Aline Blankertz 8 months ago

Only 30,000 (well, 29,690) signatures needed to crack the 1,000,000! Until tomorrow! Ban on conversion practices in the European Union https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home It feels like everybody here on Mastodon must have seen it by now, so make sure to pass it on to your friends and family chats.

Aline Blankertz 9 months ago

„Und das [Problem] lag nicht hauptsächlich an dem Standort ihrer Mutterkonzerne, sondern an der teils monopolistischen Marktmacht und Dominanz.“ Das gilt für Tech-Konzerne wie für Machtkonzentration überall, von Lebensmitteln & Agrar über Energie hin zu Pharma & Gesundheit. Ich bin @annskaja echt dankbar für den Artikel für [@netzpolitik_feed](

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) über die Wirrungen von #GoEuropean auf Reddit. Durfte ein klein wenig beitragen, lest mal rein.:) 👇

netzpolitik.org

BuyFromEU: Am Problem vorbei gekauft

Im Netz organisieren sich Menschen, um auf europäische Alternativen zu US-Produkten umzusteigen. Doch die bewusste Kaufentscheidung bleibt bei der...

Aline Blankertz 9 months ago

It was a pleasure to speak with @Paris Marx about ending dependence on Big Tech companies and how this is currently playing out in Europe. How is this linked to current debates about security and regulation (well, anti-regulation)? Who is most likely to benefit from a EU-nationalist understanding of sovereignty? And what would a more structurally different, i.e. internationalist response encompass? 👇

Spotify

Can Europe End Its Dependence on US Tech? w/ Aline Blankertz

Tech Won't Save Us · Episode

or here for avoiding extractive tech made in EU:

Tech Won't Save Us

Tech Won’t Save Us

Aline Blankertz 10 months ago

Very inspiring presentation by Cecilia Rikap at the [@Weizenbaum_Institut](

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) on digital sovereignty! „It’s a time of confrontation! […] This is not about appeasing the centre.“ Now discussing with @Alexandra Geese Adriana Groh and @Katharina Nocun moderated by @Jan-David Franke. How can we strengthen the public sector and protect it from a far-right takeover? Public procurement is a key lever, that’s agreed. But on a private or a public cloud?

Aline Blankertz 11 months ago

Berlin (at the [@Weizenbaum_Institut](

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)) on 6 March at 6pm: Protecting Democracy through Digital Sovereignty! A discussion on resilient digital infrastructures with @Katharina Nocun, Cecilia Rikap, @Alexandra Geese and Adriana Groh from the @Sovereign Tech Agency Hosted by [@bits_und_baeume](

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) [@Weizenbaum_Institut](

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) and @Wikimedia Deutschland Register now (places are limited):

Bits & Bäume Cloud

I very much look forward to this! And to seeing you there? A longer description in the thread:

Aline Blankertz 11 months ago

Open source should be (more) different from proprietary options! @tante explains why Pixelfed is not “better“ if it successfully imitates Instagram.

Smashing Frames

The Open Source Torment Nexus

One of the most popular memes when it comes to talking about the tech sector is Alex Blechman’s tweet about the Torment Nexus: One can interp...

Imho this also applies to “open-source” AI and things developed as “digital public good/infrastructure/…”. It gets more complicated when interoperability enters the picture, eg between Mastodon/Threads or WhatsApp/Signal - interop can push the “nicer” option to become more like the big player. (1/2)

Aline Blankertz 11 months ago

Keine Brandmauer, sondern unsere vermeintliche Abgrenzung Faschismus brennt lichterloh. Das erst mal verdauen. Die Kampagne @AfD-Verbot Jetzt!, das Entnormalisieren der AfD in demokratischen Gremien (und #Antwortfreiheit), so vieles fühlt sich sinnlos an, wenn der Rechtsruck durch alle Parteien geht. Doch jedes Organisieren schafft Strukturen, die wir umso dringender brauchen. Jetzt, wenn es rauer wird. Lasst uns dagegen halten, Widerstand zeigen, die Schwächsten stärken. Jetzt erst recht.

Aline Blankertz 0 years ago

@danmcquillan beautifully deconstructs the UK AI Action Plan in the @npub1ser0...ykq9 And I love his answer to the widespread "but what do we do if we don't do AI???? what is there to do at all in this world??": "What we urgently need, instead of a political leadership in thrall to AI's aura of total power, is a reassertion of context and agency by returning control to more local and directly democratic structures."

ComputerWeekly.com

Labour

Critical computing expert Dan McQuillan argues that, on top of the clear social and environmental harms associated with the technology, Labour

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Aline Blankertz 1 year ago

Closing the #38c3 : The @CCC community has a strong sense of self-efficacy which also the young ones soon pick up. It has a lot of power because we combine valuable technical knowledge (in so many domains!) and strong anti-fascist values - values we will need to defend and strengthen in the political environment in 2025. I am so grateful for having met many new faces in the last four days, allies with whom to pursue this side by side! ✊ Photo by @Katharina Nocun 🙏

Aline Blankertz 1 year ago

Gemeinsam für die #Antwortfreiheit von Sachverständigen! 27 weitere Menschen haben mit mir ihre Bedenken über eine neue Klausel in Einladungsschreiben an Sachverständige für den Bundestag in einem offenen Brief zum Ausdruck gebracht. Es freut mich unheimlich, Teil dieser Gruppe zu sein! @khaleesi @Malte Engeler @tante [@z_edian](