
#fediday 25 #fediday26
#socialweb #atproto
Come and join us 🚀
Hall H @cbase
joene 🏴🍉
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Meredith Whittaker ( @Mer__edith) has been invited to speak at #39C3 later today. If you make it to the mic in time, here is an interesting question for her: "If I’m put on a boycott list by the Trump regime because I’m openly anti-fascist or oppose war crimes, will you adhere to US laws and block my access to #Signal?"
Meredith Whittaker ( @Mer__edith) has been invited to speak at #39C3 later today. If you make it to the mic in time, here is an interesting question for her: "If I’m put on a boycott list by the Trump regime because I’m openly anti-fascist or oppose war crimes, will you adhere to US laws and block my access to #Signal?"
European companies ARE ready to help people and organizations with #DigitalSovereignty. Here 2 great examples 👇
1. The French Ministry of Education provides cloud storage for 1.2 million employees using Nextcloud architecture: https://www.cio-online.com/actualites/lire-l-education-nationale-offre-le-stockage-cloud-a-ses-1-2-million-d-agents-sans-gafam-16726.html
2. Airbus is 80% certain they can find a European supplier to provide in their complex needs for a cloud: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/19/airbus_sovereign_cloud/
Egon Willigh☮gen 🟥
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Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/