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Archives for 16 July 2021

Bookmark: The Tower of Babel: How Public Interest Internet is Trying to Save Messaging and Banish Big Social Media

16 July 2021 by Frank Meeuwsen

The Tower of Babel: How Public Interest Internet is Trying to Save Messaging and Banish Big Social Media by Cory Doctorow (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

This blog post is part of a series, looking at the public interest internet—the parts of the internet that don’t garner the headlines of Facebook or Google, but quietly provide public goods and useful services without requiring the scale or the business practices of the tech giants. Read our…

Een duidelijke uitleg hoe vrije communicatie tussen ons wordt gehinderd door de private belangen van derde partijen. The public interest internet is giving us tracking-free alternatives, interoperable services, and tools that put user needs and human thriving before "engagement" and "stickiness.”

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16 July 2021 by Frank Meeuwsen

Europe’s Software Problem – Bert Hubert’s writings (Bert Hubert’s writings)

Europe’s communication needs are currently almost exclusively delivered by Chinese hardware that connects us to US-based platforms. For a variety of reasons, this is not a good idea.
As stated recently by Charles Michel, President of the European Council, “Interdependence is natural, even desirable. Over-dependence, however, is not”.
Photo by Sara Kurfeß on Unsplash
At the core, the problem is that almost no consumer-oriented platforms or software products are being created in Europe, or more precisely, by European companies.

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Bookmark: The internet is not broken. People are. – Manu

16 July 2021 by Frank Meeuwsen

The internet is not broken. People are. – Manu (manuelmoreale.com)

Een waar woord. Most people are not chasing freedom of expression. They’re chasing fame. Quantity over quality seems to be the law of the modern web.

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