Wouter Tebbens ⁂

working for a value-based economy, helping people and organisations to join the transition and build a human centred digital age.

Co-founder of Free Knowledge Institute, femProcomuns cooperative, Meet.coop, CommonsCloud, TTN.cat/XOIC.coop. Fellow @ Commons Network, former director PublicSpaces.net.

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2026-10-26 09:46:01 UTC

[@Tutanota](https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota ) For some days I cannot access your domains tuta.com and tutanota.com is there anything wrong with the service?

2026-10-25 10:26:34 UTC

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Wat als enkele scholen hun eigen connected community space vormgeven met Bonfire waar alleen hun community op kan (leerlingen en personeel)? En als ze die onderling verbinden, dus alleen met de scholen en gelijkgestemde online gemeenschappen. Dat is een zgn. Archipelago. Zie ook hoe mentaal.nl dat doet in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg. @npub18kk…0r8c heeft er een mooi artikel over.

2026-10-17 16:40:48 UTC

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Thanks for the link, @npub12mv…0kgj !

2026-10-16 16:19:59 UTC

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The illustration, even if in Dutch, and generated, says more than a 1000 words.
Different community islands (all different mental health networks) choose to connect with each other and brdige to the wider Fediverse, but see the gate is closed on the right side to a burning fossil fuel extraction pit.
And at the left it is clear that the bridge to BigTech is on fire 😉
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/451/473/750/763/694/original/a5f20d2ea1e50bed.png

2026-10-16 07:52:11 UTC

In-depth article by Linux Magazine on the Fediverse with interviews with Ivan and Mayel from @npub14rp…za3l and @npub1urx…v0z4
A good read to share
- About the Open Science Network, the archipielago set-up and the Jacobin.de case (all Bonfire)
- About the ActivityPub standard with federation between servers and client-server with the apps
- About living systems that are brought in by sensor networks about which the neighbours can have conversations.
- About solidarity networks. Such as @npub1mnc…05w9 – a community first and a set of
deployment tools and recipes second - of which Bonfire and also the #DemocraticTechFund are members
- Also about how #VentureCapital money typically results in shiny but extractive businesses that turn into an #enshittification process to return maximum profit to shareholders. Instead we can have networks of community centred ventures and cooperative platforms, such as @npub1yq9…z5wx. And public funding channeled through e.g. @npub1n8y…l96n
https://nlnet.nl/media/Digital-Autonomy-Fediverse.pdf

2026-10-15 09:53:28 UTC

RE: https://social.edu.nl/@OpenTech_AUC/117441360356750484
The Trump regime continues its battle against collective communication infra that is not under corporate control.
Even after A/I dismantling they ordered the Dutch to seize a server in Amsterdam. Of course the NL police cooperated, completely unaware of the changed int'l relations.
What about #DigitalAutonomy? Or even the much proclaimed goal of #TechSovereignty ?
It appears to me that we must fight back and build our own collective infra. Nobody else is going to do it for you.
#note13fp…y32g

2026-10-14 07:44:20 UTC

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The central result is a “Wheel of Contributions”: Pledge → Contribution → Recognition → Participation. Partners commit, contribute, get recognised for what they bring, and gain a real voice in co-governance, with clearer partner roles and a dedicated participation space (working name: Co.Consul).
What I appreciate most is that the team looked honestly at its own model, and then took it to its partners at ConsulCon instead of keeping it internal. That is how a commons gets built: with the community, in the open.
Thank you to the whole CDF team and Board for the trust and the pleasant collaboration so far. Looking forward to seeing the next steps unfold! @npub10xh…8fwg
#opensource #digitalcommons #participatorydemocracy #governance #civictech

2026-10-14 07:41:02 UTC

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Consul started in 2015 at Madrid City Council and is now used by 140+ cities and organisations. The question we worked on: how do you turn a widely used piece of #civictech into a true #commons, where more of the people who benefit also contribute and help steer?
In three online sessions in July we:
- used the Five Pillar framework for commons sustainability to map where CDF stands today
- compared notes with other open source and commons projects, including PublicSpaces in the Netherlands
- sketched where the Foundation wants to grow
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/438/115/378/079/434/original/f4d3b122ce7fec89.png

