International Criminal Court (ICC) Judge Beti Hohler's speech on the consequences of US sanctions against her and the ICC, delivered at the Committee on Legal Affairs' session.

"As a sanctioned person, I no longer have access to American products and services even in Europe. My Apple ID, iCloud, Amazon, Airbnb, PayPal, and other accounts have all been blocked or cancelled. These cancellations happen overnight without advance warning."

#DigitalSovereignty #EuroStack

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Public Interest Digital Innovation - Beyond Big Tech Innovation: Funding & Scaling Public Goods 💯

Panel: Francesca Bria, Meredith Whittaker, Audrey Tang, E. Glen Weyl, Amba Kak, Adriana Groh, Pearse O'Donohue, Barry Lynn
Host: Cristina Caffarra

"We need creative strategies - beyond digital regulation - to combat the concentrated power of digital giants and rebuild the foundations of human rights and democracy online."

Event website: https://beyondbig.tech/
Livestream: https://player.clevercast.com/?account_id=AkN3yR&item_id=2O3mE6

The US Government Has a Microsoft Problem by Wired

Microsoft has stumbled through a series of major cybersecurity failures over the past few years. Experts say the US government’s reliance on its systems means the company continues to get a free pass.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-government-has-a-microsoft-problem/

Happy holidays, everyone! 🥳

"Worldwide spending on software is projected to increase from $916 billion in 2023 to $1.04 trillion next year..."

#OpenSource #Meme

Open Source Innovation as a Potential Lever for Economic Recovery by @linuxfoundation

Author: @cosborne, The Linux Foundation
With a foreword by Henry Chesbrough, Luiss University and UC Berkeley

#OpenSource #SustainableDevelopmentGoals

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/open-source-innovation-economic-recovery

Fireside Chat & Audience Q&A: How did we get here, where are we going? - @AmandaBrock, CEO, OpenUK & Eric Brewer, VP Infrastructure & Google Fellow, Google

Even though the word "curation" makes my eyes roll, a great conversation touching on the realities of making the open source ecosystem sustainable 💯

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQmtVRShUFc&ab_channel=OpenUK

#stateofopencon #SOOCon23 #openuk

Online Safety and How to Protect Our Open Movement, an excellent keynote from Jimmy Wales 💯

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faNEazQp9PM&ab_channel=OpenUK

"The original vision for Wikipedia is for all of us to imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge."

#stateofopencon #SOOCon23 #openuk

Plenaries: Labour's Industrial Strategy for Innovation - Chi Onwurah, Shadow Minister for Science, Research & Technology, Labour MP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O9ux25lWFI&ab_channel=OpenUK

"So, the choice is clear; unlock the power of the digital revolution in the interests of the many or continue to benefit a smaller few, and I know which side open source is." 💯

#stateofopencon #SOOCon23 #openuk