Ecologia DigitalFeb 20
"For our purposes, we can simply define #digitalsovereignty as the exercise of authority or power over the #digitalsphere.
It's important to keep in mind that having #authority over a sphere doesn't mean running that sphere with an iron fist. It is typical of #democratic systems for instance that whoever has authority will use that authority to keep the system #open and to make sure that those who rely on it can act #freely."
https://berjon.com/digital-sovereignty/
Digital Sovereignty

Digital sovereignty has a bad reputation. In internet governance circles, sovereignty is considered awkward enough to be referred to by as the "s-word." It is often associated with misguided attempts at returning to the era of national champions, like building a French search engine or a European Google, or worse with the eternal boogeyman that is the "splinternet." It doesn't have to be this way!

Robin Berjon
Ecologia DigitalDec 11

"…my conclusion is that non-fascists who stay on X do so for a simple reason: they have a completely faulty understanding of how #power works in the #digitalsphere…
If you understand how recommendation #algorithms work, then you understand that there is no limit to how unbalanced the amplification of certain voices and suppression of others can be. You could have 8 billion people on X and only 800 fascists, and yet the fascists would still crowd you out."
#mustread

https://berjon.com/fascintern-media/

Fascintern Media

We are facing a coordinated international fascist movement that works with explicit backing from Moscow, Washington, and tech monopolies, and is propagating itself through its own media apparatus. Yet people who claim to side with democracy keep doing work to support Fascintern media because they misunderstand how it works. This needs to change.

Robin Berjon
Show threadXamanismo ColetivoApr 8, 2025

#DigitalSovereignity needs #StructuralPower

"Who enforces digital standards such as those that come from the #IETF or the #W3C?
In a few cases, it is state power (e.g. accessibility in some jurisdictions) but that's rare. In some other cases, it's market discipline… But most of the important areas of the #digitalsphere have stopped being open, competitive markets over a decade ago so that the market no longer has a credible disciplining function to enforce #standards. What matters is who has the #structuralpower to deploy the standards they want to see and avoid those they dislike."
@robin

https://berjon.com/digital-sovereignty/

Digital Sovereignty

Digital sovereignty has a bad reputation. In internet governance circles, sovereignty is considered awkward enough to be referred to by as the "s-word." It is often associated with misguided attempts at returning to the era of national champions, like building a French search engine or a European Google, or worse with the eternal boogeyman that is the "splinternet." It doesn't have to be this way!

Robin Berjon