2026-10-14 07:35:57 UTC

This summer I had the pleasure of accompanying the Consul Democracy Foundation (CDF) team in a reflection on their governance and sustainability model. They’ve now published the story of that journey, and I’m honoured by how thoughtfully they’ve documented it: https://consuldemocracy.org/2026/09/towards-a-digital-commons-improving-our-governance-model/
@npub10xh…8fwg #democratictech #civictech
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/438/105/143/661/902/original/61d0ef266da07cb5.png

2026-10-13 07:19:23 UTC

RE: https://social.coop/@fkinstitute/117400583267308270
The launch of the DTF crowd fund platform will start on Oct 29th; if you happen to be in Barcelona, join us at MozFest at the 4D event: https://4d.cat/en/conference/
#note10f3…99af

2026-10-13 07:16:40 UTC

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Be welcome to join our DTF crowd fund masterclass tomorrow. Free for all DTF members. And DTF membership starts at free Open Community membership ;-)
Of course Democratic Tech is only democratic when its members have shared responsibility for its existence and make some contribution. We want to make contributing as accessible low threshold as possible. Some are already making financial contributions, while others contribute some time. That's very valuable and appreciated.
When you join as DTF member, we're happy to share the DTF conference room link with you.

2026-10-12 16:28:33 UTC

For people in search of an introduction to the Fediverse, I love @npub1sdd…tnkl 's "landing post for people curious about the Fediverse"
Ofc with great video's by [@_elena](https://mastodon.social/@_elena ) and @npub1xt4…qzn0 with practical tips and a good framing of "tech is political"
https://mishathings.org/posts/fediverse-landing-page/
Possibly you could add the POSSE strategy, "publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere", which is relevant for organisations willing to have some control of their communications.
Practical ways to get started, if you're new on the Fedi, also include Starterpacks, e.g. by @npub1c23…7hg6: https://fedidevs.com/starter-packs/

2026-10-10 12:51:47 UTC

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/117413788641216975
The Norwegian Consumer Council strikes again. The Enshitificator now teams up with Death. They make life shorter. True partners in crime.
#Enshittification #plannedobsolescence @npub1hge…camh
#note1y3p…r6ef

2026-10-10 12:36:05 UTC

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good to travel to take another perspective on your home town. And even more if you travel back in time.

2026-10-06 16:55:19 UTC

Today prof Mariana Mazzucato presents her latest book, The Common Good Economy, at CIDOB in Barcelona.
She proposes to anchor common good objectives in the missions of pubçic services and the economy in general. The government should regulate re-distrivutive instead of correcting market failures after they occur.
BTW her Spanish is really good!
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/394/993/177/638/914/original/3687a0c67dad996e.jpg
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/394/993/923/612/257/original/3cb1813d18d8ce44.jpg
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2026-09-26 09:05:07 UTC

"Solidarity Funding for Technology in the Commons"
Coming Tuesday the Bread.coop solidarity fund has a webinar with us to explain the launch of Democratic Tech crowd fund platform and explore possible relationships between us.
-> Tuesday 29th September
-> 17h CET
-> at meet.coop
-> registration is free through the link:
https://dandelion.events/e/solidaritydemocratictech
#democratictech #solidarityfund #SSE #dtf let's get #DownToFund
CC:
@npub1p4r…47gm @npub1hge…camh @npub1why…p84l @npub1rln…akgc @npub1drf…fpxa @npub1paa…wrc8 [@Goteo](https://mastodon.social/@Goteo ) [@platoniq](https://mastodon.social/@platoniq )
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/336/502/950/373/849/original/ceb4fd27300efdec.jpg

2026-09-25 05:19:55 UTC

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Hi @npub1dc4…w6gv, edet seems interesting indeed. How is the uptake, the community behind it?
I'm no expert of mutual credit, but have been following the Holochain project for years. They have a mc system that's being piloted in several usecases. How would edet compare with hc?
@npub1why…p84l @npub1rln…akgc

2026-09-22 13:46:16 UTC

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absolutely, it is clear that a few of us have been to leave or stay out of tiktok, instance, FB. But still a massive number of humans is there, being addicted, manipulated, locked in or finding it too hard to leave. Really a social network effect. How will you, or we, mobilise them to move to a decent network? When most politicians can also not stand up too much against these Big Social Media.

