Today, on 9 May, we celebrate our unity and solidarity.
A month ahead of the #EUelections2024 (6-9 June), it is the perfect day to share your wishes for Europe and reflect on which EU you want in the future.
Hey @patrick_breyer_mep as #EUVoice is going to be shutting down, perhaps it's time to add building and maintaining sovereign social media infrastructure to campaign promises for the upcoming #Europarl elections? :blobcateyes:
Or is that somewhere there already and I just missed it? 👀
👉🏾 @EDPS announced EU voice is closing
👉🏾 @EU_Commission has 100,000 followers
👉🏾 #EuropeanCommission social #ActivityPub account will primarily be on Threads
👉🏾 EU Voice should ask citizens & local businesses in #Europe for instance funding help
> The EDPS pilot project of EU Voice and EU Video has proved that public bodies, like EUIs, can offer social media platforms that respect individuals’ fundamental rights
> Unfortunately, despite our efforts to find a new home for EU Voice and EU Video in other EUIs, we have been unable to secure new ownership to maintain the servers and sustain operations at the high standards that EUIs and our users deserve
Closing this down now does more harm than had this pilot never been started, as it suggests a Meta or X alternative is easier.
Setting up and maintaining a fediverse server is done by amateurs across the globe in their free time using Ko-fi pocket money. That's not easy, but the fediverse thrives regardless.
Keeping this up with the resources at the EU's disposal should be zero effort. "Not able to secure resources" can only be interpreted as a lack of trying
From what I understand, everybody within the @EU_Commission was very happy and supportive of the #EUVoice experiment by @EDPS. Everybody within @EC_NGI is absolutely delighted with the work done by @NGIZero, yet, when EDPS asked what branch of the European Union would take charge of the #ActivityPub presence of the Union, everybody turned they heads away.
Yet, the #EU keeps spending tons of public money on X or Meta. This is #shameful.
There was some hint (or maybe I misinterpreted) of some follow-up for the #EUVoice and #EUVideo pilot.
Nothing concrete mentioned and no further official announcement. Maybe @EDPS could provide more insight if this is indeed the case?
Meanwhile it is HIGHLY ironic that @vonderleyen is a #Xitter mirror operated by Federico Leva in Finland together with numerous other unofficial bridges. Frequently confused with official accounts.
A loud part of the Fediverse (majority or not 🤷) is afraid of federation with #threads. I disagree! For many organisations, this is a chance to escape the #networkeffect and improve #GDPR compliance. They can have a data-protection friendly presence in the #fediverse and still have followers who choose to have their accounts on #surveillanceCapitalism platforms. I hope that (a) Instagram accounts get also access to Fediverse content (b) they implement moving servers. 😉 #teamDatenschutz#EUVoice
Though the title js a bit misleading: it mainly focuses on #EUVoice, #EUVideo - and the problems and concerns that governments have (and should have) with publishing and using social media (especially such that they don't own).
#Nepal bans #TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony.
Well, yes.. how much do corporate #SocialMedia contribute to the unraveling of the social fabric of #society world-wide and erosion of #democracy, by how their algorithms #DoomPush every person by their gut to the next toxic asocial exchange that keeps them online and seeing more #ads?
#InCaseYouMissedIt In 2022, we launched two social media platforms #EUVoice & #EUVideo. The platforms are based on decentralised, free, Open-Source and privacy-oriented softwares.
Can I ask what is the framework in which #EUVoice is setup as the official ActivityPub platform of EU institutions?
Even if it is not directly related to EU research and innovation agenda, maybe it can be used as an example to motivate further developments in this direction, used in grant proposals for #EU funding especially in relation to #EOSC.
I reassure you that you can follow accounts on #EUVoicehttps://social.network.europa.eu without having an account on the same instance. That's what everyone does because EUVoice does not accept citizen accounts. If you describe your problem, people may be able to help you. :)
We are the voice of #EUCivilSociety across the European Union.
Our mission is to:
⚖️ ensure that EU laws match the economic, social and civic needs of EU civil society;
🗣️ facilitate the participation and dialogue between the EU institutions and citizens;
🤝 foster democracy and fundamental values.
We are looking forward to engaging with you on this decentralised platform.
#EDPS announces organisational changes to continuously respond and adapt to the evolving data protection challenges that lie ahead.
Read Press Release https://europa.eu/!6GJW3n
We are proud to announce #EDPS was shortlisted at #EOAward in 'excellence in innovation' category with the project #EUVoice & #EUVideo! Our pilot project aims to contribute to the EU’s strategy for data and digital sovereignty. Congratulations to @EU_Commission for the win with #EU Many thanks @ombudsman and congratulations to the winners!