GreenNet

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The not-for-profit internet collective for anyone interested in #peace, environment and #humanrights. Founder member of APC.org, and from 1986 connecting NGOs and UN across continents (Prof Peter Willets says first true public inter-net ).

Nowadays we provide web design and hosting, email services, UK broadband and many other things - including Mastodon.

Status page: https://status.greennet.org.uk/

For enquiries, please email [email protected] or ring +44 (0) 330 355 4011

Websitehttps://www.greennet.org.uk/
Status pagehttps://status.greennet.org.uk/
Working fromLondon & Europe
Established347 ppm CO₂
GreenNetJan 23
Alternatives in UKJan 23
Woo-hoo - the first unsolicited submission via our newly updated system. Thanks @greennet !
GreenNetJan 15
APCJan 13

>>> The call for narratives on community-centred connectivity initiatives and environmental justice is still open. Share your stories, case studies or reflections in this intersection, joining the call and sending your proposals before 31 January.

----> Read more about the call here👉 https://www.apc.org/en/news/open-call-narratives-community-centred-connectivity-initiatives-and-environmental-justice

#CommunityNetworks #EnvironmentalJustice #callfornarratives

@Colnodo @redesac_mx @sursiendo @pangea_org

GreenNetJan 15
Open Rights GroupJan 14

The UK government's climbdown over mandatory Digital ID is a victory for ORG and other groups that warned of the threats to everyone's civil liberties.

BUT questions still remain.

Despite this latest U-turn, neither the scheme nor the giant pricetag have gone away entirely.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/13/government-rolls-back-digital-identity-card-plans

#DigitalID #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #ID #digitalrights

UK government rolls back key part of digital ID card plans

Workers will be able to use other identification for right to work, meaning digital form not mandatory

The Guardian
GreenNetJan 15
Show threadOpen Rights GroupJan 15

The UK Cybersecurity Bill is the first step to #DigitalSovereignty.

And with it, a way to address the fundamental flaw in our approach to security and online harms: the lack of competition that puts power in our hands to shape our future.

Sign and share our petition ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty

#CybersecurityBill #competition #ukpolitics #ukpol

Stop the "Kill Switch": Demand the UK takes back control of our technology.

From the NHS to our energy grid, we are too reliant on US tech. Help us demand digital independence.

38 Degrees
GreenNetJan 15
Show threadOpen Rights GroupJan 15

To break the techno-permacrisis, the UK needs:

⚫ Interoperability, where people can move social media platforms while carrying their followers with them.

⚫ Digital Sovereignty, where our digital infrastructure is run on open source software under the principle of 'Public Money, Public Code'.

⚫ AI Bill to mitigate risks of harms and to rights across the public and private sectors.

#BigTech #interoperability #DigitalSovereignty #CybersecurityBill #AI #ukpolitics #ukpol

Show threadGreenNetDec 29
"It has been painful to see some people who supported calls for my release now feel regret for doing so. Whatever they feel now, they did the right thing. Standing up for human rights and a citizen unjustly imprisoned is something honourable, and I will always be grateful for that solidarity. I have received huge empathy and solidarity from people across the UK, enough to win me my freedom, and I will be forever grateful for this."
Show threadGreenNetDec 29
"And, indeed, my freedom was stripped from me for these defences of human rights. These values are core to my identity.
Show threadGreenNetDec 29
"This weekend was supposed to be the first time I celebrated my son’s birthday with him since 2012, when he was one year old. I have been imprisoned in Egypt for almost his entire life for my consistent promotion of equality, justice and secular democracy. That included publicly rejecting anti-Jewish speech in Egypt, often at risk to myself, defence of LGBTQ rights, defence of Egyptian Christians, and campaigning against police torture and brutality - all at great risk.
Show threadGreenNetDec 29
"I take accusations of antisemitism very seriously. I have always believed that sectarianism and racism are the most sinister and dangerous of forces, and I did my part and paid the price for standing up for the rights of religious minorities in Egypt. I faced a military tribunal and imprisonment for defending Christians in Egypt falsely accused of violence.
Show threadGreenNetDec 29
"I must also stress that some tweets have been completely misunderstood, seemingly in bad faith. For example, a tweet being shared to allege homophobia on my part was actually ridiculing homophobia. I have paid a steep price for my public support for LGBTQ rights in Egypt and the world. Another tweet has been wrongly interpreted to suggest Holocaust denial - but in fact the exchange shows that I was clearly mocking Holocaust denial.