@ahaldorsen Det hadde vært noe! Men må nok regne med de kommer til å samle dette om det så skulle blitt forbudt.

@Meowki Synes dette høres ut som en grei løsning på problemene: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/forbrukerradet-vil-forby-overvakningsbasert-markedsforing/

Et statskupp gjennomført fra innsiden av staten dag for dag - i 1933. Sett gjennom øynene til en vennligsinnet og borgerlig norsk avis. Del 16. På denne dagen, 24. mars 1933, skrev Aftenposten om Hitlers «flammende tale» til den tyske Riksdagen.

Never trust #Russia.

Fint. Men håper de da også har tenkt å sperre for #Facebook og #Twitter. Begge brukes til politisk påvirking på vegne av autokrater.

#Norsktut

https://www.nrk.no/norge/unge-hoyre-vil-ha-tiktok-forbud_-_-ikke-rad-til-a-vaere-naive-1.17349115

Hotel phone in Iceland has a special button that will wake you up if there are northern lights in the sky

De-google-ify Internet

Amazing campaign by the French not-for-profit association Framasoft.

The De-google-ify Internet project offers 26 ethical and alternative online tools that may be used by everyone.

They build open source alternatives to many Google services like Youtube, Agenda, Docs, Forms, Maps etc, as well other services to replace Doodle, Facebook Event, Github, Zoom, Slack and much more!

Check their beautiful website, watch the videos to know more about their work and follow them here in Mastodon:

@Framasoft

https://degooglisons-internet.org/

#europe #opensource #europeanalternatives #EUtech #boycott #degoogle #google

Og at skattepengene våre brukes på dyr kaffe latte. Synd vi ikke har tall på kredittkort lengere.

Norges hemmelige våpen er så hemmelig at alle vet om det. #agurknyheter #norsktut

Czech Republic to rescue Radio Free Europe after Donald Trump funding cuts

Prime Minister Petr Fiala says his government will step in to keep cold war-era broadcaster going

(https://archive.ph/hKSOp)

https://www.ft.com/content/10a30487-95fc-4a3b-8902-d47a64e86916

@richardlea @pluralistic @urixturing @bookstodon good thoughts there! I'd put in some good old "copyright law doesn't fix monopolies, that's what we need competition law (enforcement) for". Because if these companies weren't so powerful in the first place, all the rest would also work better. We've just forgotten how to enact competition law. Becasue that would mean splitting apart the big companies until nobody can become a billionaire from them.

This New Open-Source Alternative to Google Docs and Notion Is Backed by France and Germany

Docs is an web-based collaborative text editor that is the result of a joint effort led by the French 🇫🇷🥖 (DINUM) and German 🇩🇪🥨 governments (ZenDiS).

It's a good alternative to popular services like Notion, Google Docs and Outline.

The platform offers real-time collaboration capabilities, a sleek minimalist interface, and all the essential features you could possibly need.

Best of all, Docs is open-source on GitHub and can be self-hosted, making it a viable option for local agencies and companies.

You can test Docs on your browser by visiting this page:

https://impress-preprod.beta.numerique.gouv.fr/

using the login:

email: test.docs@yopmail.com
password: I'd<3ToTestDocs

https://www.howtogeek.com/docs-alternative-google-docs-notion-france-germany/

You can also volunteer to help translating Docs to other languages here: https://crowdin.com/project/lasuite-docs

#europe #europeanalternatives #germany #france #opensource #BuyFromEU

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.

It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

I hear so many voicing concerns over Trump policies, saying "they haven't thought it through", "it will have negative consequences", "so many people will get hurt", etc.

It is the other way around:

They have thought it through, and the cruelty is not an unforeseen side effect — it is the objective.

You do not round up 238 Venezuelans, deport them to a foreign prison facility and shave them bold on camera by accident.

You do so too spread fear.

Fukuoka city worker with 'loud voice' punished for alleged 'power harassment' https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250322/p2a/00m/0na/007000c

🚨 Don't help the enemy track our pilots!

Sharing combat aircraft videos on social media aids enemy intel. Our pilots face high risks; revealing locations or routes helps enemy targeting. Avoid posting geolocated videos.

Protect those who protect us! 🇺🇦 Together to Victory! - Air Force of #Ukraine

Trump is destroying America, wreaking American soft power and its hard-earned international reputation. Putin has humiliated him with its refusal to negotiate. Will he be as hard on them as he has been on Ukraine?

I'm waiting for the felon #potus to speak and act as strongly against Putin as he did against President Zelenskyy.

I have not seen even one statement demanding Putin to stop the invasion, stop raping Ukrainians, stop bombing Ukraine, and to return all the tens of thousands of children and adults🇺🇦 Not one word.

#Ukraine #eu #europe #UK #nato #usa

European Commission targets in-game currency in children's video games

The Commission is probing alleged unfair practices in the horse-riding game Star Stable Online, targeting in-game purchases aimed at children. The upcoming Digital Fairness Act may include stricter rules on virtual currency transparency and fairness.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/03/21/european-commission-targets-in-game-currency-in-childrens-video-games

@matchboxbananasynergy The share button works for some apps, but you have to rely on the app to have a good menu for this. I ended up sending photos in a public discord chat because discord bugged out on it's share menu.