2026-09-22 10:49:45 UTC

This theatre work in Barcelona is being banned by Meta for covering Virginia Wolf and/or "social topics".
How clear evidence of the censoring of social issues, by the #MassiveManipulationMachine
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/21/meta-ban-virginia-woolf-a-room-of-ones-own-barcelona-teatre-raval
#meta #instagram #censorship

2026-09-22 09:49:44 UTC

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About the extractivist AI chain:
https://mastodon.social/@ana_valdi/117313726990556326
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/314/062/404/087/079/original/724c60b965c292bf.png

2026-09-22 07:34:16 UTC

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#NoAlsMegacentresDeDades
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/117/313/525/800/368/738/original/85f37c448c082894.jpg

2026-09-22 07:08:50 UTC

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congrats, good lookin!

2026-09-21 16:40:37 UTC

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Som-hi, és important i urgent de mobilitzar-nos contra aquest cop digital. Si la sobirania, o l'autonomia digital, la terra en que vivim, la gent amb qui vivim, ens importa, doncs fem el crit al cel, parem aquest acceleracionisme digital i construim alternatives. Les tenim, i moltes. És questió de voluntat política i confiança en les comunitats.

2026-09-17 06:01:48 UTC

"Waarom boeren ontkennen dat hun koeien het klimaat veranderen"
Minder koeien, minder methaan, daar moeten we aan: hier komt Thomas Oudman @npub1d0t…awdm met een duidelijk verhaal op weg naar een gedeelde werkelijkheid.
https://decorrespondent.nl/17248/waarom-boeren-ontkennen-dat-hun-koeien-het-klimaat-veranderen/7dacfb2d-e72d-0ffb-2318-6191d7367597

2026-09-15 15:39:05 UTC

A serious threat to our sovereignty: many communication infrastructures use Let's Encrypt for their SSL certificates. It's the open source way to have free certificates and secure communications. But what if the Trump regime puts your organisation on the list of the undesired, i.e. sanctions you, considers you a terrorist?
Not only will you loose your US based platform accounts, credit cards, ..., and probably your bank accounts. But also your open source SSL encryption magic will stop working.
Exposed by [@thomasfricke](https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfricke ) and @ajuvo
https://media.ccc.de/v/2026-670-es-wird-personlich-risiken-fehlender-digitaler-souveranitat-fur-individuen-organisationen-und-regierungen

2026-09-05 15:53:59 UTC

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2026-09-05 15:43:22 UTC

The EU's Blocking Statute should protect EU citizens for lawful operation when "third countries" - such as the US - apply sanctions to them.
Example 1: ICC judges being sanctioned by the Trump regime. They cannot be served by US companies (most dominant digital platforms + all credit cards), but even EU companies feel threatened by the US administration to service them. The #BlockingStatute would sanction EU companies when they'd comply with such US interventions.
Example 2: when Trump and his vassals listed the A/I communications infrastructure as terrorist, EU banks start having problems to maintain their bank account. In this case, [@bancaetica](https://mastodon.social/@bancaetica ) - of which I'm a co-owning member - considers cancelling their account in order to avoid jeopardising my and other 130k members' bank accounts, when threatened by the US.
In such cases the Blocking Statute should (if applied) force operators to not comply with 3rd country legislation, in order to protect EU citizens
https://finance.ec.europa.eu/eu-and-world/open-strategic-autonomy/extraterritoriality-blocking-statute_en

2026-08-20 15:47:26 UTC

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Ente looks good. There's also the Immich server + local app/web . You can selfhost, or take an account at e.g. @npub1w56…t4ha

2026-08-02 10:35:45 UTC

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Thanks for alerting me on @npub15n8…wkx0
I have created a profile and made a first post: https://bizzfed.de/posts/1872406745947634629
Now how can I keep an eye on the activity there, if I'd like to keep my limited attention to this social.coop account and to my mailbox? I guess I'll be notified there (mailbox) if someone calls my attention and I need to checkout my bizzfed login?

2026-08-02 09:18:38 UTC

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and then there's Macron...

