Das ist #Vorratsdatenspeicherung – Wer kommuniziert mit wem, Route, Uhrzeit, Datum, Größe der Nachricht, Dauer der Aktivität oder Art des Dienstes. Sagt Nein zur VDS! https://digitalegesellschaft.de/2025/08/sagt-nein-zur-vorratsdatenspeicherung/

Uiuiui!!!! Mastodon ist für den Grimme-Online Award im Publikumspreis nominiert. Jetzt liegts an uns – hier entlang zur Abstimmung: https://w1.grimme-online-award.de/goa/voting/ext_voting.pl

More good news! Another government is freeing itself from tech giants and vendor lock-in. The Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is dropping Microsoft Office/365 and moving to #LibreOffice, to get back control: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware

berthub.eu/articles/posts/possible-end-to-end-to-end-come-help/

Some Chat-Control type shit coming up again!

This time, we need people to be there and apply for joining the Expert Group, which right now will be mostly made up of cops.

If we don't get some representation outside of cops in here, the legality of E2EE in Europe is in danger.

#ChatControl #EU #Europe #Privacy

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

Edit/update: THANK YOU for all the people who volunteered to have their avatar show up in the last shot. There were 750+ submissions and only 135 spots - sorry I couldn't include everyone 🥲

#TheFutureIsFederated

🌍🎥 Junge Stimmen für den Klimaschutz! 🎥🌍
Wir haben vor einiger Zeit das Umwelt-Magazin kennengelernt – eine Gruppe engagierter Schüler:innen, die sich für Umwelt- & Klimathemen starkmachen. Sie haben uns ein Video geschickt, das wir gerne teilen! Schaut euch ihre großartige Arbeit an. 💚🌱 #MedienKlimaKrise #wirfuerKv8