Fantastic news! We've reached 1 million votes! But please keep sharing and voting in case some votes are invalid!
EU citizens, please sign this petition to ban so-called "conversion therapy" in the EU. It's a practice that's extremely harmful towards LGBTQ+ people.
The site is a little slow, but keep trying!
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home
It's already banned in some countries but we need a EU wide ban!
We now have eight countries past their thresholds, and we have at least 1,000,000 total votes.
So keep signing & voting!
The EU initiative Going Dark has now been launched by the EU Commission. They call it ProtectEU.
Itâs a rebranding of Chat Control. New name. Same old propaganda.
The EU Commissionâs goal is to âaccess encrypted data in a lawful manner, safeguarding cybersecurity and fundamental rights.â
Read the full release from the Commission here:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52025PC0148
â ď¸ ALL IS NOT LOST â ď¸
The news cycle is tremendously disheartening. Wildfires, the spread of climate disinformation in real time, genocides, the rise of the far right, removing fact checking and supports that protect vulnerable communities - itâs heavy.
We have a formidable amount of obstacles in our way.
But donât lose sight of the fact that it isnât too late.
Every fraction of action matters - and itâs not over yet.
The northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein is moving 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Windows and Office to Linux and LibreOffice. At the recent Univention Summit 2025 which took place on January 23 and 24 in Bremen, the LibreOffice project was present and met with the people overseeing the migration. 500 people attended the event, a mixture [âŚ]
Since a lot of new people have come on I've noticed a rise in people trying to start arguments. It's as if they carried the toxicity from wherever they came from along with them.
So this is your reminder that you DO NOT HAVE TO ENGAGE with people who are here just to start fights.
Mute them. Block them. Do whatever you have to do to take care of your mental health.
They aren't worthy of your time.
Let's keep Mastodon and the rest of the Fedi a "social" network and not a "toxic" network.