2026-08-02 08:29:57 UTC

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Voor #DoeiDag - op mijn mobiele telefoon met Android zonder Google gebruik ik m.n. deze apps:
- Organic Maps / CoMaps voor routes en navigatie
- OpenTracks om mijn wandel- en fietsroutes te tracken (kan je daarna mooi afbeelden kn de CoMaps!)
- K9 voor email
- Signal en Element
- Tusky voor mijn mastodon accounts
Heel fijn dat die apps zo goed werken, zelfs zonder enige vorm van Google. e/OS als degooglified Android besturingssysteem werkt prima. Tegenwoordig, op nieuwere versies bij Fairphone, of bij @npub1hn8…g0mt, hoef ik dat niet meer zelf te installeren. Voor mij een mooie combinatie van privacy, digitale autonomie en gebruikersvriendelijkheid.
@npub1tc9…jjtx @npub1mtr…trt0

2026-07-28 07:22:29 UTC

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We are setting up the DemocraticTech.Fund as a capacity building machinerie to help communities who want to own their spaces. Bonfire can be one piece of the puzzle. Of course the puzzle to do this in a sustainable way isn't only tech, but this is certainly one piece to keep your eye on.

2026-07-28 07:20:27 UTC

RE: https://social.coop/@Wtebbens/116992673882266783
Bonfire has evolved into an incredible toolset to build your own Connected Community Space. What long has been a promise is now showing off in three new communities:
* Jacobin.de a socialist magazine where the subscribers connect backstage with the publishing team to contribute to the research and production of articles
* Totnes Pulse, a UK transition town that is moving away from Facebook Groups, where its members organise events, news and vote in groups.
* Mentaal, a Dutch alliance of mental health organisations, where patients can join online safe spaces, which are connected only to trusted other spaces in the form of an 'archipielago'
Bonfire for Communities (https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-for-communities/) is a promising piece of your solution if you consider designing your own socials.
@npub14rp…za3l

2026-07-27 14:36:23 UTC

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dank voor de tip; heb hem niet gelezen noch. Maar zet hem.op mijn lijst. Ik zie overigens dat de originele versie al voor iedereen beschikbaar is https://projekt-gutenberg.org/authors/robert-musil/books/der-mann-ohne-eigenschaften-erstes-buch/
Mijn Duits is ietwat verroest en ik zal lijken waar ik Robert Musil: De man zonder eigenschappen te pakken krijg. Misschien een weggeef bibliotheek of Rataplan, voor een papieren versie, of toch een ePub?

2026-07-25 16:36:24 UTC

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Zuzai, the recursive acronym, or retronym, stands for:
"Zuzai uses zero artificial intelligence"
Like GNU's Not Unix
Can be used in many ways; "a zuzai piece of art", " a zuzai app", "today i'll be totally zuzai".
#zuzai is nicer than #NoAI or #no_ai_slop; it's a positive declaration or adjective.

2026-07-25 14:52:29 UTC

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Hi @npub1wl5…vs4x wild fires are a serious problem. Google as well, but on another level ;-) So I just checked for you what better maps there are available with open data visualisations. I stumbled upon this one, it has a richer combination of data sources: https://incendiosespaña.es/
Depending on where exactly you're going, the firefighting services tend to have their official maps as well, such as here in Catalonia: https://focs.cat/mapa (which I think is integrated in the above web).
Not necessary to rely on Big Google :)

2026-07-21 06:45:01 UTC

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time ago I observed their inactivity andere now this. Maybe our friends in Berlin know more about it, what happened with FairMondo? @npub1why…p84l @npub1rln…akgc

2026-07-14 11:59:52 UTC

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Thank you @npub17f3…hrka team and @npub1umd…wfr7 and the wonderful decentralised web communities. It was a pleasure to get together @ Alte Hölle.
So great to see so many friends and likeminded people who are standing up against the @npub1hge…camh and authoritarianism.

2026-07-03 17:09:02 UTC

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P2P financing models in cooperative ecosystems
Idea Stage
10 July 15-16h
by @npub1why…p84l and @npub1rln…akgc
Grounded practices, real cases, and alternative financing tools. The question is no longer whether the current model is broken; most people in the room already know it is. The real question is more demanding: what approaches already exist that allows us to fund democratic digital infrastructure differently, and what still needs to be invented? This session focuses on concrete practices from the Social and Solidarity Economy: cooperative financing, civic crowdfunding, peer-to-peer finance, and public-commons partnerships capable of sustaining technologies that serve collective needs rather than extractive growth.
#SSE #cooperativism #p2pfinancing #mutualcredit
https://talx.dod.ngo/dwebcamp-2026/talk/PHHFNF/

