Mastodawn

APC 6h ago

EDRi Jul 24

🔠 In Google’s Alphabet, C stands for control, not compliance.

That’s why with @article19, @fsfe, @HomoDigitalisGR @vrijschrift, we have filed a formal #DMA complaint vs. Alphabet.

Despite clear rules, Android users can’t uninstall pre-installed Google apps, only disable them.

This is deceptive design that limits real choice.

📣 We urge @EU_Commission to act & enforce the #digitalmarketsact.

Read the full complaint ➡️ https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Joint-DMA-complaint-Alphabet-for-publication.pdf

APC 23h ago

>>> A session titled “Can AI Replace the Human Element in Court?” examined the challenges of integrating AI into the judicial process.

Litigants are increasingly using AI to support their cases, either by submitting AI-created evidence or by predicting judicial outcomes based on research into past decisions.

https://www.apc.org/en/blog/working-towards-open-safe-and-rights-respecting-internet

#AIGovernance #IGF2025

APC 23h ago

>>> A Novel Approach to the 11 UN Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace: Guidelines for Gendered Implementation

https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/novel-approach-11-un-norms-responsible-state-behaviour-cyberspace-guidelines-gendered

#GenderandCybersecurity

A Novel Approach to the 11 UN Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace: Guidelines for Gendered Implementation

The framework provided will support states and other entities in the cybersecurity sector in enhancing the security and stability of international cyberspace while also promoting gender equality.

Association for Progressive Communications

APC 1d ago

>>> "Never forget that maps are power".

This month we're talking to @zverik about @everydoor #FLOSS on contributing to #OpenStreetMap, map maintenance & mapping points of interest.

Every Door is an #NGI0 @NGIZero grantee

----> Read the full interview:

https://www.apc.org/en/news/every-door-going-map-user-open-source-map-creator #NextGenerationInternet

APC 1d ago

Ilya Zverev Aug 1

Wrote some words on how englightening it is to go out and map, and why you need to install @streetcomplete and @everydoor right now:

https://www.apc.org/en/news/every-door-going-map-user-open-source-map-creator

Thanks to @XavCC for insightful questions and letting me take a break from all that coding.

Every Door on going from a map user to an open source map creator

Have you ever tried mapping for the OpenStreetMap, a free, editable map of the whole world that is being built by volunteers? Every Door is a mobile app that lets you create and edit objects in it. “With Every Door, I feel like we are bringing power and control to people,” highlights Ilja Zverev from the project in a new interview from our "Building a Free Internet of the Future" monthly series.

Association for Progressive Communications

APC 1d ago

>>> "Never forget that maps are power".

This month we're talking to @zverik about @everydoor #FLOSS on contributing to #OpenStreetMap, map maintenance & mapping points of interest.

Every Door is an #NGI0 @NGIZero grantee

----> Read the full interview:

https://www.apc.org/en/news/every-door-going-map-user-open-source-map-creator #NextGenerationInternet

APC 2d ago

Basyl 3d ago

Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/02/billionaire-big-tech-frugal-elon-musk-innovation

> Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power, says Eleanor Drage, research fellow at Cambridge University

#BigTech #OpenAccess #OpenSource #innovation #collaboration #AI #LLM #B4RN #Rhizomatica #MAJI

cc @APC

APC 4d ago

APC Aug 4

>>> Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. "Frugal tech" will build us all a better world

"Last month at Berlin’s once hippy, now increasingly corporatised Re:publica conference, I met researchers from APC, who are using software-defined radios and spectrum sensing to allow people in low-resource environments to stay connected despite limited bandwidth, power, hardware..."

Thanks Eleanor Drage and @TheGuardian for this great piece on #BigTech #SustainableTech

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/02/billionaire-big-tech-frugal-elon-musk-innovation

APC 4d ago

🙌 A new Tech-Together webinar on “Bridging the Gap from Vision to Fibre Deployment: Community-Centric Approaches in Africa.”

📢 Three online meetings to address how community networks are building local capacity and inclusion through community-led fibre and wireless connectivity.

📌 1st. meeting: Thursday 14 August at 13 UTC

✅ More info and register here 👉 https://www.apc.org/en/event/tech-together-webinar-bridging-gap-vision-fibre-deployment-community-centric-approaches.

#communitynetworks #fiberoptic #DigitalInclusion

@keith

APC 4d ago

APC 5d ago

#FeministTechJoy: Initiatives rekindling expression and creativity on the internet and beyond

>>> The projects celebrate feminist expression, including sexual expression, play and pleasure on the internet. Each seeks to revive joy and creativity online by supporting women and gender-diverse people to imagine and weave alternative digital futures.

https://www.apc.org/en/news/feministtechjoy-initiatives-rekindling-expression-and-creativity-internet-and-beyond #FeministInternet