Mathilde Sanders

Here are four European alternatives to US social media​ | Cybernews

A ‘Public Service Internet’—Reclaiming the Public Service Mission This article looks forward, locating debates on public service broadcasting firmly within contemporary and future debates about technology regulation. Public service broadcasting has been a dominant ...

Extend the Public Broadcasting vision to the internet - creating new public service models in the age of big tech for a more democratic outcome - why not?

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Public Service Social Media as a Democratic Safeguard | TechPolicy.Press Christine Galvagna proposes an EU fund to support decentralized, public service focused social media networks to protect digital rights and democracy.

“Given the severity of the threats social media companies pose to democracy and fundamental rights, policy responses cannot merely tinker around the edges,” writes Christine Galvagna. The EU must act now—fund decentralized, public service social media to protect democracy and digital rights.

Getting off US tech: a guide I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Belgian Publishing Xperience

Interesting: call for Belgian advertisers to leave big tech and invest in national ‘old’ media

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Opinie: Journalisten en wetenschappers moeten hun werk als de donder bij big tech weghalen We accepteren veel te gemakkelijk dat het gebruik van big tech, en het consolideren van onze media in grote, gecentraliseerde mediacorporaties, onvermijdelijk is. Maar er zijn wel degelijk alternatiev...

Today my article was published in a Dutch newspaper that explains how we can protect media pluralism via our tech choices, not only as media organizations but also as individual internet users. These are not just consumer choices, but political choices.

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Open source X rival Mastodon begins raising funds with new in-app donation feature | TechCrunch Mastodon is experimenting with a new way to raise money: in-app donation banners.

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Achter de macht van big tech | Rathenau Instituut Er worden steeds meer zorgen geuit in de journalistiek, politiek en de wetenschap over de macht van big tech-bedrijven en hun toenemende invloed op de samenleving. In het publieke, politieke en wetens...

Belangrijk rapport van Rathenau Instituut, CC alle politieke partijen > De samenleving dreigt door de digitale afhankelijkheid van grote tech bedrijven de regie te verliezen over kernprocessen in onderwijs, zorg of overheidsdienstverlening #techcoup ↘️ www.rathenau.nl/nl/digitalis...

👑️How can we regain #DigitalSovereignty?

IIPP's @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, @cedricdurand.bsky.social , Edemilson Paraná, @paologerbaudo.bsky.social & @parismarx.com have contributed to a recent paper outlining key proposals for enhanced digital sovereignty.

✍️Read it here: buff.ly/gQ6z2q6

Its clear @_elena is the first genuine superstar of the Fediverse?
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Governing the Digital Society Digital technologies have rapidly become integral to communities and societies, bringing both significant benefits and serious concerns. Issues such as misinformation, disinformation, online polarizat...

This week many things are coming together with the open access of our GDS book. Our 1st chapter on how to decentralize platform power is the basis of my new course at Erasmus University and my research presented at ECREA Rotterdam and AoIR in Bremen on this topic.

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Today, you can find us at the @ecreacomdem.bsky.social Automating Democracy conference in Rotterdam! 👇👇

📍 11:45 – 13:00 Parallel panel 2
🎯 AI in Public Communication: Governance and Accountability Mechanisms for Democratic Control
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🤔 Who should control social media? Should it be a public good, a private product, or something else?

This week, a special crossover newsletter with Elle Griffin and her newsletter, The Elysian. We wrestle with a complicated topic: government control of social media.

What’s best, and what might actually work? Check our back and forth, debate-style essay and then weigh in with your own opinion!

Signal-baas: 'Wij zullen nóóit gegevens delen van onze gebruikers' Kan berichtendienst Signal de intenties waar blijven maken, nu de app ongekend hard groeit en opereert tussen rijke techgiganten met machtige politieke vrienden?

Who would have ever thought Signal succes in the Netherlands would be tv news item?? nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...

Samen bouwen aan het PeerTube-videoplatform | SIDN fonds PublicSpaces wil het met PeerTube Spaces voor organisaties eenvoudiger maken hun eigen PeerTube-kanaal op te zetten. SIDN fonds steunt het initiatief.

In the Netherlands, PublicSpaces is setting up a ‘public’ decentralized alternative for YouTube.

What type of organization should be the legal structure behind this ‘public’ platform?

I explore that now.

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Gaan of blijven? Overstap van WhatsApp naar Signal is dilemma Wat gebeurt er als een deel van je vrienden of familie overstapt naar een nieuw medium en het oude achterlaat - of jou als gebruiker vraagt om mee te gaan?

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