Jan Wildeboer 😷
So we slowly start to see the mechanisms the US under Trump is establishing to silence and destroy critics or people they deem to be their enemy. From travel bans (Breton, von Hodenberg) to complete isolation from using US American software, banking and payment networks (ICJ/ICC judges and prosecutors). I will continue to untangle my digital life towards personal digital sovereignty. That's also why I am primarily on the Fediverse, by the way.
Also — if you are organising an international conference and still plan for that to take place in the US, think again. You are putting your international audience at risk. Not just Trump critics, also transgender people, non-white people and more groups.
Niko Trimmel@jwildeboer if you're organizing an international conference and plan for more than just USians and europeans to be able to participate, you've have needed to host it outside the US for a while now. Given the visa requirements etc.
🔏 Matthias Wiesmann@nitrml @jwildeboer A significant number of europeans won't go to a conference located in the US, in particular since the requirement to show five year of social network history…