2026-07-03 17:04:02 UTC

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Introducing the Democratic Tech Fund: Building Social Capacity for Digital Autonomy
2026-07-09 15:00–15:10, Birch Salon
A lightning talk situating the Democratic Tech Fund on four pillars: open source, decentralisation, cooperative social and solidarity economy, and commons. This talk will situate the audience in why the Democratic Tech Fund, what means “democratic”, “democratic tech”, “tech fund” and all together: what does DTF really stand for? How can this be a collective action network for the transition towards collective digital autonomy.
#dweb #dtf @npub1hge…camh
https://talx.dod.ngo/dwebcamp-2026/talk/LD7UAE/

2026-07-03 17:01:34 UTC

We'll be gathering at the @npub17f3…hrka camp in Alte Holle/Berlin from 8-12 July, together with people working on the crossroads of #opensource #decentralisation #cooperative #SSE Social and Solidarity Economy and #commoning
I'm really happy that we decided collectively to do this, when we were together at the @npub1933…q89d in Amsterdam last February.
We'll be working together shaping the building up of the Democratic Tech Fund Below a list of the workshops and sessions we're part of (directly), while weaving connections with all people and communities working in solidarity towards a decent world, based on shared, democratic tech that works for our communities and not against us.
d:t:f #DTF
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2026-05-18 09:18:20 UTC

RE: https://newsie.social/@royaards/116594142035336090
Today @npub1zr8…uyhp delighted our day with another of his amazing cartoons, depicting AI slop packaged in a hamburger chain this time.
The dirty brown stuff these robots put in the hamburgers makes me think of another such metaphor: @npub1fdr…lvhs's #Enshittification :-)
Well, I've never been a fan of hamburger chains, and with these images in mind, it'll be nearly impossible to get me to eat that shit.
Mmm... Massive manipulation machines
Poor healthy nutrition guy at the left, in this post-facts world.
#note1akw…8lta

2026-05-15 06:50:20 UTC

In July we'll be participating at @npub17f3…hrka Camp near Berlin, with @npub1p4r…47gm @npub1psg…v4pf @npub1g0q…ca04 @npub1why…p84l and @npub1rln…akgc and others to work together on the #DemocraticTechFund
We expect many people working together on the intersection of open source, cooperative solidarity economy and commons.
If you want to join us at #DWebCamp, note that Early Bird ticket sales and #CfP close today at 23:59 CET!
Get your tickets and submit your ideas soon!
https://dwebcamp.org

2026-05-12 08:14:32 UTC

At the UAB TANC Congress - The Apocalypse is Not Coming - apocalyptic narratives are questioned.
"We in the Global North are in love with the apocalypse. Just take a look at the catalogues of major television platforms and you will agree," Marco Armiero.
"We should question these narratives, build resistance and overcome them"
Co-organised by Maria del Mar Griera and a multidisciplinary team at ICTA, ISOR research groups at [@uab](https://autonoma.social/@uab )
#TANC
https://webs.uab.cat/apocalypse-conf/programme/#openingkeynote
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2026-03-19 14:32:07 UTC

This report by Laurens Hof (from the [@fediversereport](https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/c/fediversity/fediverse-report/83 )) about the purpose of protocols is really insightful. Good that @npub1n8y…l96n has provided support for this work.
About AT protocol and ActivityPub, and values (not) defined in the protocol.
His conclusions: "An open protocol that does not answer the governance question will still receive an answer, but it will be written by whichever actors make themselves indispensable first."
https://connectedplaces.online/the-purpose-of-protocols/

2026-03-17 11:25:25 UTC

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Hi @npub1p09…m5vl thanks, that'd be really nice. If you'd like we have a matrix space here: https://matrix.to/#/#democratictechfund:matrix.org
We're in this creative process called 'prototyping', so be prepared, lots of moving parts that are in process to be defined and set up.

2026-03-17 09:44:47 UTC

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We recently came together with a dozen likeminded organisations in Amsterdam, at the @npub1933…q89d and moved from concept development into prototyping. We're working to setup the membership onboarding and minimum viable governance, and allow people to make contributions in time and through donations. We're working towards the @npub17f3…hrka gathering in Berlin between 8-12 July, with a growing group of people. Really happy to see people join us in the matrix space and bring in their experience and love.

2026-03-17 09:40:36 UTC

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We think there is much more chance for success if we initiate this bottom-up, democratically, through commoning, instead of leaving it to the market or the state alone.
We are confident that together we can make this work, and overcome the doomsday scenarios as preached by Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos with their elitist space adventures.

