Digital Independence Day

/dev/lol Hackerspace, Sunday, April 5 at 02:00 PM GMT+2

On April 5th DiDay in Linz will be hosted by /dev/lol in cooperation with servus.at.

During Digital Independence Day we offer help in getting away from big tech to more democratic alternatives. This includes free open source software and operating systems, as well as decentralized online services.

Am 5. April wird der DiDay in Linz vom /dev/lol in Kooperation mit servus.at veranstaltet.

Während dem Digitalen Unabhängigkeitstag bieten wir Hilfe an, von Big Tech zu demokratischeren Alternativen zu wechseln. Dies beinhaltet Freie Open Source Software und Betriebsysteme sowie dezentralisierte Online Services.

https://kulturkarte.servus.at/event/digital-independence-day-1

EFF is a great place to work! @eff

We're hiring an Assistant Director of EU Policy to bolster our international policy work, i.e.
• co-leading our legal advocacy efforts in Brussels
• overseeing critical files related to tech regulation

Check it out!

https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/portal/28620672D234BF368306CEB4A2746667/jobs/394456

Humans are a fundamentally social species.

Generative “AI” is a fundamentally anti-social technology, as its whole purpose is to abstract social relations away.

It is therefore an anti-human technology.

✊🏾 The strict enforcement of EU’s tech laws is not up for negotiation!

Yesterday, the @EUCommission confirmed plans to open a new “formal dialogue” with the 🇺🇸 gov on EU tech law enforcement. Framed as cooperation, this could create a backdoor for Big Tech to weaken EU'slandmark rules.

The #DSA, #DMA, #AIAct & #GDPR exist to protect people, safeguard democracy & rein in Big Tech. If the Commission seeks enforcement dialogue, it should do so with the people in  & public interest groups.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@noybeu/114262003439129906

Ready for another joke? 🥁

The Irish Data Protection Commission, which is responsible for most major technology companies ( #Meta, #Google, #Apple, #OpenAI, #Microsoft,...) actually imposes fines in just 0.26% of the cases it handles. And even when a fine is imposed, the money is almost never collected. 🤡

#HappyAprilFools

There is so much disinformation in the world right now.

And in recent years, all of it gets amplified by AI web scrapers that eat it up to spit it out at a later date, in an inappropriate context.

Be careful what data you add to the slop soup on April 1st.

The world is in dire need of more truths and knowledge these days, not the opposite.

#AprilFools #AIFools #NoAI

Doppelt hält besser. Die Wissenschaftlichen Dienste des Bundestags haben ein zweites Mal untersucht, ob Deutschland nicht doch soziale Medien für Minderjährige verbieten könnte.

tl;dr nope

Wenn ihr's genauer wissen wollt, hier entlang...
https://netzpolitik.org/2026/eu-recht-geht-vor-kein-spielraum-fuer-deutsches-social-media-verbot/