A very nice quote from Leandra Voss on the topic of age-gating platforms like Youtube, TikTok or Meta's: “age restrictions shift the blame away from the harmful design of the platforms. Thus they simply delay when this harm is done to people.”

Read the full text here: https://edri.org/our-work/dsa-vs-reality-are-children-safer-online/

#digitaldemocracy #age_verification #onlinesafety

We like to think walls belong to the past.
They don’t.
They evolve.
What once looked like walls made of concrete now show up as narratives, algorithms, and silent lines we don’t question enough.
https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/invisible-walls-fear-control-division?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#Democracy #DigitalDemocracy
#MediaLiteracy #Disinformation
#Systemsthinking #PoliticalEducation
#AlgorithmicBias #PublicSphere

#DigitalDemocracy

Repost this if you want to respect privacy and have #DigitalFreedom from all oppressive age verification laws like those that target operating systems and app stores. #PrivacyFirst #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #StopOSSpies #NoAgeSignals #FirstAmendment #FourthAmendment #Linux

A lot of people mention that AI is so expensive that there is no way to make a sustainable business model. AlgorithmWatch points out the strong alignment on surveillance between states and big AI companies, which could provide a way out: states - especially authoritarian ones - could end up paying for AI, as a surveillance apparatus: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/maybe-there-is-no-ai-bubble/ It's a good read.

That's a good segue to advertise the QuitGPT call https://quitgpt.org/, which states exactly the same: OpenAI is supporting dictatorish, and using alternative chatbots will hurt, and possibly bankrupt, them before they can embed themselves too deep into everyday life. See also Rutger Bregman on the same topic: https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41803922.html

#digitalsovereignty #democracy #digitalrights #digitaldemocracy

Digitalisierung passiert. Aber wie gestalten wir sie so, dass sie uns alle voranbringt? Es geht um mehr als neue Tools. Es geht um Demokratie, Ethik und soziale Verantwortung. Beim Fachtag „Demokratische Digitalisierung“ der AKTIVOLI-FreiwilligenAkademie tauchen wir gemeinsam ein in die Welt von ethischer KI, digitaler Strategie und partizipativen Entscheidungen – praxisnah, interaktiv und mit Raum für Austausch.

https://infodienst-makeit.social/aktivoli-fachtag-demokratische-digitalisierung-digital-ethisch-machbar/

#digitalethics #opendata #Digitalisierung #Beratung #OpenSource #Vernetzung #Inklusion #Austausch #Datenschutz #DigitaleKommunikation #digitaleTeilhabe #Hamburg #civictec #ai #digitaldemocracy #digitaleinklusion

Thank you, Florian 🇦🇹

This handmade wooden dollhouse with LED lights, crafted in Estonia by Gerardo’s Toys, is on its way to Austria.
Built from safe materials, designed to last, and made to inspire imagination and social play.

https://eurocrazy.org/products/wooden-dollhouse-crystal-with-led-lights

Every purchase supports quality, ethics, and democracy.

#MadeInEurope #EthicalToys #DigitalDemocracy #MadeInDemocracy

Democracy needs digital spaces built for humans, not bots.

That’s why we encourage you to join the waitlist for W, a new European alternative to X — based on verified users, transparency, and free speech.

👉 https://wsocial.eu/

We also invite you to use and strengthen existing European networks like Mastodon, Monnett, and Bluesky.

@eurocrazy

#DigitalDemocracy #Europe #FreeSpeech #MadeInDemocracy

"AI poses substantial threats and opportunities for democracy in an important year ahead for global democracy. Despite the threats, AI technologies can also improve representative politics, citizen participation, and governance."

Yet another example of the value of and need for interdisciplinary work on #DigitalGovernance #DigitalDemocracy and #AI

https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2026/01/ai-and-democracy-mapping-the-intersections