2026-03-17 09:39:59 UTC

There is an awful lot of work that needs to be done, and it is at the same time amazing that so much IS being done by so many people and communities around the globe, to increase our resilience, autonomy and sovereignty moving out of the tentacles of BigTech, and their authoritarian political partners.
With the #DemocraticTechFund we are setting in motion a collective process to bring together what is already there and to make the transition together. Making the transition, we are identifying use cases that need our collective support, to mobilise people and donations to bring them to fruition, to maturity.
We think this needs to be done together: by citizens and committed organisations, multiplied by public and private institutions.
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/243/845/179/398/097/original/df020b6b3913e00e.png

2026-03-14 21:50:17 UTC

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So to invite people to our cooperative community on the fedi, use this link to join @npub1yq9…z5wx: https://invite.jointhefediverse.net/?server=social.coop
Thanks @npub1kqc…7wgd !

2026-03-14 08:27:39 UTC

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OpenCollective responded to our collective concerns about identity verification and halted their use of Persona. I'm really happy to see this reaction by @npub14h9…7ass -
https://opencollective.com/opensource/updates/on-kyc-checks-and-persona
Thanks to @npub1xse…lgk3 to raise the alarm bells and so many who spoke up in this rather sensitive matter - people do need the money for their communities, but we need to have more control over the process. OpenCollective and @npub1d8e…x6ug are important actors here for the ecosystem.
Of course much concern remains for the reliance on US law (OpenCollective) and all credit card payment providers are under US control. Recall what happened to the ICC judges? So we need to work towards more reliable systems under our control.
To be continued. The @npub1p4r…47gm and the DemocraticTech.Fund will be working with these concerns in mind.

2026-03-13 10:32:12 UTC

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I am profoundly worried about age verification and more so to see @npub14h9…7ass join the Peter Thiel backed Persona.
We're here together precisely to fight against these techbros, to resist tech monopolies and surveillance capitalism, to help people become autonomous and assure basic human values as privacy and solidarity.
We should be able to give donations without becoming part of the authoritarian tech stack? Well that's what we work on together. So let's hope OpenCollective reverts course.

2026-03-10 10:29:16 UTC

Just to not forget the economic extraction that we're suffering from BigTech. Only the cloud services business in Europe extracts some 264B €, as calculated in the Asterès Report.
That generates an estimated 2 million jobs in the US instead of generating them in our local communities.
That's one of the costs of NOT having #DigitalAutonomy and #TechnologicalSovereignty
Here in English: https://www.cigref.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TECHNOLOGICAL-DEPENDENCE-ON-AMERICAN-SOFTWARE-AND-CLOUD-SERVICES-AN-ASSESSMENT-OF-THE-ECONOMIC-CONSEQUENCES.pdf
cc @npub1hge…camh #BigTech #extraction

2026-01-03 08:55:49 UTC

With the military attacks on Venezuela as a last drop, and especially because of the radical US strategy to 1. Impose digital colonialism 2. Its tariffs and 3. Force the buying of US weapons, we have to make radical choices. US gov is not our friend (any more).
Either we continue as a colony or we rebuild our economy locally, in the EU, strengthening EU collaboration instead of weakening.
Time then for boycott and transitioning away from US dependency. Start with Digital Independence #diday

2025-12-29 09:28:31 UTC

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Hi @npub1xh4…lsh0 what you are doing sounds like a very well curated set of webapps offered as a service! Did you know of #CoopCloud the cooperative cloud community that collectively builds and maintains a "configuration commons" for precisely that? https://coopcloud.tech
[@_elena](https://mastodon.social/@_elena ) @npub1fdr…lvhs

2025-12-10 12:27:17 UTC

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.
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-launch-digital-commons-edic-support-sovereign-european-digital-infrastructure-and
#DCEDIC #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty

2025-11-13 09:01:43 UTC

Marta Villegas, director of Language Technologies @ Barcelona Super Computing, presenting about public digital infrastructure in AI. Key projects ALIA (http://alia.gob.es), AINA (https://projecteaina.cat/).
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/541/561/886/795/362/original/0c63f832e7037dd1.jpg

2025-10-08 14:21:23 UTC

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Mooi stuk van Lubach inderdaad. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VvxYg6YdEsc&pp=0gcJCfwJAYcqIYzv
(En sorry voor het delen van een Youtube video)

