RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@HennaVirkkunen/115912190359711231
Imagine how powerful it would be if von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas made their statements first on a EUROPEAN open, free, non-algorithmically distorted social media network. 🇪🇺
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And then later with a 60 minute delay on the account-registration-requiring, data-collecting, algorithmically-distorted US networks?
#digitalsovereignty #goEuropean #EUpol
(Borrowing ideas from @carl@heath.social and @bike4climate@mastodon.nu)
CC: @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu @HennaVirkkunen@ec.social-network.europa.eu
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.
Joint statement by President von der Leyen and President Costa on Greenland: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_143
"These actors either lack awareness or are amoral"
"In their current cost/benefit analysis, there’s benefit, but no cost."
"They think they’re communicating with 'their audience', but they’re communicating with an amoral elite, with trolls and with bots."
https://blog.folkdata.se/new-continent/the-thing-about-x/
#LeaveX
@_elena@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu this post got (when writing this) 865 stars and 694 boosts, which is very nice. I'd also like us to give the commission credit for posting on Mastodon. 👍
If we want to help them further we can provide feedback and ask for this change at the bottom of their page where it says "give us more feedback". If they get ~1000 comments about removing X and adding Mastodon to the footer, I'm sure it'll help the web team get the greenlight to do it. #LeaveX
https://commission.europa.eu
@_elena@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
Tap "give us more feedback", select "other" and type in the form on https://commission.europa.eu
Copy paste (or write your own):
"About the web page footer: I find it odd, since those are algorithm-based U.S. companies and you're the EUROPEAN Commission, that you market X in the footer of your homepage. How about putting your Mastodon icon on your homepage?" #LeaveX
Jonathan told me how there are things you have to do, even if they are dangerous. "Why is that?" I asked. "Because if you don't you're not a human being, you're nothing but a little louse," Jonathan replied.
/Brothers Lionheart, Astrid Lindgren https://urlr.me/Vfzme4
"Jonathan told me how there are things you have to do, even if they are dangerous. "Why is that?" I asked. "Because if you don't you're not a human being, you're nothing but a little louse," Jonathan replied."
from The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
https://www.astridlindgren.com/se-en-gb/characters/the-brothers-lionheart
Is there any fediverse software to create groups that are findable for anyone, but can only be read by members? I have a bunch of use cases where I'd like to try and offer an alternative to FB groups, which has become the staple go to solution here in Sweden even among people who intuitively dislike FB. #fediverse
We shape the world we live in. We are not powerless, yet our elected officials feign "having to" use X even though it's abundantly obvious it's a negative force. Why do they work as content creators that drive traffic and profits to x while holding public office? Don't they work for us?
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000288162/werte-politikerinnen-werte-politiker-warum-sind-sie-noch-auf-x
Asterès Economic Research quantifies Europe's dependency on US-based software and cloud services as a €264 billion annual economic drain. This massive outflow of capital supports nearly two million jobs in the US. https://urlr.me/6wGjEX
#digitalsovereignty
Leander Lindahl
Henna Virkkunen