RE: https://mastodon.social/@ppcland/116882926455601689
This is the kind of dumb assessment bred by the #BuyEuropean narrative:
The #DigitalMarketsAct led to the #Mozilla #Firefox browser to gain 6 million EU users and we whine about it not being "European."
And no need to reply how terrible Mozilla's decision often are, I'm aware. But they currently maintain the only reasonably successful alternative engine to #BigTech and it's #FOSS. Of course this should be celebrated.
Napisałam krótki tekst o tym, jak w mojej kancelarii adwokackiej odeszliśmy od big techów na rzecz wolnego oprogramowania. Poniżej link.
Jutro po 15:00 będę opowiadać też o tym doświadczeniu w Radiu Tok FM.
Bardzo dziękuję @koop za zaangażowanie i pomoc w przeprowadzeniu całego procesu migracji. Dziękuję szczególnie @m0bi i @matt za Waszą pracę przy wdrożeniu, a m0bi dodatkowo za całą opiekę, którą nad nami roztacza obecnie.
Mural seen in San Francisco, California.
#bigtech #AI #Google #degoogle #oracle #microsoft #apple #Techbros #fascism #politics #streetart #graffiti #neoliberalisme #technology #Capitalism #Capitalisme #technofeudalism #technofascism
This excellent ARTE documentary explores how social media fuels political polarization in Brazil and how people from different regions and backgrounds are recruited to perpetuate hatred and disinformation.
Anyone familiar with Brazil knows how passionate Brazilians are about social media. Since Orkut's inception circa 2004, social media platforms have played a significant role in Brazilian society.
Having lived in Brazil before moving to Europe, I witnessed much of this transformation firsthand. My concerns about the growing power of these platforms over our democracies were among the reasons I started the #LeaveX campaign.
Although LeaveX began in Europe, focusing specifically on X and political communication, the problem extends far beyond one platform.
This documentary illustrates how big tech's social media platforms can be exploited to fuel political polarization and radicalization, particularly by Brazil's far-right extremists.
It's worth watching to understand what's happening in Brazil and to reflect on what we're allowing these platforms to do to our societies.
#Brazil #Democracy #BigTech #SocialMedia #FarRight #LeaveX #Disinformation
Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, it has been studied how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning.
● X-Axis: Homework scores
● Y-Axis: Exam scores
🔗 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6868618
As the global quest for better tech continues, we are still proud to be the European and AI-free browser alternative that puts users first.
Vivaldi 8.2 is already available for download with:
✨ More built-in functionality for an easier day-to-day browsing, including a local calculator in your Address Bar, and better PWA discoverability.
📢 The beginning of a new chapter, with the first Technical Preview of Vivaldi for enterprise.
I've often suspected that auto-complete was used as a subtle/shadow form of semi-censorship, and now comes evidence from the auto-complete function on the Apple iPhone that confirms exactly that suspicion... anyone who thinks this issue is limited to Apple, has not been paying attention to the politics & behaviour of Big Tech.
My recent OpEd in the University Post - Make the University and AI-free Zone:
https://uniavisen.dk/en/make-the-university-an-ai-free-zone/
"While AI erodes communities, promotes thoughtlessness and replaces true connections with simulations, the university is a space of relationship-building. It is the central place where students find themselves as young, independent adults, forging bonds of friendship and mentorship that might last a lifetime."
And in Danish: https://uniavisen.dk/goer-universitetet-til-ai-fri-zone/
1/ 🍂 September is here, for many, this looks like a big #Microsoft or #Google logo with spreadsheets, documents, presentations.
For decades, Microsoft has dominated workplace productivity software. This dominance was turned into an unholy duopoly when Google Docs came around. #BigTech firms deploy aggressive business models built on forced subscriptions, product bundling & ecosystem lock-in.
This #DigitalIndependenceDay, let’s talk about office software & how to become digitally independent
First post! I write on Panodyssey about European products and technology, plus the dilemmas of being a consumer who doesn't want their spending to trash the planet. Sometimes it veers into Trump-bashing too, but you can't blame me for that #Europe #BuyEuropean #Trump #AI #BigTech https://panodyssey.com/en/creative/room/the-ethical-shopper-time-and-money-well-spent-jw5ugafbf8tw
ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You
https://www.wired.me/story/meta-smart-glasses-detector-app-zuckoff
The most scandalous thing about the Nvidia affair is BIG TECH EXPECTING COMMUNITIES TO SACRIFICE THEIR WATER, LAND AND CLIMATE SO A HANDFUL OF BILLIONAIRES CAN GET EVEN RICHER
https://www.europesays.com/3278908/ Opinion | The AI-Fascism-Climate Disaster Pendulum Is Lowering, But We Can Stop It #ArtificialIntelligence #BigTech #BuildBackBetter #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #fascism #GlobalWarming #NuclearWeapons
Demokratie statt #BigTech 🤖
Konzerne wie Google, Amazon oder Facebook haben die zentralen Infrastrukturen unserer digitalen Gesellschaft in Besitz genommen: Sie überwachen unseren Alltag, lenken den Konsum vieler Menschen und strukturieren die digitale Öffentlichkeit. Doch diese Machtkonzentration ist kein Naturgesetz, sondern eine politische Entscheidung – und lässt sich politisch auch wieder umkehren. Der Soziologe Dominik Piétron forscht zur Digitalisierung und zeigt auf, wie unsere digitalen Infrastrukturen zu einer öffentlichen Angelegenheit werden können: dezentral organisiert, demokratisch selbstverwaltet und der Kontrolle der Tech-Konzerne entzogen.
Die Diskussion startet um 19.30 Uhr im Terrassensaal der Jugendherberge Frankfurt (Deutschherrnufer 12) und endet gegen 21 Uhr. Wir freuen uns auf euch! 👋
must-read on the proposed #EUKidsAct by @edri:
→ https://edri.org/our-work/the-kids-act-will-make-the-internet-less-safe/
> the #KidsAct may rob us of stronger protections for ALL of us, including children.
> [The Act] could cement the dominance of #BigTech over the few alternatives we have: services which do not harvest personal data, do not rely on addictive systems, are interoperable, or operate as open and free software.
#OpenSource #FOSS #OSS #Fediverse #OpenCommunication #DigitalSovereignty #FediLZ #ChildProtection
More and more sites are having to set up defenses from AI bots. It is costly to provide online services and they were not built for bots.
One can say that the AI companies are performing a global denial of service attack, which incurs costs to all of their competitors, as well as the rest of the Internet, while their own services can afford to withstand that load. The service owners are forced to perform costly operations to defend them selves, but also make the services worse for the users.
This is anti-competitive.
The Trump administration is threatening Europe with economic retaliation for trying to reduce its dependence on Musk's Starlink.
Europe wants technological sovereignty, and Washington responds with threats.
From satellite communications to cloud services, AI and social media, Europe's dependence on US Big Tech threatens democracy and political independence.
When are we going to wake up?
Via Pekka Kallioniemi:
https://lnkd.in/p/d_VzCzyS
