🔗 Breaking free from Big Tech?
Great chat with Nolda Tipping-Griffioen in @FD on digital autonomy at @universityofgroningen.
Key takeaways:
✅ Mindset > tools – Teach students to question defaults.
✅ Map dependencies – Messy but essential.
✅ Iterate, don’t overhaul – Small steps matter.
It’s a marathon, not a sprint. How does your org tackle this?
🇪🇺🤖⚖️In January, I was invited to give my input for the report 'A Digital Omnibus: Identifying Interlinks and Possible Overlaps Between
Different Legal Acts in the Field of Digital Legislation to Streamline Tech Rules'.
The final report is now available here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2026/772641/ECTI_STU(2026)772641_EN.pdf
📢🤖💥We gaan aan de slag met de 3e editie van 'AI voor beleidsmakers'!
Ontdek wat AI betekent in de context van uw eigen organisatie, ontwikkel strategieën en beleid om het volledige potentieel van de technologische revolutie te benutten, denk na over ethische, juridische en sociale aspecten, en integreer AI vanuit een bedrijfsontwikkelingsperspectief.
Meer informatie en aanmelden ➡️ https://www.rug.nl/cf/studeren-bij-cf/professionals/cursus-ai-voor-beleidsmakers
🇪🇺#AIAct implementation update from 🇩🇪: According to the ‚KI-Marktüberwachungs- und Innovationsförderungsgesetzes (KI-MIG)‘, the ‚Bundesnetzagentur‘ is the central coordination & competence center, market surveillance & notifying authority.
What this tells us? Many countries give this task to their #DataProtection supervisory authorities. The German approach is an indication that fundamental rights are not the priority of 🇩🇪 AI Regulation.
https://www.heise.de/en/news/AI-Act-Federal-Government-Sets-AI-Law-in-Motion-11173642.html
👋Last week during the ‘Open Day’ I had a chance to present our BSc Data Science & Society to potential future students & their parents.
Also interested to learn more about it? ▶️ https://edu.nl/ppfeu
Thanks to all colleagues who supported the organization and especially the two in the picture!
🚀 Yay - the University of #Groningen now has a #StarterPack for @Mastodon!
Currently 41 accounts - with more to follow - from staff, faculties and service units.
Experiencing FOMO because you're not on the list? Please DM me.
Yes, we did it - we had our first #DigitalAutonomy Fair at the @universityofgroningen! The location was filled to the brim with 100+ people.
Lightning talks and information booths on tools that support digital autonomy for staff and students, e.g. #Nextcloud, @SURF's URL shortener & file sharing, #Linux workspaces, and #Mastodon and #PeerTube.
Thanks @wlaatje @fabricemous @oj_gstrein @sebastiaan @CIT_RUG @ug_dcc and more
https://www.rug.nl/library/calendar/260203-digitalautonomy-fair
For #DataPrivacyDay 🇳🇱 supervision authority (AP) sent letter to gov’t calling for reduction of digital dependencies/data autonomy!
1️⃣ Include EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework in General Government Terms & Conditions for IT Agreements (ARBIT)
2️⃣ Ensure continuity of data processing through exit measures
3️⃣ Promote structural monitoring of market developments in ICT services
4️⃣ Ensure uniform approach
5️⃣ Invest in scalable European alternatives
Noha El-Baz
Babette Knauer