This year's topic was decoding digital colonialism.
This session was particularly improvised as the original plan was to share a dialogue with @hellais on open technologies to guarantee human rights. Enjoy!
#EmpoderaLive emailed me an invitation to speak, but after confirming with them that they had no #CodeOfConduct nor #HealthPolicy in place I declined. A pity, as it otherwise looked interesting.
I have contacted Yolanda and she after something went wrong. She's going to see what happened with the organization that Cibervoluntarios delegated the diffusion of the video on YouTube to. I'm sure this will be solved soon. But it certainly looks like someone in the chain didn't like what I said. Certainly not #EmpoderaLIVE organizers though.
I really recommend going to the event if you have the opportunity, as it is very welcoming.
I'd love to go to #EmpoderaLIVE another time, if the organisers can be persuaded to adopt a #CodeOfConduct and #HealthPolicy - I'm afraid that's a hard requirement for me to attend any event. If the event is as welcoming as you say getting those in place for next time should be possible. I'm happy to help with writing the policies if the organisers are keen.
What we think for granted is under threat. We're still alive and kicking though.
Technology is a power infrastructure.
The internet protocol means you could talk the protocol and be part of the network.
Over the last 20 years, people were naive about the internet. Strategic autonomy is at stake. Sovereignty is in danger. We should end with alternative networks and stop using Gaggle.
The internet is consuming a lot of energy. Strong narratives are coming to us from people who want to make money out of it. But we who know about tech must debunk those narratives.
"The internet is broken, but we can fix it"
A book that is not yet translated, written in 2019.
If we want to fix the internet we have to have democratic control over the internet. The internet should be considered as a Commons. We're looking into capital and how extraction works.
#EmpoderaLIVE is the hashtag to discuss the ongoing conference in Málaga. It mostly happens on closed suveillance networks, but we may as well start somewhere and free the conversation here on the decentralized, open network #Fediverse.
📅 Mark your calender for 26 & 27 of September 2023
📍 The event is in Teatro Echegaray in Málaga.
The topic is on #DigitalCitizenSovereignty, which is precisely what we're concerned about. #DigitalSovereignty is necessary at a state level. But at an individual level, we need many of the same protections.