2025-06-14 07:28:37 UTC

Universal legacy from the Mauthausen camp survivors:
"The permanence in the camp, lasting years, has reinforced in our minds the knowledge of the value of brotherhood among the people of all nations. True to these ideals, we make a solemn oath to continue to fight, firm and united, against imperialism and against the instigation of hatred between peoples.”
The first Jewish Anti-zionist Congress: joining forces with Palestinians and allies in the struggle against Zionism
https://www.juedisch-antizionistisch.at/en

2025-06-04 08:25:42 UTC

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So, be aware of #SovereigntyWashing
Of course #BigTech will do everything to claim they're committed to #publicvalues and sovereignty.
Real steps towards sovereignty are about emancipating us from these tech oligopolies, set up infra under our control, auditable, open source and with local & EU service providers.
Is it easy? Nope, but step by step we can do it, all together. And generate a few million jobs in the process, in the EU.

2025-06-04 08:22:05 UTC

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4) "protect and defend Europe's cybersecurity": it is wellknown that a systems monoculture (many Win computers) makes them weak spots for attack
5) "strengthen Europe's competitiveness, even oss" well that's laughable! Of course with github they publish lots of oss, but economically they're a huge drain, see e.g. the #AsterèsReport

2025-06-04 08:21:26 UTC

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Likewise Microsoft has made their commitments to European sovereignty, https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/04/30/european-digital-commitments/
Each of these 5 points is highly disputable to not say: false.
1) of course M$ wants to shape the EU AI ecosystem
2) how is M$ going to guarantee "EU digital resilience when there's geopolitical volatility"? They must follow US laws, see ICC case.
3) "protect privacy of European data": how can we audit this? There are many court cases signalling the opposite.

2025-06-04 08:06:05 UTC

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What happened to the ICC - being blocked by Microsoft at Trump's orders - can happen as much with these sovereignwashing clouds from Google, isn't it?
If you didn't read about the ICC being cut of from their email and cloud, read this: https://www.techzine.eu/news/privacy-compliance/131536/microsofts-icc-blockade-digital-dependence-comes-at-a-cost/

2025-06-04 08:04:24 UTC

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About Google Sovereign Cloud, and Distributed Cloud hosting:
"giving customers flexibility and choice",
-> yes, of course, but always dependent on Google HQ, and the Capitol.
https://cloud.google.com/sovereign-cloud

2025-06-04 08:01:12 UTC

#DigitalSovereignty is at the top of the political agenda, finally, that's good. But strange things (or not so much) are happening.
Like this one: The Luxembourg gov is moving to Google Distributed Cloud, see https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/luxembourg-govt-launches-sovereign-cloud/ and it is framed as "sovereign".
The Dutch minister for Digital Affairs (outgoing) is so inspired and might follow.
But wait a minute: a managed cloud service by Google, how much sovereignty does that give to you?
Seems more like a case of #SovereigntyWashing

2025-05-27 16:57:48 UTC

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PeerTube, the Fediverse social video platform, runs a crowdfunding campaign with goal # 1 to open up their premium service to everyone
And to spread the word about their improved mobile app. https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/
Support them and use #PeerTube, together we rebuild the web as a public values and community governed network.
@npub17gp…7p4g

2025-05-16 07:24:08 UTC

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Update: the International Criminal Court is indeed banned from using Microsoft, when Trump put the ICC on the sanctions list.
https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3
Here about the ICC chief prosecutor Khan:
"Microsoft, for example, cancelled Khan’s email address, forcing the prosecutor to move to Proton Mail, a Swiss email provider, ICC staffers said. His bank accounts in his home country of the U.K. have been blocked. "

2025-03-19 12:18:21 UTC

With the Big Tech oligarchs taking more and more power, the time has come to reflect and mobilise more people into action.
Here's my article about that: https://freeknowledge.eu/bigtech-transition-to-sovereignty
#bigtech #transition #digitalsovereignty #MakeSocialsSocialAgain #VamonosJuntas #SomhiJuntes

2024-11-24 07:16:37 UTC

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Jan, don't all B2C companies keep at least some data about their customers? At least contact and consumption data. The problem arises when profiling and "personalisation" comes into play and the business becomes to extract value of the data.

2024-11-23 19:55:31 UTC

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Maybe we should exclude the SMEs from this obligation, or they could be out of business if they'd need to send paper letters. Although VC-based startups also fall in that category. At least exclude all not for profit companies.